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Skaman
03-14-2004, 03:34 PM
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Pilot Officer John Bisley of 126 Squadron in combat with Me 109s from JG-53 during one of the intense aerial air battles over Valetta in April 1942. Between the summer of 1940 and the end of 1942, Malta became one of the most bombed places on earth. The RAF’s desperate fight to retain control of the diminutive Mediterranean island, and the defiant courage of the people of Malta, is one of the epic stories of World War Two. Signed by six Spitfire pilots who flew in the defence of Malta.


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The morning of 19 July 1944 saw the USAAF’s 8th and 15th Air Forces mount an attack of awesome proportion against the aircraft factories in the region of Munich. To combat a seemingly overwhelming force of 1400 bombers and almost as many fighter escorts, the Luftwaffe were able to put up just three Gruppen from JG300 and one from JG302, flying a mix of Me109G’s and Fw190’s – barely 50 serviceable fighters between them. They were joined by a dozen Me109’s of
II./JG27, these fighters desperately trying to defend the very factories in which they were made.
Shown are the Messerschmitt Me109G’s of II./JG27, sporting their sage green ‘Defence of the Reich’ markings, returning to base at Fels am Wagram after the ferocious combat fought on that warm summer day. A P-38 Lightning, one of 47 Allied aircraft brought down during the air fighting, lies crash-landed in the spectacular Bavarian countryside, testimony to the fact that this is still very much “Messerschmitt Country”.


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Dawn on a crisp February morning in 1945 at Brandenburg-Briest, Germany. Walter Schuck returns from a brief test flight in his Me 262 jet to discover that the airstrip is under attack by American fighters. Whilst Me 109's dive in to defend the base,
P-51 Mustangs harass Schuck, as P-47 Thunderbolts bomb the hangars.
Signed by Luftwaffe pilots; Walter Schuck - Kurt Schulze - Theo Nau - Fritz Wiener. U.S. fighter pilots; Robert Winks - Norm Achen - Robert Wright - Raymond Tolliver

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A tribute to the bomber crews who flew with RAF Bomber Command throughout it's arduous six year campaign. True to their squadron motto “Strike and Return”, Lancasters of 460 Squadron RAAF, return to RAF Binbrook in Lincolnshire following a daylight raid over Germany in the late winter of 1944.
Signed by four highly decorated pilots who flew with RAF Bomber Command during World War II. Pat Cardon - Bob Knights - Tony Iveson - Bill North.

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"Gustav!"

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Chuck Yeager make a low pass over his first Me262 jet fighter 'kill'.
Signed by Chuck Yeager.



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"Strange Encounter"

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"Marianas Turkey Shoot"

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P-40 fighters of the 325th FG, 12th AF, the dreaded Checkertail Clan, as they attack a German tank column in the African desert during the defeat of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps' in Tunisia in the early spring of 1943.
Signed by the artist.



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Originally produced to announce and commemorate Heinz Krebs' first one-man art exhibition in the United States. This exhibition poster shows a reproduction of 'Checkmate', Heinz' most popular painting in the U.S.A. It is lavishly produced using a six-color process, the image being surrounded by a platinum keyline. The heading, which is also printed in the same platinum ink, and the white text under the image area, stand out beautifully against the matte dark blue border of the poster. All posters have been spot varnished for optimum protection.


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April 13th 1944. Crossing the Channel coast, lone survivor of the 545th BS, B-17G Squawkin' Chicken, flown by Lt. Dewayne Bennett galantly fights back a last attempt by Luftwaffe fighters to down her after the raid on Schweinfurt.
Signed by Dewayne Bennett, and two German fighter pilots of JG-1.



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Eatern Front,Winter, 1943. Horst Petzschler flies escort for a Stuka attack on Russian armour, which has been ambushed by German tanks near Smolensk.
Signed by: Horst Petzschler, and Oscar Boesch.

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The first of three prints in Robert Bailey's "Luftwaffe Over Europe" set, depicts Siegfried Mueller and Oscar Boesch as they attack the airfield at Eindhoven, Holland, on 1st. January 1945. During this raid the R.A.F. lost sixty aircraft, a large number of which were Typhoons.
Signed by: Siegfried Mueller - Oscar Boesch - Richard Franz - Theo Nau -

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Ju-88 bombers of III/KG-30 attack convoy PQ-17 en route to Russia, with vital
war supplies from the west. Each print is signed by Hajo Herrmann, a highly decorated bomber commander who took part in the attack on PQ-17, and four naval veterans of the Arctic convoys.

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Having just escaped from Munich with the advancing Americans only minutes away, Oberstleutnant Heinz Bär, last commander of JV-44, leads his flight of Me262s to their mountain hideaway at Salzburg, 29th April 1945. Later the same day Bär claimed a P-47 Thunderbolt in a final act of defiance.
Signed by Walter Schuck - Herman Buchner - Werner Roell. All Me 262 pilots, and all recipients of the Knight's Cross.

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Hurricanes of 111 Squadron attack Do.17s during the Battle of Britain.
Signed by: John Ellacombe, Alec Ingle, and John Peel.

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A Ju 88 G-6 piloted by Maj. Paul Zorner, commander of NJG 100 attacks and severely damages an RAF Lancaster somewhere over Germany in late 1944.
Signed by Maj. Paul Zorner.

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It is winter 1945. As dusk falls, the tranquillity of an English village is briefly disturbed by P-51 Mustangs of the 357th Fighter Group as they hurry home to Leiston at the end of a hazardous escort mission over Germany.
Signed by Bud Anderson - Robert Winks - John Skara - Raymond Conlin

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Me110s of ZG1 roar overhead as units of the 4th Panzer Division, and grenadiers of the S.S. "Das Reich" Division advance on Smolensk, Russia, summer of 1941. Signed by the artist.

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The first part of Robert Taylor's trilogy commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. In a scene that truly captures the spirit of the RAF's victory in history's longest and most bitterly fought aerial battle, a Heinkel 111 crew has finished their war in an English field as a victorious Spitfire circles above.
Signed by 25 Battle of Britain Spitfire pilots, and includes "Defiant To The Last" signed by two Defiant aircrew. 33" x 24"

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A Lancaster has been damaged and is left far behind the main force to make its own
perilous way home as best it can. Seeing the vulnerability of their friends, a
Mosquito crew expose themselves to the same dangers, and throttle back to stay
alongside the injured warbird. Dawn has broken, the visibility is unlimited. They
have yet to make that Channel crossing and enemy fighters are in the area. The
crew of the Lancaster struggle to maintain flying speed and enough height to bring
their large four-engined aircraft home. Perhaps tonight they will all drink and laugh in the local pub - perhaps!
Signed by: Bill Reid V.C., Len Sumter, Howie Wing, Fred Coney, John Costello, Lyndon Sims and Roly Hammersley.

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The first of a two piece set of prints commemorating the infamous attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, December 7th. 1941. Each print is signed by
four crew members of the 'Nevada'.

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Commemorating the 50th. Anniversary of victory in the Pacific. Pictured are B-29s of the 499th. bomb group on the return journey from a daylight raid on Tokyo.
At the extremity of their range, escorting P-51s peel off and head for home.
Prints are signed by four B-29 air crew. The companion,"Fortress Under Attack" is signed by two Medal of Honor recipients, Jay Zeamer and Red Erwin.

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A Bristol Beaufighter of 144 Sqdn. takes evasive action from a Fw190 of 9/JG5
over Fordefjord, Norway, 9th. Feb. 1945.
Signed by the pilot and navigator of Beaufighter NE831 PL-O.

The first piece is my favorite.

Merik
03-14-2004, 04:03 PM
I think that most WW2 and WW1 aviation art has waayy too much action going on. Ive seen paintings where aircraft will do stuff that pilots would never be able to perform under any situation. But still it makes a good centerpiece in a room. p-)

Vance
03-14-2004, 04:11 PM
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What country is that from?

Skaman
03-14-2004, 04:14 PM
I think that most WW2 and WW1 aviation art has waayy too much action going on. Ive seen paintings where aircraft will do stuff that pilots would never be able to perform under any situation. But still it makes a good centerpiece in a room. p-)

Which example are you referring to?

Haiw
03-14-2004, 04:17 PM
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What country is that from?
Israel?

Merik
03-14-2004, 04:23 PM
I think that most WW2 and WW1 aviation art has waayy too much action going on. Ive seen paintings where aircraft will do stuff that pilots would never be able to perform under any situation. But still it makes a good centerpiece in a room. p-)

Which example are you referring to?

Well all of them really. One that is not shown that I can think of is a painting of Hub Zemke duking it out with either a 109 or a 190, cant remember.

Ratamacue
03-14-2004, 04:46 PM
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What country is that from?
Israel?

Israel didn't exist during WW2. ;)

Haiw
03-14-2004, 04:49 PM
Yea I know that, but maybe the pic was from later? As I remember seeing that mark on other IAF planes...

Javehn
03-14-2004, 04:51 PM
Jesus Crist . That Messershmit was a part of shipment to Israel from Chekoslovakia from USSR , during Israeli first war of independance , 1947 -- 1948 .
That's a Messershmit , i am not mistaken , right ?

Merik
03-14-2004, 07:51 PM
Jesus Crist . That Messershmit was a part of shipment to Israel from Chekoslovakia from USSR , during Israeli first war of independance , 1947 -- 1948 .
That's a Messershmit , i am not mistaken , right ?

Yes its a 109. It was redesignated something once it arrived in Israel.

Skaman
03-14-2004, 08:16 PM
Jesus Crist . That Messershmit was a part of shipment to Israel from Chekoslovakia from USSR , during Israeli first war of independance , 1947 -- 1948 .
That's a Messershmit , i am not mistaken , right ?

Yes its a 109. It was redesignated something once it arrived in Israel.

What is it intercepting? It looks like a spitfire...

:|

Marmot1
03-14-2004, 08:55 PM
Jesus Crist . That Messershmit was a part of shipment to Israel from Chekoslovakia from USSR , during Israeli first war of independance , 1947 -- 1948 .
That's a Messershmit , i am not mistaken , right ?

Yes its a 109. It was redesignated something once it arrived in Israel.

Not it os Avia S-199 basicaly Bf-109 but with Hispano suiza(sp?) engine and build in Czech...

http://www.ipmskalamazoo.org/Aircraft/48th/lc-s199-1.jpg
http://www.teuton.org/dbarnett/00-Avia%20S-199-1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7934/mezek3c.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7934/mezek4c.jpg

Avia S-199 Mezek
1948-1949

Avia S-199 Mezek is based on the famous german fighter Messerschmitt Bf 109.
Type: Single seat fighter
Country of origin: Czechoslovakia
Performance:
Speed 590 km/h;
Range 850 km.
In May 1948 desperate for an answer to the enemy's rule of the skies, Israel bought 25 inferior Czech versions of the famed Luftwaffe fighter for the princely sum of $1.8 million. The IAF's first fighter made history immediately, stopping the Egyptian advance towards Tel-Aviv at Ashdod. Within a few days Moddy Alon scored the IAF's first aerial victories in his S-199. Despite these achievements pilots complained that the fickle Messerschmitt was so difficult to handle that "she tried to kill us on every takeoff and landing".

AFACadet
03-14-2004, 10:34 PM
Sort of ironic in this case that Nazi engineering helped save the Jewish state and British engineering made that doubtful.

Merik
03-14-2004, 11:13 PM
Jesus Crist . That Messershmit was a part of shipment to Israel from Chekoslovakia from USSR , during Israeli first war of independance , 1947 -- 1948 .
That's a Messershmit , i am not mistaken , right ?

Yes its a 109. It was redesignated something once it arrived in Israel.

What is it intercepting? It looks like a spitfire...

:|

Egypt got a lot of Spits from the UK after the war and used them against Israel. A really neat thing to point out is Israel bought like 6 B-17s from the US and dropped bombs on some targets on the same flight from the US after purchasing them. There was one or two of them that survived long enough to fight in the 1967 Six-Day War too.

Skaman
03-15-2004, 01:22 AM
Jesus Crist . That Messershmit was a part of shipment to Israel from Chekoslovakia from USSR , during Israeli first war of independance , 1947 -- 1948 .
That's a Messershmit , i am not mistaken , right ?

Yes its a 109. It was redesignated something once it arrived in Israel.

What is it intercepting? It looks like a spitfire...

:|

Egypt got a lot of Spits from the UK after the war and used them against Israel. A really neat thing to point out is Israel bought like 6 B-17s from the US and dropped bombs on some targets on the same flight from the US after purchasing them. There was one or two of them that survived long enough to fight in the 1967 Six-Day War too.


wow, I never knew about this. DO you have anymore information about this? Photos perhaps?

Andyman
03-15-2004, 03:24 AM
Phenomemnal paintings absolutely phenomenal!!! p-)

Uncle Chô
03-15-2004, 05:18 AM
Phenomemnal paintings absolutely phenomenal!!! p-)
:| Pretty naive I'll say. Too much artistic license and "glorification" to me.

Well done Gents, it only took 1 image out of 24 to turn this WWII post into another Israel / Arab thread...

The S-199 was powered by a license-built German Jumo 211, not a Hispano Suiza. 25 were bought from the Czech in 1948 but they saw limited use because of the faulty engine and an oversize propeller that led to several crashes and groundings.

A lot of different airplanes made their way to the young state of Israel in the late 40s : T-6 / C-46 / C-47 / Spitfire / S-199 / B-17 / Mosquito and several light planes bought from Germany, the UK, France, Czech, USA, South Africa, Australia...

A very interesting subject indeed ;)

Pégase
03-15-2004, 05:49 AM
some paints here (http://www.flyandrive.com/monoplane.htm)

Marmot1
03-15-2004, 08:30 AM
Phenomemnal paintings absolutely phenomenal!!! p-)
:| Pretty naive I'll say. Too much artistic license and "glorification" to me.

Well done Gents, it only took 1 image out of 24 to turn this WWII post into another Israel / Arab thread...

The S-199 was powered by a license-built German Jumo 211, not a Hispano Suiza. 25 were bought from the Czech in 1948 but they saw limited use because of the faulty engine and an oversize propeller that led to several crashes and groundings.

A lot of different airplanes made their way to the young state of Israel in the late 40s : T-6 / C-46 / C-47 / Spitfire / S-199 / B-17 / Mosquito and several light planes bought from Germany, the UK, France, Czech, USA, South Africa, Australia...



A very interesting subject indeed ;)

Yep sorry I mistaken it with other Bf109 clone.. A Spanish build Hispano Ha-1112-M1L (with Merlin or Hispano-Suiza engine)


The HA-1112 airframe is a Spanish-built version of the famous Messerschmitt Bf109G fighter. As no German engines were available after 1945, early postwar versions of this aircraft were powered by the Spanish Hispano-Suiza engine. Later versions used the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, although there were nine different Spanish variants using either of the two engines. Production ceased in the spring of 1961. Many were sold into private hands and are still flying in the air show circuit.



Here is gallery of S-199 Photos

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/s199ng_1.html

And HA-1112 in german (sic!) painting
http://www.luftwaffe-experten.co.uk/buchon/buchon-05.jpg

Marmot1
03-15-2004, 08:49 AM
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/airplane/museum/cl-pln/images2/PZL.jpg


PZL-P11c of KOP (Border Guards) late 30's

http://ww2-aviation.net/polavhist/img/303_126.jpg

Military art of 303 squadron RAF (Polish) :-) one of planes with squadron score after BofB

more info in english...
http://ww2-aviation.net/polavhist/
There is interesting info that i found :lol:

On April 11, 1942, when an aerial gunnery contest was staged within the 11th Fighter Group, the three competing Polish squadrons - 303, 316 and 315 took the first three places out of 22, 303 Squadron coming first by a healthy margin

Piotrek
03-15-2004, 09:44 AM
more info in english...
http://ww2-aviation.net/polavhist/img/303_126.jpg

:slap: :D

I think it suppose to be
http://ww2-aviation.net/polavhist/

Marmot1
03-15-2004, 10:08 AM
more info in english...
http://ww2-aviation.net/polavhist/img/303_126.jpg

:slap: :D

I think it suppose to be
http://ww2-aviation.net/polavhist/
Yes. Corected!

Uncle Chô
03-15-2004, 10:19 AM
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/airplane/museum/cl-pln/images2/PZL.jpg
Superb ! woot.

I love PZLs :D

Marmot1
03-15-2004, 11:16 AM
It was ot so bad plane after all when used by experienced pilot... first BF109 score in WW2 was on PZL P11c and overal kill ratio in defense of Poland was in favor of polish pilots (read below)
http://ww2-aviation.net/polavhist/img/p11mlp.jpg
http://www.ww2-aviation.net/polavhist/img/p11units.jpg


Of about 2000 aircraft used against Poland Luftwaffe lost 258 to all causes, and of additional 263 damaged only 40% made it back to the front-line units after repairs. An estimated 230 aircraft were destroyed in action, primarily by Polish fighters and anti-aircraft artillery. About 400 aircrew were killed or missing, and an additional 120 wounded. Of 217 German tanks destroyed and 457 seriously damaged in the campaign, a significant proportion can be attributed to the Bomber Brigade and P.23s of the Army reconnaissance squadrons. Lotnictwo Wojskowe lost 333 aircraft, 260 as the result of enemy action. Of these, around 100 were destroyed in combat, and a further 120 as the result of sustained damage. Only 25 combat aircraft (as opposed to many training and civilian airplanes) were destroyed on the ground. Aircrew killed numbered 61, 110 were missing and 63 wounded. When comparing the combat potential of both sides, this is by no means a bad result for the Polish Air Force. An interesting observation is that, throughout the campaign, more than 30 Polish aircraft were shot down by Polish anti-aircraft fire. This sad testimony to the efficiency of Polish AA gunmen (who also took a heavy toll - considering the minute number of AA guns available - of the Luftwaffe) is easy to explain. Constantly harassed by the Luftwaffe, mauled by the horrifying Stuka attacks, Polish ground troops fired at anything that flew. Polish aircraft were indeed a rare sight those days, thus, when they did appear, they were almost automatically assumed to be German. Probably the worst incident happened on September 8th. When P.11s of were chasing a He 111 formation near Pulawy, Polish AA opened fire, and shot down four aircraft, killing two pilots - one of them the C/O of - and wounding one. More frequent, though, were cases of downing Polish liaison and reconnaissance aircraft, which, because of German mastery of the air, usually kept close to the ground and were often hit by own machine gun or even small arms fire. Another interesting statistic is the number of defensive kills by Polish bomber and reconnaissance crews - 14 - as compared to the number of these aircraft shot down by German fighters, which is 31. As Polish bombers had relatively weak defensive armament (three 7.92mm guns) and no armor, even assuming top-quality gunnery on part of the Polish crews, there is no escape from the conclusion that many German fighter pilots were only learning their trade (for comparison: the Pursuit Brigade claimed 38 victories over German bombers and lost only 4 fighters to their defensive fire).



He he this is the best story I ever heard about polish pilot!!

Jan Falkowski, kills: 9. Comment: In September 1939, while flying a PWS-26 biplane aerobatics trainer, was jumped by several Bf 109s. Using the plane's maneuverability he was able to evade the attacks, till one of the Germans crashed into the ground and the others, put off, left him alone. Shot down over Holland on 9 March, 1945, managed to escape from German POW transport.
http://www.powiat.mielec.pl/poser/samoloty/rws/pws26.jpg
PWS 26 (unarmed biplane that "scored" Bf 109)