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Pilot Signed Prints : Major Erich Rudorffer
Erich Rudorffer joined I./JG2 'Richthofen' in November 1939, and was soon flying combat patrols. He took part in the Battle of France, and the Battle of Britain, becoming Adjutant of II./JG2 in June 1941. In December 1942 he was transferred to North Africa. In July 1943 he was posted to command II./JG54 in Russia. In February 1945 he took command of I./JG7 flying the Me262. Erich Rudorffer was the master of multiple scoring - achieving more multiple victories than any other pilot. This included 8 RAF aircraft in 32 minutes in December 1943, 7 in 20 minutes a few days later. In Russia he shot down 5 aircraft in only 4 minutes. He ended the war with 222 victories from over 1000 missions. He was awarded the Knight's Cross, with Oak Leaves and Swords.
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| Fighter General by Graeme Lothian. Fighter general shows Dolfo Galland leading a schwarm of BF109s out low at tree top height over the Kent countryside after doing battle with spitfires, during the last week of August 1940. This remarkable pilot was awarded the Knights Cross as a Major on the 15th August. His daring and leadership won the hearts of his men and respect from RAF Pilots. The Oak leaves was awarded on the 23rd September 1940 and crossed Swords in June 1941 after 69 victories. At the end of 1941 at age only 29 he was promoted Inspector General of the Fighter Arm. Leaving his post as Kommodore JG26 to Gerhard Schoepfel he was awarded the Diamonds to the Knights Cross in January 1942 at Oberst. As the youngest General in the German High Command he held this post until 1944, after open disagreements with Goring let to his dismissal. Reverting to combat flying he formed, with Steinhoff, the legendary JV-44, flying the ME262 jet fighter. His score by wars end stood at 104 all on the western Front. he was the only General to lead a squadron into battle. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Image size 28 inches x 17 inches (71cm x 43cm). Price £145.00 Signed by General Walter Krupinski, Major Erich Rudorffer, Major Gerhard Schopfel, Major Heinz Lange, Oberfeldwebel Heinz Marquardt, Captain Ernst-Wilhelm Reimert, Leutnant Fritz Tegtmeier and Oberleutenant Peter Düttman. ITEM CODE DHM0872 |
| Arctic Hunters by Richard Taylor. Occupied by the Germans, by 1942 Norway had become vital to Hitlers war in the East. With the Russians threatening to over-run Finland and attack Norway, the pilots of JG5 were tasked to support German ground forces, and to escort the incessant Luftwaffe attacks on Arctic Convoys from Britain to the vital Russian ports of Murmansk and Archangel. With such unpredictably harsh weather it was a life or death battle fought under extreme conditions. For the pilots of JG5 - Eismeer, the Polar Sea Group, the sun never set during the long summer months, and due to constant fog and storms it was often impossible for pilots to return to base, often diverting to other airstrips. But their darkest moment came in December 1944 when their Kommodore, Heinrich Ehrler, one of the Luftwaffes most brilliant fighter leaders, was made a scapegoat following the sinking of the German battleship Tirpitz in a Norwegian fjord. Despite holding the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and nominated for the Swords, he was convicted. High in the Arctic Circle a bitter war of attrition was fought in freezing, unforgiving conditions, the desperate conflict played out against a majestic, awe-inspiring backdrop of beautiful ice-clad mountains. Richard Taylors spectacular painting portrays the Me109s of 6./JG5 led by Oberleutnant Heinrich Ehrler, while based at Petsamo in Finland, as they soar high above the towering peaks of ice capped mountains glistening in the cold polar air, March 1943. Their dawn patrol keeps constant vigil along the glacial fjords of the Norways far-northern coastline, as the majestic vista gives the battle-hardened Me109 pilots a brief moment of tranquility far removed from the grim and bitter battles being fought below. Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 23 inches (86cm x 58cm). Price £95.00 Signed by Unteroffizier Gunther Kolb and Major Erich Rudorffer.
Polar Front edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 23 inches (86cm x 58cm). Price £150.00 Signed by Unteroffizier Gunther Kolb, Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Walter Schuck and Hauptmann Karl-Fritz Schlossstein.
Polar Front proof edition of 60 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 23 inches (86cm x 58cm). Price £120.00 Signed by Unteroffizier Gunther Kolb, Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Walter Schuck and Hauptmann Karl-Fritz Schlossstein.
Polar Front edition of 25 remarques. Paper size 34 inches x 23 inches (86cm x 58cm). Price £265.00 Signed by Unteroffizier Gunther Kolb, Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Walter Schuck and Hauptmann Karl-Fritz Schlossstein.
Polar Front edition of 10 double remarques. Paper size 34 inches x 23 inches (86cm x 58cm). Price £445.00 Signed by Unteroffizier Gunther Kolb, Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Walter Schuck and Hauptmann Karl-Fritz Schlossstein. ITEM CODE DHM1653 |
| Assault on the Capital by Robert Taylor Robert Taylors final painting in his 60th Anniversary trilogy features a scene from the attacks on the afternoon of September 7, 1940. Led by Herbert Ihlefeld, Me109Es of II/LG 2 dive through the bomber formation giving chase to Hurricanes of 242 Squadron as Ju88s of KG30, having unloaded their bombs, head for home. One Ju88 has been hit and is already losing height, and will not return. Following behind He111s of KG53 try to keep formation as they fly through flak. The sky is alive with action. Limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £ Signed by Oberst Adolf Dickfeld, Major Heinz Lange, Generalleutnant Gunther Rall, Hauptmann Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert, Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann, Oberleutnant Siegfried Bethke, Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob, Hauptman Alfred Grislawski, Leutnant Herbert Kaiser, Unteroffizier Rudolf Miese, Oberst Eduard Neumann Leutnant Edmund Paule Rossmann, Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger, Oberleutnant Herbert Thomas, Hauptmann Rudolf Trenkel and General Herbert Wehnelt.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £ Signed by Oberst Adolf Dickfeld, Major Heinz Lange, Generalleutnant Gunther Rall, Hauptmann Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert and Major Erich Rudorffer. ITEM CODE DHM2121 |
| Knights Move by Robert Taylor The awesome battleship Tirpitz under the command of Admiral Schniewind, in company with battleships Scheer and Hipper, setting sail during Operation Rosselsprung, destined for the open sea and the North Atlantic convoy traffic. Messerschmitt Me109s of JG5, based at Petsamo, provide overhead cover while flotilla escort vessels make up the fearsome armada. The magnificent Norwegian mountains provide a spectacular backdrop this comprehensively realistic and stirring World War Two image. Limited edition of 500 prints,. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele, Fahnrich Arnold Schroeder and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing.
Limited edition of 30 artist proofs. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £395.00 Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele, Fahnrich Arnold Schroeder, Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, Oberst Hajo Hermann and Unteroffizier Heinz Kern.
Limited edition of 400 prints. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £250.00 Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele, Fahnrich Arnold Schroeder, Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, Oberst Hajo Hermann and Unteroffizier Heinz Kern.
Limited edition of 25 remarques. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £ Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele, Fahnrich Arnold Schroeder, Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, Oberst Hajo Hermann and Unteroffizier Heinz Kern.
Limited edition of 100 prints, with ten signatures. Issued with companion print. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £ ITEM CODE DHM2304 |
| Savage Skies by Robert Taylor. The weather on the morning of 31 December, 1944 was already unpleasant. In the Ardennes, hard-pressed German troops were battling Allied ground forces advancing through several inches of snow. Above, darkening skies heralded the arrival of more snow. At 10.45am, in deteriorating weather, a battle formation of 30 Fw190D fighters climbed out of Varrelbusch and headed south over the snowcovered landscape. Under the command of 12./JG54 Staffelkapitan, Oblt. Hans Dortenmann, and initially tasked to provide air cover to their beleaguered comrades below, the group was re-assigned to intercept enemy aircraft in the region of Limburg almost immediately the pilots were airborne. Flying south they ran directly into the oncoming weather, and with visibility dangerously reduced, Dortenmann elected to climb through the solid cloud into clear air. As the Fw190s broke cloud above the area of Koblenz they sighted a formation of nine 2nd Air Division B-24 Liberators and formed up for an attack. Some 6000 feet above, top-cover P-51 Mustangs had watched the Fw190s climbing through the banks of clouds, and turned 180 degrees to position behind the Luftwaffe fighters. Diving in from their height advantage, the Mustang pilots entered the fray and within seconds the sky was filled with swirling dogfights. Fighter Pilots Edition : Signed limited edition of 400 prints. Print paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £200.00 Signatories: Maj Hans Ekkehard Bob; Lt Norbert Hannig; Maj Eric Rudorffer.
Signed limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Print paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £395.00 Signatories: Maj Hans Ekkehard Bob; Lt Norbert Hannig; Maj Eric Rudorffer; Ft Lt Albert Bert Biel; Lt Hugo Brooch; Col Wilbur Lee Wib Clingan; Unteroffizier Gustav Drees; Lt Col G W Ford; Fw Heribert Koller; Lt Hermann Schleinhege.
Green Hearts Proof Edition : Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Print paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £260.00 Signatories: Maj Hans Ekkehard Bob; Lt Norbert Hannig; Maj Eric Rudorffer; Ft Lt Albert Bert Biel; Lt Hugo Brooch; Col Wilbur Lee Wib Clingan; Unteroffizier Gustav Drees; Lt Col G W Ford; Fw Heribert Koller; Lt Hermann Schleinhege. ITEM CODE DHM2590 |
| High Summer High Battle by Nicolas Trudgian. Nicolas Trudgians epic new release depicts Bf109Es of LG2 engaging No.19 Squadron Spitfires in an epic duel atop the white cliffs. Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £120.00 Signed by Wing Commander George Grumpy Unwin, DSO, DFM*, Major Erich Rudorffer and Hauptmann Hugo Dahmer.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Wing Commander George Grumpy Unwin, DSO, DFM*, Major Erich Rudorffer and Hauptmann Hugo Dahmer.
Limited edition of 30 remarques. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £265.00 Signed by Wing Commander George Grumpy Unwin, DSO, DFM*, Major Erich Rudorffer and Hauptmann Hugo Dahmer.
Limited edition of 25 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 22 inches (91cm x 56cm). Price £695.00 Certificate signed by Wing Commander George Grumpy Unwin, DSO, DFM*, Major Erich Rudorffer and Hauptmann Hugo Dahmer. ITEM CODE DHM2646 |
| Snow Warriors by Nicolas Trudgian. Nicolas Trudgian has painted an exquisitely detailed portrayal of I./JG54 Green Heart Warriors FW190A-4s taxiing out through the snow to sweep the skies above Krasnogvardeisk on the Russian Front in the winter of 1943. Signed limited edition of 300 prints. Paper size 24 inches x 20 inches (61cm x 51cm). Price £75.00 Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer.
Limited edition of 30 remarques. Paper size 24 inches x 20 inches (61cm x 51cm). Price £220.00 Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer.
Limited edition of 20 giclee canvas prints. Size 24 inches x 20 inches (61cm x 51cm). Price £325.00 ITEM CODE DHM2647 |
| Return of the Hunters by Nicolas Trudgian. Messerschmitt Me262s of JG7 race back to their base at Brandenburg after intercepting a USAAF bomber raid on Munich, and Luftwaffe air bases in the area. Below them a B-26 has crash-landed in the fields still covered with a sprinkling of late winter snow. In the distance the afternoon sun glistens on the Bavarian Alpine mountains. Signed limited edition of 1250 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (83cm x 61cm). Price £330.00 Signed by General Adolf Galland, Major Erich Rudorffer and Leutnant Fritz Tegtmeier.
Limited edition of 100 publishers proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (83cm x 61cm). Price £380.00 Signed by General Adolf Galland, Major Erich Rudorffer and Leutnant Fritz Tegtmeier. ITEM CODE DHM2662 |
| Horrido! by Robert Taylor. Of the many outstanding Luftwaffe fighter Wings of World War II, JG52 became the most successful. Many of the most famous Aces flew with this legendary wing, including one-time Squadron Commander Adolf Galland. JG-52 was home to the only fighter Aces in history to destroy more than 300 enemy aircraft - Erich Hartmann and Gerhard Barkhorn. The wings top ten scoring Aces amassed a staggering 2286 aerial victories and, by the end of the war, JG-52s pilots had recorded over 10,000 aerial victories; sixty-seven of their number were awarded the coveted Knights Cross or higher decorations, but the cost to the Wing was high: 678 of its aircrew perished in combat, while many others were taken prisoner following combat. Appropriately, Robert Taylor has chosen the Me109s of JG52 as his subject to represent the fighter pilots of the Luftwaffe in his tribute to these courageous flyers, with his breathtaking painting Horrido! With the traditional battle cry ringing in their ears, Squadron Commander Hptm Wolfgang Ewald leads pilots of I./JG52 into combat. Based at Coquelles/Calais in September 1940, the JG-52 Me109s hurtle down in a high-speed dive to engage the enemy during the ferociously fought Battle of Britain. Robert eloquently depicts these sleek and deadly fighters high over the Channel, glinting and menacing against an ominous backdrop of heavy cumulous clouds. Luftwaffe Aces edition of 600 prints. Paper size 30.5 inches x 27 inches (77cm x 67cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Leutnant Hugo Broch, Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob, Leutnant Norbert Hannig, Feldwebel Herbert Koller, General Gunther Rall, Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Walter Schuck, Leutnant Hermann Schleinhege, Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger and Walter Wolfrum.
Luftwaffe Aces edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 30.5 inches x 27 inches (77cm x 67cm). Price £ Signed by Leutnant Hugo Broch, Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob, Leutnant Norbert Hannig, Feldwebel Herbert Koller, General Gunther Rall, Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Walter Schuck, Leutnant Hermann Schleinhege, Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger and Walter Wolfrum.
Knights Cross edition of 25 prints. Paper size 30.5 inches x 27 inches (77cm x 67cm). Price £ Signed by Leutnant Hugo Broch, Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob, Leutnant Norbert Hannig, Feldwebel Herbert Koller, General Gunther Rall, Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Walter Schuck, Leutnant Hermann Schleinhege, Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger, Walter Wolfrum, Gerhard Barkhorn, Oberst Erich Hartmann, General Adolf Galland, General Johannes Steinhoff and General Walter Krupinski.
Knights Cross edition of 5 tribute proofs. Paper size 30.5 inches x 27 inches (77cm x 67cm). Price £ Signed by Leutnant Hugo Broch, Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob, Leutnant Norbert Hannig, Feldwebel Herbert Koller, General Gunther Rall, Major Erich Rudorffer, Oberleutnant Walter Schuck, Leutnant Hermann Schleinhege, Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger, Walter Wolfrum, Gerhard Barkhorn, Oberst Erich Hartmann, General Adolf Galland, General Johannes Steinhoff, General Walter Krupinski, Oberst Werner Molders, Major Walter Nowotny and Major Helmut Wick. ITEM CODE DHM2674 |
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