| | Item Code : DP0015 | The Last Eagle, Innsbruck, Austria, May 1945 by David Pentland. - This Edition |  Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price! |
| | TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | | PRINT | Signed limited edition of 500 prints.
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| Other editions of this item : | The Last Eagle, Innsbruck, Austria, May 1945 by David Pentland. | DP0015 |
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PROOF | Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. | Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm) | Artist : David Pentland |  | £180.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRESENTATION | Pilot Presentation Edition of 5 Limited Edition Prints. | Image size 20 inches x 14 inches (51cm x 36cm) |  Galland, Adolf  (clipped)
Rall, Gunther (clipped)
Bethke, Siegfried (clipped)
Seeger, Gunther (clipped)
Scheufele, Ernst (clipped)
+ Artist : David Pentland
Signature(s) value alone : £320 | | £600.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRESENTATION | Steinhoff Presentation Edition of 5 Limited Edition Prints. | Image size 20 inches x 14 inches (51cm x 36cm) |  Steinhoff, Johannes  (clipped)
Rall, Gunther (clipped)
Bethke, Siegfried (clipped)
Seeger, Gunther (clipped)
Scheufele, Ernst (clipped)
+ Artist : David Pentland
Signature(s) value alone : £320 | | £600.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Walter Wolfrum Knights Cross signature edition of 6 signed limited edition prints from the edition of 500.
Printed on high quality artist paper board. | Image size 20 inches x 14 inches (51cm x 36cm) | Broch, Hugo (signed in person)
Wolfrum, Walter (signed in person)
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Signature(s) value alone : £120 |  | £145.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE
CANVAS | Limited edtion of 50 giclee canvas prints. | Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm) | Artist : David Pentland
on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £400.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | POSTCARD | Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 40 cards. | Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm) | none | | £2.90 | VIEW EDITION... |
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| The Aircraft : | | Name | Info | | Me109 | Willy Messerschmitt designed the BF109 during the early 1930s. The Bf109 was one of the first all metal monocoque construction fighters with a closed canopy and retractable undercarriage. The engine of the Me109 was a V12 aero engine which was liquid-cooled. The Bf109 first saw operational service during the Spanish Civil War and flew to the end of World War II, during which time it was the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter squadrons. During the Battle of Britian the Bf109 was used in the role of an escort fighter, a role for which it was not designed for, and it was also used as a fighter bomber. During the last days of May 1940 Robert Stanford-Tuck, the RAF ace, got the chance to fly an Me109 which they had rebuilt after it had crash landed. Stanford-Tuck found out that the Me109 was a wonderful little plane, it was slightly faster than the Spitfire, but lacked the Spitfire manoeuvrability. By testing the Me109, Tuck could put himself inside the Me109 when fighting them, knowing its weak and strong points. With the introduction of the improved Bf109F in the spring of 1941, the type again proved to be an effective fighter during the invasion of Yugoslavia and during the Battle of Crete and the invasion of Russia and it was used during the Siege of the Mediteranean island of Malta. The Bf109 was the main fighter for the Luftwaffe until 1942 when the Fw190 entered service and shared this position, and was partially replaced in Western Europe, but the Me109 continued to serve on the Eastern Front and during the defence of the Reich against the allied bombers. It was also used to good effect in the Mediterranean and North Africa in support of The Africa Korps. The Me109 was also supplied to several German allies, including Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia. The Bf109 scored more kills than any other fighter of any country during the war and was built in greater numbers with a total of over 31,000 aircraft being built. The Bf109 was flown by the three top German aces of the war war. Erich Hartmann with 352 victories, Gerhard Barkhorn with 301 victories and Gunther Rall with 275 kills. Bf109 pilots were credited with the destruction of 100 or more enemy aircraft. Thirteen Luftwaffe Aces scored more than 200 kills. Altogether this group of pilots were credited with a total of nearly 15,000 kills, of which the Messerschmitt Bf109 was credited with over 10,000 of these victories. The Bf109 was the most produced warplane during World War II, with 30,573 examples built during the war, and the most produced fighter aircraft in history, with a total of 33,984 units produced up to April 1945. Bf109s remained in foreign service for many years after World War II. The Swiss used their Bf109Gs well into the 1950s. The Finnish Air Force did not retire their Bf109Gs until March 1954. Romania used its Bf109s until 1955. The Spanish Hispanos flew even longer. Some were still in service in the late 1960s. |
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