Leutnant Klaus Bretschneider, Staffelkapitän of 5./JG300, kicks up the dust as he taxies his Fw190 A-8 "Red One" from its forest hiding place into the sunlight in preparation for take-off. The scene is northern Germany, November 1944. The Staffelkapitän will lead his 190s in a massed "sturm" intercept upon incoming American bombers. Already with 14 night victories, Bretschneider added 17 further victories in just 26 daylight missions, claiming three heavy bombers in a single day. Flying his appropriately named aircraft "Rauhbautz" (Tough Guy VII) he was not adverse to ramming an opponent, and clearly got through a number of aircraft in the process - Bretschneider earned a reputation as a fearless fighter pilot before himself being shot down, losing his life to P-51 pilots in December, 1944.

With Allied fighters dominating the skies, their incessant attacks on Luftwaffe airfields forced the German fighter units to take desperate measures to conceal their wherabouts. Commonplace were the hurriedly prepared strips, often near dense forests where parked aircraft were difficult to detect from the air, typical of the setting chosen for Nicolas Trudgian's painting Timber Wolf. Its colorful spinner glinting in the sunlight, the formidable Fw190 makes an awesome sight as it prepares to go to war. Prints are signed by two of the Luftwaffe's outstanding exponents of this great WWII fighter creating a highly desirable collector's piece.

Oberst Hajo Hermann
A formidable figure in the Luftwaffe, Hajo Hermann was originally awarded the Knight's Cross in 1940 as a bomber pilot. He flew over 320 operations with KG4, and later III./JG30, where he sank 12 ships. In 1942 he was appointed to the Luftwaffe Operational Staff. In July 9143 he was responsible for the formation of JG300 and founded the highly successful Wilde Sau (Wild Boar) tactics of free-roaming Fw190 night fighters. In December 1943 he was appointed Luftwaffe Inspector of Aerial Defense. At the end of 1944 he led the 9th Flieger division and created the famous Rammkommando Elbe. At the end of the war he was captured by the Russians, spending long years in captivity. He was awarded the Knight's Cross, Oak Leaves and Swords.