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JG3 Fw190 Aviation Art Prints by Robert Tomlin and Richard Taylor.
PCK2638. JG3 Fw190 Aviation Art Prints by Robert Tomlin and Richard Taylor. Aviation Print Pack.
Items in this pack :
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DHM2509B. Ramraiders by Robert Tomlin. (B) 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. Special artist signed and numbered edition of 500 prints. Image size 10.5 inches x 15.5 inches (27cm x 40cm)
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DHM2639. 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 by Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke,
Leutnant Helmut Ballewski
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Leutnant Kurt Wuppermann. Signed limited edition of 400 prints. Image size 24 inches x 16 inches (61cm x 41cm)
Website Price: £ 120.00
To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £175.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £55
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