Struck by a Thunderbolt

The aviation art print by Heinz Krebs shows Messerschmitt Bf-110s and P-47 Thunderbolts. Flying out of Wels in Austria, II/ZG 1, the “Wasp Wing” as it was known, was a veteran Luftwaffe unit of the Eastern front and the only surviving unit operational on the Messerschmitt Me110 twin engine “destroyer”. When in June 1944 Wasps participated in the attack against U.S. bombers headed for the city of Budapest, it was the last time the Me110 was flown into battle in daylight. Here P-47's of the famous Checkertail Clan on escort duty, suddenly and ferociously attack two Me110's of the Wasps. Each print has been signed personally by the last three surviving Knight's Cross recipients of II/ZG 1, Maj. Rolf Hermichen, Capt. Herbert Kutscha, and Capt. Hans Lutter, and countersigned by three of the most highly decorated combat veterans of the USAAF 325th Fighter Group, Col. Herschel H. Green, Lt.Col. Lewis W. Chick, and Maj. Robert M. Barkey.

 

Printed on heavy stock acid-free paper, supplied with a certificate of authenticity.

Limited Edition

• 1250 numbered copies, signed by six highly decorated WW II aviators and the Artist