Messerschmidt Bf 109 Fine Art Aircraft Prints
From the Spanish Civil War until the end of WW2, one of the Luftwaffe’s primary fighter was Messerschmitt’s Bf 109. Although some flew also other fighters, the Messer was flow by every pilot credited with over 200 kills and more than 34,700 were built.
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This print shows the Bf 109G-6/R2 flown by the first pilot credited with 200 victories, Oberst Hermann Graf while he was Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 52 at Weisbaden Germany.
The Gustav, as the G model, was the most widely produced Bf 109 and the first version designed for “field modifications.” For the G-6/R2, that modification consisted of a pair of 210mm unguided rockets designed to break up Allied heavy bomber formations so they could be more easily attacked. The plane also featured a water-methanol injection system known as MW 50 that boosted engine power to 1,800 bhp.
In addition to her internal 30mm cannon and pair of 13mm machine guns, Grune 1 (Green 1) is shown with a 300 liter external drop tank and Wgr21 rocket launchers.
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An attack pilot veteran of the Legion Condor from the Spanish Civil War, Adolf Galland rapidly rose to General of Fighters during WW2. During the Battle of Britain, he flew and later commanded JG 26 Schlageter based in the Pas-de-Callias area. During this period, he flew the Bf 109E... , arguably the best fighter of the day.
This particular "Messer," W Nr. 5819, is a Bf 109E-4/N which featured an improved DB 601N engine and carries "Dolfo's" signature Mickey Mouse graphic on both sides just below the cockpit. The <-+- makings indicate it belongs to the Geschwader (Fighter Wing) Commander and Dolfo's Mickey had two unique modifications... the first obvious and the second, perhaps, urban legend. To gain an edge for long range identification, Galland had a rifle scope installed next to the gun sight which is visible protruding through the front of the windscreen. A lifelong lover of cigars, he also supposedly had an ash tray installed in the cockpit.
5819 carries typical colors from the Battle of Britain with the bright yellow nose and rudder to help with friend/foe ID during engagements and the field applied green and gray blotches on the fuselage intended to improve the camouflage’s performance when viewed from above.
She is shown carrying a 66 gallon external tank ready to cross the channel for another sortie.
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“Kid” to his squadron mates and “Black Devil” to his Russian adversaries, the most successful fighter ace in history was Germany’s Erich Hartmann. Flying his first operational sortie on 14 Oct 42, “Bubi” flew all his 1,404 combat sorties in Bf109’s, downed 352 enemy aircraft and crash landed his Messer 16 times for mechanical failure or damage from his exploding targets… he was particularly vulnerable to the latter due to his technique of closing to very close range before opening fire.
Virtually his entire career was spent with JG 52 on the Eastern Front, but this print depicts the Bf 109G-6 he flew during his two-week command of JG 53. During his time with the “Pik As” (Aces of Spades) he scored a single victory.
Bubi’s Gustav is depicted with a field applied winter camouflage of overall white with black/grey lines to break up the aircraft’s outline. Hartmann’s traditional black tulip (which earned him the “Black Devil” moniker) adorns the plane’s nose; the highly visible graphic was so widely recognized, adversaries were reluctant to engage the plane so Hartmann often had junior pilots fly “his” plane.
The plane carries a confusing graphic below the cockpit… at first glance, it may be dismissed as the “Karaya” bleeding heart worn by JG 52, but it is in fact a simple heart with Hartmann’s wife’s nickname, “Usch” written inside it.
Hartmann flew this plane in the Hungarian theater – hence the large yellow “V” under the port wing during the Luftwaffe’s 1945 retreat back into Germany. She is a "tall tail" Gustav (modified to counter the increased torque of later production engines) with a "Erla Haube" high visibility single piece canopy.
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