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Focke
Wulf Fw190. German aviation art prints of this major German fighter, Focke Wulf
FW190 aircraft by Ivan Berryman and Nicholas Trudgian,
published or distributed by Cranston Fine Arts, the military and aviation print
company.
Ramraiders by
Robert Tomlin FW 190 A-8/R-8 Sturmbock no 681382 of Hauptmann Wilhelm
Moritz stalks a formation of B-17 Flying Fortresses. Moritz led 4JG3,
the Luftaffes first dedicated Sturmgruppe for seven months from April to
November 44 before being relieved from exhaustion. He ended the war
with over 44 victories..
Cat Among the Pigeons (FW190) by Ivan Berryman
It was in 1941 that the remarkable Focke-Wulfe FW190 first appeared
in the skies of Europe, quickly establishing itself as a most formidable
adversary. It proved to be the supreme weapon against all allied bomber
forces. Here FW190A-8 of 1 Gruppe, Jagdgesschwader 1 is shown attacking
a B17G of 381st Bomb Group during a critical defence of the Reich in
1944.
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Ramraiders by Richard Taylor.
Within two days of the D-Day Normandy invasion, on 8 June 1944 Commander of US Air Forces in Europe, General Carl Spaatz, ordered a massive new offensive to halt the supply of oil to the enemy forces. As top priority his bombers would henceforth concentrate their attacks on Germanys oil refineries. Those in range of air bases in England would feel the full force of the Eighth Air Force, while the installations further south in Romania, Hungary, and southern Germany would be attacked by bombers of the Fifteenth Air Force based in Italy. To add to the pressure, RAF Bomber Command was coordinated to attack the refineries in the Ruhr by night. As the huge mass of American bombers streamed into the daylight skies, the Luftwaffe quickly changed tactics to counter the potentially devastating threat with a new specialist tactic - the Sturmgruppe. Flying their redesigned and heavily armoured Sturmbocke Fw190A-8 heavy fighters, pilots of the newly formed IV Sturm/JG3 Gruppe were urgently assigned the task of attacking the vast bomber streams in an effort to protect the refineries. Escorted into battle by Me 109s to hold off any escorting American fighters, the Fw190s tactic was to make en-masse lightning attacks on carefully selected targets. With the American bomber formations spread over miles of sky, the Sturmgruppe aimed for the less well defended centre of the stream, attacking from the rear with concentrated cannon fire. With the pilots of IV Sturm JG3 sworn on oath to press home their attacks at the closest possible range, even ramming their targets if necessary to ensure a kill, these desperate tactics were to inflict considerable damage to the allied bomber offensive during the final year of the war.
Signed limited edition of 400 prints. Image size 24 inches x 16 inches (61cm x 41cm). Price £95.00 Signed by Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke, Leutnant Helmut Ballewski and Leutnant Kurt Wuppermann.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Image size 24 inches x 16 inches (61cm x 41cm). Price £135.00 Signed by Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke, Leutnant Helmut Ballewski and Leutnant Kurt Wuppermann.
Limited edition of 25 remarques. Image size 24 inches x 16 inches (61cm x 41cm). Price £265.00 Signed by Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke, Leutnant Helmut Ballewski and Leutnant Kurt Wuppermann.
Limited edition of 10 double remarques. Image size 24 inches x 16 inches (61cm x 41cm). Price £445.00 Signed by Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke, Leutnant Helmut Ballewski and Leutnant Kurt Wuppermann.
ITEM CODE DHM2639
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Ramraiders by Robert Tomlin.
FW 190 A-8/R-8 Sturmbock no 681382 of Hauptmann Wilhelm Moritz stalks a formation of B-17 Flying Fortresses. Moritz led 4JG3, the Luftaffes first dedicated Sturmgruppe for seven months from April to November 44 before being relieved from exhaustion. He ended the war with over 44 victories..
Open edition print. Image size 10.5 inches x 15.5 inches (27cm x 40cm). Price £14.00
ITEM CODE DHM2509
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Timber Wolf by Nicolas Trudgian.
Leutnant Klaus Bretschneider, Staffelkapitan 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 Staffelkapitan will lead his 190s in a massed sturm intercept upon incoming American bombers. With Allied fighters dominating the skies, Luftwaffe fighter units took desperate measures to conceal their whereabouts. Commonplace were these hurriedly prepared strips, often near dense forests.
Signed limited edition of 450 prints. Paper size 19 inches x 25 inches (48cm x 64cm). Price £115.00 Signed by Oberst Hajo Hermann and Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 19 inches x 25 inches (48cm x 64cm). Price £160.00 Signed by Oberst Hajo Hermann and Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2432
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Mountain Wolf by Nicolas Trudgian
Set in a spectacular mountain scene, Nicolas Trudgians print records the last days of air combat as World War II drew to a close. The most feared of the Luftwaffes remaining units were those equipped with the remarkable Me262 fighter jet, but they were vulnerable to attack during take-off and landing. Commanding JV-44, General Galland countered the threat by employing Fw190 Dora 9s to fly top cover. Nicolas Trudgians painting depicts the colourful Fw190 of Hptm Waldermar Wubke of JV-44 as he prepared to scramble Red Three at Ainring airfield in may 1945.
Signed limited edition of 450 prints. Paper size 19 inches x 25 inches (48cm x 64cm). Price £115.00 Signed by Major Heinz Lange (deceased) and Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 19 inches x 25 inches (48cm x 64cm). Price £160.00 Signed by Major Heinz Lange (deceased) and Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob.
Limited edition of 25 publishers proofs. Paper size 19 inches x 25 inches (48cm x 64cm) . Price £160.00 Signed by Major Heinz Lange and Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob.
ITEM CODE DHM2431
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Cat Among the Pigeons (FW190) by Ivan Berryman.
It was in 1941 that the remarkable Focke-Wulfe FW190 first appeared in the skies of Europe, quickly establishing itself as a most formidable adversary. It proved to be the supreme weapon against all allied bomber forces. Here FW190A-8 of 1 Gruppe, Jagdgesschwader 1 is shown attacking a B17G of 381st Bomb Group during a critical defence of the Reich in 1944.
Signed limited edition of 250 prints. Special Promotion - This item is 30% Off! Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm). Price £48.00
Trautloft Presentation Edition of 10 Limited Edition Prints, supplied double matted. Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm). Price £185.00 Features the mounted original signature of Hannes Trautloft (deceased).
Rudorffer Presentation Edition of 1 Limited Edition Print, supplied double matted. Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm). Price £185.00 Features the mounted original signature of Major Erich Rudorffer.
Hugo Broch Knights Cross signature edition of 50 signed limited edition prints from the edition of 250. Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm). Price £110.00 Signed by Leutnant Hugo Broch.
ITEM CODE B0024
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Winter Combat by Nicolas Trudgian.
Hannes Trautloft in his FW190 leading his famous JG54 bring down a Russian Petlyakov Pe-2 on the Eastern Front in 1943. This dramatic painting is set in a superb winter landscape.
Signed limited edition of 250 prints, supplied double matted. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £210.00 Features mounted original signature of Hannes Trautloft (deceased).
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs, supplied double matted. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £320.00 Features mounted original signature of Hannes Trauloft (deceased).
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs, supplied double matted. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £260.00 Features mounted original signature of Hannes Trautloft.
ITEM CODE DHM2456
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Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian.
The success of Operation Bodenplatte, on January 1, 1945, was to be achieved by mass surprise attacks on British and American bases in France, Belgium and Holland. It was a battle fought at great cost to the Luftwaffe. During the battles some 300 Luftwaffe aircraft were lost. Though 200 Allied aircraft were destroyed, most on the ground, pilot losses were light. Nicolas Trudgians brilliant painting takes us right into the action above the Allied air base at Eindhoven. Me262 jets join a concentration of Me109s and Fw190s of JG-3 fighter wing, as they hurtle across the airfield in an assault that lasted 23 minutes, while Spitfires from 414 Sqn RCAF do their best to repel the attack. On the ground Typhoon fighters of 439 Sqn take a hammering.
Limited edition of 800 prints. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £160.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased), Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased).
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £220.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased), Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased).
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £180.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann, Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg, General Walter Krupinski.
ITEM CODE DHM2028
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| Timber Wolf by Nicholas Trudgian
Emerging form its forest hiding, an Fw190 of 5./JG300 prepares to
scramble for yet another intercept mission. Leutnant Klaus Bretschneider,
Staffelkapitan of 5./JG300, kicks up the dust as he taxis 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 Staffelkapitan 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 whereabouts. 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 Nicholas Trudgian's new painting Timber Wolf. Its colourful
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
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| Mountain Wolf by Nicholas Trudgian
Focke-Wulf "Red Three" prepares to scramble from the Alpine
region airfield at Ainring, 1945 With the inexorable advance
of the Allied forces through Germany, many of the fighter units moved into
Alpine regions in their effort to stay operational. Among the most feared
of the Luftwaffe's remaining combat units were those equipped with the
remarkable Me262 fighter jet. With their huge speed advantage, the 262s
were a difficult target in aerial combat even for the fastest Allied
fighters, but the German jets were especially vulnerable to attack during
take-off and landing. The American long range fighter pilots were quick to
spot this weakness, and scored many successes by catching the jet pilots
as they returned low on fuel and ammunition. Commanding JV-44, General Adolf Galland countered the
threat by employing the Fw190 "Dora" 9s to fly top cover, their
task being to sweep the sky as the jets returned from combat. Nicholas
Trudgian's new painting Mountain Wolf depicts the colourful Fw190 of Hptm
Waldermar Wubke of JV-44 as he prepares to scramble "Red Three"
at Ainring airfield in May 1945. The brightly coloured paint schemes
brought about the staffel's radio call sign Papagei, the German for
Parrot! Set in a spectacular mountain scene, Nicholas
Trudgian's latest print records the last days of air combat as WWII drew
to a close. Authenticated with the signatures of two Fw190 pilots, both
Knight's Cross holders, Mountain Wolf makes a valuable pint which will
enhance the serious collector's portfolio.
Winter Combat by Nicholas Trudgian Signed by Hannes
Trauloft. |
| Operation Bodenplatte by Nicholas Trudgian
Signed by Helmut Ballewski, Helmut Bennemann, Werner Hohenberg,
Walter Krupinski. As dawn broke on January 1, 1945 every serviceable Luftwaffe fighter
scrambled from bases ranging across northern Germany. In the desperate
effort to get 900 aircraft airborne many older experienced pilots, now
retired from flying duties, were thrown into the fray. The success of
Operation Bodenplatte, a secretly planned maximum strength effort to
cripple British and American air forces, was to be achieved by mass
surprise attacks on their bases in France, Belgium and Holland. It was a
battle fought at great cost to the Luftwaffe. During the low-level attacks
and aerial battles that raged throughout the day, some 300 Luftwaffe
aircraft were lost. Though 200 Allied aircraft were destroyed, most on the
ground, pilot losses were light.
The paintings takes us right into the action above the Allied air
base at Eindhoven. Me262 jets join a concentration of Me109s and Fw190s of
JG-3 fighter wing, as they hurtle across the airfield in an assault that
lasted 23 minutes, while spitfires form 414 Sqn RCAF do their best to
repel the attack. On the ground Typhoon fighters of 439 Sqn - one of 8
Typhoon squadrons based at Eindhoven - take a hammering, no fewer than 60
being destroyed or damaged. |
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