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JG52 Aviation Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings

Gunther Rall - Me109 Ace by Ivan Berryman. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 6 additional signature(s). £100.00 - £690.00

JG52 by Robert Taylor. One of 2 editions available. The edition featuring 7 additional signatures is sold out. £495.00

Bf109Es of JG52 by Ivan Berryman. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 3 additional signature(s). £80.00 - £440.00

Tribute to Hermann Graf by Graeme Lothian. 8 editions. 2 of the 8 editions feature an additional signature. £2.90 - £1800.00

Tribute to Walter Krupinski by Ivan Berryman. 8 editions. £2.90 - £1100.00

Steinhoff Tribute by Robert Taylor. 2 of 3 editions available. All 3 editions feature an additional signature. £365.00 - £425.00

Taran over the Kuban by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 6 additional signature(s). £65.00 - £700.00

Erich Hartmann - The Ace of Aces by Ivan Berryman. 8 editions. £2.90 - £2000.00

Tribute to Peter Düttmann by Ivan Berryman. 8 editions. £2.90 - £1100.00

Knight of the Reich by Robert Taylor. 2 of 6 editions available. All 6 editions feature up to 15 additional signatures. £215.00 - £430.00

Dawn Eagles Rising by Robert Taylor. One of 3 editions available. All 3 editions feature up to 33 additional signatures. £250.00

Gunther Rall - on the Tail of a Yak by Ivan Berryman. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 5 additional signature(s). £65.00 - £650.00

JG52 - Summer 1940 by Ivan Berryman. 3 of 4 editions available. All 4 editions feature up to 3 additional signatures. £80.00 - £280.00

Victory Flypast by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features an additional signature. £450.00

Snow Warriors by Ivan Berryman. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 6 additional signature(s). £100.00 - £690.00

Hunters at Dawn by Robert Taylor. 2 of 5 editions available. All 5 editions feature up to 8 additional signatures. £215.00 - £325.00

Caucasus Dawn by Graeme Lothian. 2 of 3 editions available. All 3 editions feature up to 4 additional signatures. £115.00 - £180.00

Early Risers by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 7 additional signature(s). £65.00 - £700.00

Target ahead, Kursk, Central Russia, July 1943 by David Pentland. 3 of 4 editions available. All 4 editions feature up to 3 additional signatures. £80.00 - £520.00

Gunther Rall by Ivan Berryman. 3 of 4 editions available. All 4 editions feature up to 4 additional signatures. £80.00 - £480.00

The Right of the Line by Graeme Lothian. 2 of 3 editions available. All 3 editions feature up to 6 additional signatures. £190.00 - £230.00

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Gunther Rall - Me109 Ace by Ivan Berryman. With 275 victories, Gunther Rall was one of the top Luftwaffe Aces of the second world war. Here, he is depicted in his Me109 Black 13 of JG52.

JG52 by Robert Taylor. During WWII JG-52 was the most successful Fighter Wing of the Luftwaffe, and with it flew many of the great German Aces, including the world's leading Fighter Pilot Erich Hartmann. General Galland was at one time a Squadron Commander. The Wing spawned some of the most brilliant pilots, each in turn trained as they joined experienced aces who had won their spurs in the early air battles on the Western Front. JG-52 played a significant role in the history of WWII.

Bf109Es of JG52 by Ivan Berryman. Bf109Es of JG52 flown by Gunther Rall during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940.

Tribute to Hermann Graf by Graeme Lothian. Bf109G-2 Yellow 11 of Oberleutnant Hermann Graf, Staffelkapitan 9./JG52, Pitomnik, September 1942. Graf scored his 150th kill in this aircraft in September 1942. He was awarded the Knights Cross after 42 victories, the Oak Leaves after 104 victories, the Swords after 106 victories and the Diamonds after 172 victories. His final total at the end of the war stood at 212 victories, and he held the rank of Oberst.

Tribute to Walter Krupinski by Ivan Berryman. Originally flying Me109s with JG52 at the end of the Battle of Britain, Walter Krupinski then transferred to the Eastern Front and had scored more than 50 victories by the end of 1942, earning him the Knight's Cross. He took on a young and struggling Erich Hartmann and tutored him in aerial combat - Hartmann went on to become the leading Ace in history with 352 victories. Commanding 7.JG52 in 1943, Krupinski scored 11 victories in a single day. In the spring of 1944 he went west for the defence of Germany, commanding units in JG5, JG26 and JG11. He was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross and in March 1945 joined the famous JV44 flying Me262 jets until the end of the war. In more than 1100 missions he was credited with 197 victories. He is seen here flying Bf.109 G-2 Yellow 5 of 6/JG52 over Russia in October 1942. He later flew with the reformed German Air Force after the war, and flew the F-104 Starfighter. He died in 2000.

Steinhoff Tribute by Robert Taylor. Macky Steinhoff in action over the White Cliffs of Dover. It is August, and the height of the Battle of Britain: Heinkel 111 bombers have attacked airfields and radar stations along the south coast, and a frantic dog-fight has developed as Me109s of JG-52 clash with Hurricanes of the RAFs No. 32 Squadron. Mackys Me109E, which dominates the picture, provides a magnificently detailed study of this superlative fighter, as he and his fellow Luftwaffe pilots do their best to protect the retreating Heinkels. Below is a wonderful panoramic aerial view of Dover Harbour, the legendary White Cliffs, and the carefully researched landscape showing the south-eastern tip of the British Isles as it was in 1940.

Taran over the Kuban by David Pentland. Crimea, 7th August 1943. While flying a late afternoon combat patrol with Otto Fonnekolds schwarm, from 5 staffel, JG52, Willi Batz witnessed a taran or ramming attack by a soviet fighter on a Luftwaffe Fw189 artillery spotter. Then a second Spitfire, which Batz mistook for an Aircobra attempted to finish off the crew which had just bailed out. At this point Batz was able to intervene and opened fire on the Spitfire forcing the Russian to take to his own parachute. This was to be his 12th victory, his final tally would be 237. Unfortunately for the German crew they were all captured on landing.

Erich Hartmann - The Ace of Aces by Ivan Berryman. The highest scoring fighter pilot of all time with a confirmed tally of 352 victories, Erich Hartmann is depicted getting airborne from a snowy airstrip in Czechoslovakia, late in 1944 in a Bf109G-6 of 6./JG 52.

Tribute to Peter Düttmann by Ivan Berryman. Peter Düttmann joined 5.JG52 in the spring of 1943, remaining with the unit until the end of the war. In just 395 missions he scored 152 victories - including 9 in a single day - and was awarded the Knight's Cross. Despite his aircraft being shot down or crash landing on 17 occasions, he was never wounded. He is depicted here in Bf.109 G-4 Black 12 of 5/JG52, Russia, May 1943. Peter Düttmann died in 2001.

Knight of the Reich by Robert Taylor. On the morning of 15th October 1943, as Bf109G's from III./JG52 dive into attack a group of Russian fighters high over Zaporozhye in south-east Ukraine, their Kommandeur Hauptmann Gunther Rall pounces on a Soviet La-5 to claim his 222nd victory. During this astonishing one month period Rall shot down 40 aircraft and at the end of November 1943 achieved 250 victories - at the time only the second Ace to do so after Walter Nowotny. By the time he was posted back to the West, he was well on the way to his final score of 275 victories, making him the third highest-scoring Ace in history. Had he not been wounded in action numerous times and forced to spend months in hospital, he might well have been the highest-scoring Ace of them all.

Dawn Eagles Rising by Robert Taylor. September 1940: The Battle of Britain reaches a crescendo as Me109s of the 1./JG52, their bright yellow noses glinting in the sun, gather speed and altitude as they form up after take-off from their base at Coquelles, near Calais. Led by Hauptmann Wolfgang Ewald, the Scharwm settle into their loose, finger-four formation, the pilots alert for danger and ready for yet another raid on England, just a few miles across the Channel.

Gunther Rall - on the Tail of a Yak by Ivan Berryman. Gunther Rall in action on the Eastern Front in 1944 with III/JG 52, attacking a Yak 4.

JG52 - Summer 1940 by Ivan Berryman. Gunther Rall is shown flying his Bf109E of JG52 during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940.

Victory Flypast by David Pentland. (P) Erich Hartmann celebrates his 300th victory over Warzyn airfield, Poland, 24th August 1944. Oberleutnant Erich Hartmann celebrates his 300th victory over JG52's 9th Staffel home field. Four days later he was awarded the Knights cross with diamonds as the first pilot to achieve this score.

Snow Warriors by Ivan Berryman. Gunther Rall in his Me109G Black 13 about to set off with the rest of III./JG52 from a snow covered eastern front airstrip in 1943.

Hunters at Dawn by Robert Taylor. Those Aces with over 100 victories were exceptional. To reach 200 victories was a spectacular achievement. Yet two men went even further and accomplished a feat that will never be repeated - both of them shot down more than 300 enemy aircraft which placed them in a league of their own. They were the elite of the elite, and their names are legendary - Erich Hartmann and Gerhard Barkhorn. It is no surprise that these iconic Aces scored their victories whilst flying with the legendary fighter wing JG52. Active from the beginning of the war, the unit fought in the Battle of France, but suffered terrible losses during the Battle of Britain before transferring to the Eastern Front at the outset of Operation Barbarossa, and it was here that it solidified its fearsome reputation. Operating the Bf109 throughout the war, the Geschwader boasted some of the greatest Luftwaffe pilots of world war two among its ranks - including the top three Aces of all time. Such renowned pilots as Gunther Rall (275 victories), Wilhelm Batz (237 victories), Hermann Graf (212 victories) and Helmut Lipfert (203 victories) helped this formidable unit notch up more than 10,000 victories, making it the most successful fighter wing in history. Hunters at Dawn features Hptm. Gerhard Barkhorn, Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG52. The great Ace, flying his Bf109 G-6, leads the Stab as they climb out from their base near the Black Sea, early November 1943. The crisp air of day break is temporarily punctuated by the roar of Daimler-Benz engines as the deadly Messerschmitt fighters set off on their daily hunt for Soviet aircraft over the front line.

Caucasus Dawn by Graeme Lothian. Gunther Rall leading 111 JG52 squadron April 1943.

Early Risers by David Pentland. Gramatikovo, Russia, 19th March 1944. Oberleutnant Walter Wolfrum (Black 15) and wingman of 5 Staffel JG52 take off on a dawn patrol. By the end of the day Oberleutnant Wolfrum would have accounted for 5 Soviet aircraft.

Target ahead, Kursk, Central Russia, July 1943 by David Pentland. Junker Ju87D-3s of 7 Staffel, Stg 77 escorted by Me109Gs of JG52, during the epic Battle of Kursk.

Gunther Rall by Ivan Berryman. Gunther Rall sitting on the cockpit side of Bf 109G-2 Black 13 of III/JG 52, Eastern Front, 1943.

The Right of the Line by Graeme Lothian. Sailor Malam leading 74 Squadron engaging Me109s of I/JG52 during the Battle of Britain, September 1940.