Description
Published over 30 years ago by the Military Gallery, this historic limited edition album contains a remarkable collection of profiles of legendary Luftwaffe Aces of WWII, some of the greatest names in the history of combat aviation. Each one of the fighter aces included personally wrote their own profile and has then autographed each copy. Each set of profiles is presented in a bound, gold leaf blocked collectors album.
This historic album contains a unique collection of individually hand-signed Profile documents featuring TWENTY-FOUR legendary fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe – all of them holders of the Knight’s Cross. The profiles were compiled in full collaboration with General Adolf Galland, Commander of all Luftwaffe day and night-fighters.
The signatories included amassed a staggering 3065 victories between them, making this a unique collector’s item:
Oberst HERMANN BUCHNER – 58 victories
Major MARTIN DREWES – 52 victories
Generalleutnant ADOLF GALLAND – 104 victories
Hauptmann ALFRED GRISLAWSKI – 133 victories
Generalmajor JOSEF HAIBOCK – 77 victories
Oberst ERICH HARTMANN – 352 victories
Generalmajor DIETER HRABAK – 125 victories
Oberst HERBERT IHLEFELD – 130 victories
Oberstleutnant HANS-JOACHIM JABS – 50 victories
Generalleutnant WALTER KRUPINSKI – 197 victories
Major HEINZ LANGE – 70 victories
Major FRITZ LOSIGKEIT – 68 victories
Major JULIUS MEIMBERG – 53 victories
Oberst EDUARD NEUMANN – 13 victories
Generalleutnant FRITZ OBLESER – 120 victories
Generalleutnant GUNTHER RALL – 275 victories
Major ERICH RUDORFFER – 222 victories
Oberleutnant WALTER SCHUCK – 206 victories
General JOHANNES STEINHOFF – 176 victories
Oberleutnant GERHARD THYBEN – 157 victories
Generalleutnant HANNES TRAUTLOFT – 57 victories
Oberleutnant WALTER WOLFRUM – 137 victories
Major PAUL ZORNER – 59 victories
Oberstleutnant ERNST-WILHELM REINERT – 174 victories
Twenty four Luftwaffe fighter legends, men whose day-fighter and night-fighter activities covered the entire spectrum of the Luftwaffe’s combat fighter warfare – from the Battle of Britain to the Balkans, from the Russian Front to North Africa, from Italy to the final defense of the Reich.
“Imagine a set of illustrated profiles, individually written and personally signed by the great Fighter Aces of WWI – immortal personalities like von Richthofen , Albert Ball, Eddie Rickenbacker and other legends that have passed into history. We can only imagine what such a collection would be worth today – what then will the value of this historic Luftwaffe portfolio achieve in years to come?”
“Imagine a set of illustrated profiles, individually written and personally signed by the great Fighter Aces of WWI – immortal personalities like von Richthofen , Albert Ball, Eddie Rickenbacker and other legends that have passed into history. We can only imagine what such a collection would be worth today – what then will the value of this historic RAF Fighter portfolio achieve in years to come?”
THE SPECIAL LUFTWAFFE SIGNED BOOKPLATE
Included in this exclusive copy is a bookplate which has been personally autographed by the following Eleven iconic WWII Luftwaffe veterans:
Oberleutnant ERNST SCHEUFELE – 18 victories
Feldwebel HERIBERT KOLLER – 49 victories
Leutnant HUGO BROCH – Knight’s Cross / 81 victories
Unteroffizier GUSTAV DREES – 4 victories
Hauptmann PETER SPODEN – German Cross in Gold / 24 night victories
Hauptmann MARTIN DREWES – Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves / 52 victories
Oberleutnant WALTER WOLFRUM – Knight’s Cross / 137 victories
Oberleutnant WALTER SCHUCK – Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves / 206 victories
Unteroffizier OTTOMAR KRUSE – Iron Cross / 2 victories
Oberleutnant JOACHIM BERKING – Iron Cross / 1 victory
Oberleutnant ROLF EBEHARDT – Iron Cross 1st Class / 6 victories
The signatures in this special album amassed an unbelievable 3250 victories between them!
Please note: although there are actually thirty six autographs in this collection, however three of the Aces who signed the bookplate are also included in the album and Heribert Koller signed the bookplate twice , so we have only counted them once.
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