| Flying
his Messerschmitt Me109G6, Major Günther Rall, Group
Commander of II./JG11 with over 200 air victories already
to his credit, clashes with a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 63rd
Sqn, 56th Fighter Group high over the Rhine south of Koblenz,
May 12, 1944. Led by Colonel Hub Zemke, the 56th Fighter Group
played advance guard to a deep penetration bomber raid to
central Germany. As his forty eight P-47 Thunderbolts arrived
to sweep the sky around the Koblenz –Frankfurt area,
the Me109s of II./JG11 pounced from a 5000 feet height advantage.
Simon Atack’s high-impact
painting shows Major Günther Rall bringing down Hub Zemke’s
wingman, the first of two victories he claimed before himself
being brought down by 56th Fighter Group P-47s later in the
combat.
Günther Rall returned to combat
flying, commanding JG300 until the end of hostilities by which
time, with 275 air victories, he became the third highest
scoring Ace in history.
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Overall
print size: 31" wide x 23" high.
| Eagle
Strike by Simon Atack |
| 500 s/n prints w/ONE signature. |
US $110 |
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| 25 Artist Proofs. |
US $165 |
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Every print
is individually signed by Generalleutnant Günther Rall,
the third highest scoring Ace in history with 275 victories.
Generalleutnant Günther
Rall
One of the greatest
Aces of all time, Günther Rall scored his first air victory
early in the Battle of Britain, and by July 1940 was leading
8./JG52. After transfer to the Eastern front his air victories
mounted but a crash hospitalized him. Within nine months he
was back as Kommandeur of III./JG52 gaining the Wing's 500th
victory. Later Kommandeur of II./JG11 on the Western Front in
the home defense, and in March 1945, Kommandeur of JG300. Günther
Rall became the 3rd highest scoring Ace in history with 275
victories. He was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
and Swords. |
