LUFTWAFFE ACES et al.

(Axis Aces, Leading) - Item #2506

RAF cover depicting the Messerschmitt Bf-109; signed by world's top ace Erich Hartmann with 352 victories, General of the Fighter Adolf Galland and leading Japanese ace Saburo Sakai ( in English & Japanese) with 32 or 64 victories (depending upon reference used). Also signed by commemorative flight pilot. Fine. Price: $285.00

(German War Planes) - Item #2087

Erich Hartmann, world's top ace with 352 victories, RK with diamonds; Johannes "Mickey" Steinhoff, ace with 176 victories. Colorful print depicting the different German war planes, Bf 109G-2, Bf 109G-6, Bf 109K-4/R, signed by both pilots; on the back is a colorful picture of the Me 109TL. Attractive. Price: $125.00

(Luftwaffe Aces) - Item #2445

German aces. Signatures on individual cards. Wolf Falch, 7 vic.; Herman Ernst, 5 vic.; Karl-August von Schoenebeck, (WWI), 8 vic.; Heinrich Hofer, (Cdr. of Fighter Sqn. 55); Ralph von Rettberg, 8 vic.; Herbert Kuntz, German bomber pilot, sank 16 ships and 366 flights; Manfred Buttner, 8 vic.; and Dietric Huy, 40 victories, (cut signature); and Hans Hahn, 108 victories, (cut signature). Set. Price: $88.00

(Sopwith) - Item #1659

Luftwaffe aces and chief test pilots. Cover depicting the Sopwith; 8vo, colorful cachet of Mr. Harry G. Hawker in flight. Signed by: Helmut Lipfert (203 victories), Erich Hartmann (352 vic.), Gerd Achgelis (World Aerobatic Champion at Cleveland 1934 & 1936), K. B. Kindermann (Chief test pilot for Junker), Wolfgang Spaete (99 vic.), Wunderlin Trenkle (Chief test pilot for Messerschmidt), Friedrich Ritz (Heinkel's chief test pilot), Adolf Galland (111 vic.), Johannes Steinhoff (176 vic.), and Gunter Seegor (56 vic.). Postal cancellation May 31, '79; two stamps, with one depicting Hawker with a fighter plane. Very attractive. Price: $435.00

Achgelis, Gerd - Item #2155

World Aerobatic Champion at Cleveland 1934 and 1936; his company built the first successful helicopter, the Focke Achgelis FA-61 which Hanna Reitsch flew indoors in 1937. PS, 6x4, in flying suit entering his biplane cockpit. Signed adding 1930. On verso he identified the airplane and engine, in his hand. Price: $39.00

Ackermann, Georg - Item #2508

RK winning Bomber pilot of KG-53 "Condor Legion". PS, 5 x 7, in dress uniform with RK showing, talking with 2 others, signed adding KG-53. Fine. Price: $28.00

Banfield, Gottfried - Item #2071

Austro-Hungarian WWI Navy ace with 9 victories. ALS, 8vo, 1p, 30 April 1982, his letterhead, in German, "...I'm sending a couple of signed photos with friendly greetings...G. Banfield" Fine. Price: $78.00

Barkhorn, Gerd - Item #2150

RAF cover honoring Manfred von Richthofen with handsome cachet depicting Richthofen portrait and his red tri-wing in combat, in color. Signed by Gerd Barkhorn with 301 victories and world's second highest scoring ace; Gen. Karl Bodenschatz, Richthofen's adjutant in WWI and Goering's adjutant in WWII; and Erich Hartmann, world's top ace with 352 victories. Unsigned photo of Barkhorn enclosed. Attractive. Price: $316.00

Barkhorn, Gerd - Item #2513

Second highest scoring ace in world with 301 victories. Cut signature, 1/2 x 5 1/2, "Barkhorn" . Price: $96.00

Barkhorn, Gerd - Item #2516

Second highest scoring ace in world with 301 victories. RAF cover signed in full by Barkhorn. Also signed by Karl Wulff, RK as recon. and Stuka pilot; and Heinrich Brucker, RK as Stuka pilot in Condor Legion and WWII, leader in development of Me-262 then becoming Gen. of the fighter-bombers. With unsigned photos. Price: $289.00

Batz, Wilhelm - Item #2103

RK with swords; ace with 237 victories; sixth highest scoring ace in the world. PS, in uniform wearing RK, 6x4. Fine portrait. Price: $65.00

Bodenschatz, Karl - Item #2075

Richtofen's adjutant in WWI; Goering's adjutant in WWII. Photocopy of his letter, 4to, his letterhead, 5.3.78, in German, declining a request to give any material or information on his career during the wars, because of his age (88) and his infirmity. He has written in the date, his age, the addressee, and his full signature. Price: $170.00

Boksay, Anton von - Item #2086

WWI Hungarian "fighter ace" with 3 official victories. Bust portrait PS, 5 x 3 1/2, in full uniform, signed in full, with date, and place; in white ink against the dark area; good contrast. On verso, Boskay wrote an autobiography of his war days, and signed his initials. Very informative. Price: $39.00

Boos, Johannes - Item #2139

RK winning bomber pilot. Bust portrait PS, 5 x 3 1/2, in uniform with RK showing. Price: $22.00

Buchner, Hermann - Item #2104

Third highest scoring jet ace with 12 jet victories (all 4-engined victories) and 58 total victories. Bust portrait PS, in uniform wearing RK, 6x4. Price: $53.00

Buhligen, Kurt - Item #1653

Ace with 112 victories (24 four-engined victories) and RK with swords; and Siegfried Lemke with 96 victories (21 four-engined victories).PS, 6 x 4, with Buhligen helping Lemke put on his RK. Price: $78.00

Delica, Egon - Item #2446

Leader of glider airborne & paptroops at Fort Eben Emael, Crete, amd Russia. Bust portrait, PS, 6x4, in dress uniform wearing RK. Signed with blue ink on lower margin. Price: $69.00

Doring, Arnold - Item #2495

Ace with 23 victories; night-fighter. PS, 5x7, of Ju-88 night-fighter with radar. Full signature in left lower corner. Price: $37.00

Eisenlohr, Wolfrum - Item #2154

WWI naval pilot; first to sink a ship with an airplane. PS, 6 x 4, in uniform with his parents and 5 brothers (3 army officers and 3 naval officers), a WWI family portrait. Slight smudge in signature. Price: $54.00

Fieseler, Gerhard - Item #2102

WWI ace with 22 victories; world aerobatic champion in 1930's, designed and built the Fieseler Storch, probably the world's best short-field airplane, even used by Eisenhower until criticized. PS, 5x7, of Storch on the ground in camouflage paint. Boldly signed in light area. Price: $58.00

Franz, Anselm and Wolfgang Spaete - Item #2152

Designed first axial flow jet engine and the first operational jet engine (Me-262). RAF cover signed by Franz, depicting in color a Whittle jet in flight; Wolfgang Spaete with 99 victories, and also by an American ace Arthur Jeffrey, with 14 victories, and others. Enclosed is an unsigned photo of Jeffrey. Price: $140.00

Galland, Adolf - Item #1444

General of the Fighters; ace with 104 victories in the west; jet ace with 7 victories; RK with diamonds. Portrait PS, 6 x 4, in uniform wearing RK (his classic pose), boldly signed on white lower margin. Price: $49.00

Galland, Adolf - Item #2061

General of the Fighters; ace with 104 victories in the west; jet ace with 7 victories; RK with diamonds. PS, 6 x 4, in full uniform and jacket, holding his dog. Boldly signed on lower white margin. Price: $46.00

Galland, Adolf - Item #2143

General of the Fighters; ace with 104 victories in the west; jet ace with 7 victories; RK with diamonds. Large PS, 7x9, depicting a formation of B-17s dropping bombs from high altitude. Inset photo of Galland in uniform with RK. Boldly signed in light area. Impressive. Price: $65.00

Glunz, Adolf - Item #2157

Ace with 71 victories including 21 4-engined victories; RK with oakleaves. PS, 5x7, in flight gear practicing indoor gunnery run on a Spitfire model with another pilot. boldly signed in light area. Price: $37.00

Gollob, Gordon - Item #1656

RK with diamonds for 150 victories. PS, 7 x 5, in uniform without jacket. Boldly signed, "G. Gollob". Slightly smudged first "G". Price: $258.00

Graf, Hermann - Item #1730

RK with diamonds, 212 victories (ten 4-engined victories); and Rolf Hermichen with 64 victories (26 4-engined victories). PS, 6 x 4, of the two in uniform talking; signed by both (Graf while terminally ill) in lower white margin. Price: $98.00

Graf, Hermann - Item #2083

RK with diamonds and 212 victories, ten 4-engined victories. PS, 10 x 8, bust portrait in uniform. Signed in dark area, poor contrast. Price: $97.00

Grasser, Hartmann - Item #1822

RK with oakleaves as ace with 103 victories. Bust PS in uniform with RK, 6x4. Signed partly in dark area. Price: $45.00

Graubner, Reinhard - Item #2099

RK as Kdr. of KG-3; bomber pilot. Handsome portrait PS, in dress uniform with RK, 4 x 6. Price: $27.00

Greiner, Hermann - Item #2140

Ace with 50 victories, 46 at night, four 4-engined by day. PS, 6x4, in uniform along with another comrade, "horsing-around" near his plane. Price: $61.00

Harris, Arthur T. "Bomber" - Item #2507

RAF cover commerating the 55th Anniversary of formation of the First RAF Night Bomber Squadron 1st Feb 1972, depictinf Vickers Wellington B.Mk3 in color. Signed by Sir Arthur"Bomber" Harris, Britain's chief of bomber command carrying out the bombing og Germany at night: and Hajo Hermann, bomber pilot awarded RK with swords for developing Wild Sow tactics. Fine. Autographs by Harris are scarce. Price: $169.00

Hartmann, Erich - Item #2101

World's top ace with 352 victories; RK with diamonds. PS, 5x7, with several crewmen, no doubt celebrating a victory record, smiling. Signed in full; poor contrast against the dark background. Price: $105.00

Hartmann, Erich - Item #2474

World's top ace with 352 victories. Bust profile PS, 6 x 4, in uniform and jacket and RK, no cap. Signed on white margin. Price: $79.00

Hermichen, Rolf - Item #2498

Ace with 64 vic., 26 4-engined vic.; RK with oakleaves. PS, 5x7, of B-24 raid over a burning target, with inset photo of Hermichen in uniform with RK. Price: $44.00

Hillman, Wilhelm - Item #2106

Very early pioneer German pilot. PS, standing beside his very early plane, along with another person. Signed in full adding plane and place, 1913. Price: $35.00

Hippel, Hans Joachim von - Item #2496

WWI fighter pilot, shot down a Sopwith Camel, 2 unconfirmed victories; exhibition pilot between wars, flying under bridges, etc. Lufthansa pilot 1927-35. Postcard photo, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2, of Hippel flying under a Cologne bridge in 1926, with inset photo of Hippel. Signature in upper left corner; also inscribed, dated and signed on verso. Fine. Price: $30.00

Huy, Wolf Dieter - Item #2491

Ace with 40 victories. Bust portrait, PS, 5 x 3 1/2; in uniform, wearing RK. Full signature, fair contrast. Price: $55.00

Isken, Eduard - Item #2447

Sgt. with 56 victories, 17 with 4-engined plane. Bust portrait, PS, 4x3, in uniform, wearing RK. Signed on verso, adding address. Price: $36.00

Jope, Bernhard - Item #2148

First Guided Missile to Sink a Warship? RK with oak leaves as Kdr. of KG-100 bombers; sank

the 42,000 ton Empress of Britain; and led the mission which was to sink the first ship, the Italian Battleship Roma, with a guided missile. PS, 4x6, informal pose smoking a cigarette, in civilian

clothes with RK, talking with a journalist. Signed adding, "K'dore KG100". Fine. Price: $57.00

Keller, Alfred - Item #2158

Blue Max winner in WWI as bomber leader; RK WWII as bomber leader. PS, 3x5, of a WWI twin engined bi-wing bomber, signed "Keller" in light area. Price: $112.00

Klein, Alfons - Item #2448

1st Lt. with 39 victories, 5 with tank. Bust PS, 4x3, in flight jacket. Signed in lower area. Price: $26.00

Knight's Cross - Item #2251

Photo, 5x7, of Hitler awarding the Knight's Cross to Kurt Buhligen, fighter ace with 112 victories (24 4-engined victories) and RK with swords as Kdr. of JG-2 Richthofen squadron; Hans Joachim Jabs, with 50 victories (28 at night) and Kdr. of the top night fighter squadron; Berhard Jope, RK with oakleaves as bomber pilot who sank the "Empress of Britain"; and Hans Georg Batcher, Kdr. of KG-54 who won the Knight's Cross with oakleaves; flew 658 missions. Three signatures are on the lower white margin ( Jabs signed in the dark area). Price: $70.00

Koehler, Armin - Item #2145

Ace with 69 victories; thirteen 4-engined victories. PS, 4x6, in desert uniform sitting on wing of his Bf-109 in Africa. Price: $38.00

Kowalewski, Robert - Item #2518

RK as bomber pilot and first jet bomber, the Arado 34; kommandant III/KG-40. PS,4 x 4, depicting the first jet bomber, an Arado-34 being serviced. Signed in full on lower margin adding "Kommodore III /KG 40 1942-1943." Price: $46.00

Krupinski, Walter - Item #2138

RK with oakleaves for 197 victories; became head of post-war Luftwaffe. Bust PS, 6x4, in uniform with RK. Signed in blue ink, mostly in dark area, poor contrast. Price: $44.00

Lerche, Hans Werner - Item #2497

Luftwaffe test pilot who did all tests on captured enemy aircraft; authored book about same. Bust portrait, PS, 6x4, in full uniform. Full signature, fair contrast. Price: $26.00

Leykauf, Erwin - Item #2134

Ace with 33 victories, 6 victories in one night. RAF cover signed adding "JG-54 and JG-7"; enclosed unsigned photo and information, in German, (not translated), pertaining to Leykauf during the war. Price: $14.00

Lion, Karl - Item #2133

RK winning Stuka pilot. Bust portrait PS, 6x4, in uniform and cap with RK; signed adding: "Kdr. Stuka I." Price: $24.00

Magg, Aloia - Item #2132

RK as bomber pilot of KG-2. Portrait PS, 6x4, in uniform with RK. Price: $23.00

Nauman, Johannes - Item #2450

Major with 34 victories, 7 bombers. Bust portrait, PS, 5x4, (profile) in uniform, wearing RK. Bold signature. Price: $59.00

Neumann, Klaus - Item #2492

Ace with 37 vic.; 5 with Me-262. Bust PS, in uniform with RK. Full signature on bottom margin. Price: $39.00

Olejnik, Robert - Item #2451

Major with 41 victories. PS, 6x4, in uniform, wearing RK, and smiling. Signed in blue ink in light area. Price: $37.00

Opitz, Rudolf - Item #2130

Luftwaffe test glider pilot who did much of early test flying of the Me-163 rocket fighter in 1941; also early testing of Me-262 first jet fighter. PS, 4x6, of the Me-163 rocket fighter, on a dolly with skid lowered; boldly signed in light area. Price: $45.00

Osten, Hans Georg von der - Item #2493

WWI ace with 5 victories flying in Richthofen's Jasta. Group photo of the Richthofen squadron. Full signature on lower margin. Price: $59.00

Pingel, Rolf - Item #2131

Ace with 28 victories; 4 victories in Spain. Portrait PS, 6x4, head and chest, in uniform with RK. Price: $36.00

Radusch, Gunther - Item #2129

Night fighter ace with 63 night victories and one in Spain. Bust portrait PS, 6x4, in white dress uniform with RK. Signed in blue at bottom. Price: $47.00

Rall, Gunther - Item #2135

Third highest scoring ace with 275 victories; RK with swords. PS, 4x6, of Hitler congratulating him, in a line with others; Nikolaus von Below, Hitler's Luftwaffe adjutant, standing beside Hitler. Price: $69.00

Rammelt, Karl - Item #2136

Ace with 46 victories including eleven 4-engined victories. PS, 6x4, in dress uniform talking with Goering. Price: $39.00

Rollwage, Herbert - Item #2151

Germany's top fighter ace for shooting down bombers (which is the real purpose of fighter pilots). He shot down 44 4-engined bombers (14 B-24s, 30 B-17s) and total victories of 102. With 4-engined bombers crewed by 10 men; he put at least 500 of the enemy out of service. RAF cover signed by Rollwage, Werner Schroer with 114 victories, Willi Unger with 22 victories (19 4-engined victories), Adolf Galland, General of the Fighters with 104 victories, and Julius Meimberg with 53 victories in the West. With unsigned photos of each. Price: $145.00

Rossmann, Edmund - Item #2489

Ace with 93 victories. Bust portrait PS, 6x4, in uniform, wearing RK. Full signature on bottom margin. Price: $48.00

Rudorffer, Erich - Item #2137

Ace with 222 victories; 13 in one mission; 10 4-engined bombers and 12 jet victories; RK with swords. RAF cover signed. Price: $22.00

Sakai, Sabruno - Item #2332

Japanese leading ace in WWII; 32 or 64 victories (depending upon reference used). Japanese postcard (of 2 lovebirds sitting on a flowering branch of a tree) signed, 4x6, signed both in English and Japanese. Attractive. Price: $95.00

Schmeling, Max - Item #1922

World Heavyweight Boxing Champion; beat Joe Lewis; served as paratrooper at Crete. PS, 6x4, in uniform and gear, simulating a jump from Ju52. Signed boldly on bottom margin. Price: $59.00

Schoenert, Rudolf - Item #2153

Ace with 64 night victories. Bust portrait PS in cap and RK with oakleaves. Signed on lower white margin and also signed vertically on light background at side. Price: $47.00

Schoepfel, Gerhard - Item #2453

Major with 40 victories in west. Bust portrait PS, 5 x 3 1/2, in uniform, wearing RK. Signed in blue ink, in the dark and light areas. Price: $29.00

Schroer, Werner - Item #2108

Ace with 114 victories; 102 in the West and North Africa; 26 4-engined victories; RK with swords. PS, 4x6, in uniform wearing RK, standing with several other pilots near their Bf-109s on Rhodes. Signed on bottom white margin. Price: $55.00

Seeger, Gunther - Item #2449

1st Lt. with 56 victories, 8 with four motor. Bust portrait, 5 x 3 1/2, in uniform, wearing RK. Signed on lower margin, and also on verso, describing (in German) his fighter plane, dates, and events during WWII. Price: $66.00

Spate, Wolfgang - Item #2072

Me-163 test pilot with 99 victories including five 4-engined victories flying Me-262 jet. ALS, 4to, 2pp, 5.12.42, in German, responding to a letter from a colonel, mentioning signed photos, becoming available for information and answers; "....Otherwise I lead rather a sad life as a country-soldier,...We have a lot of work and slowly see success..."; mentions shooting down airplanes, and etc. Spate closes with "Heil Hitler!" Boldly signed in full. Interesting. Price: $115.00

Steinhoff, Johannes "Mickey" - Item #2356

Ace with 176 victories; 6 with Me-262 jet; RK with swords; walked with Pres. Reagan and Helmut Kohl in Bitberg Cemetery. Bust PS, 7 1/2 x 4 1/2, in flight jacket and cap, with RK showing, before his accident. Signed in lower margin. Slightly grainy, otherwise very good. Scarce. Price: $98.00

Stepp, Hans - Item #2146

RK with oakleaves as Kdr. Stuka squadron "Immelmann" preceding Rudel. PS, 6x4, in uniform with RK, and 2 others wearing RK; Stuka in background. Price: $29.00

Stolle, Bruno - Item #2144

Ace with 35 victories including five 4-engined victories; chief test pilot for the Ta-152. PS, 6x4, leaning against prop of his Bf-109, in heavy flight gear. Price: $28.00

Tegtmeier, Fritz - Item #1533

Ace with 146 victories. Portrait PS, 6 x 4, in dress uniform and RK. Fine. Price: $37.00

Trenkle, Wunderlin - Item #2141

Messerschmitt's chief test pilot, flying 9000 hours of test flights including the Me-262. PS, 6x4, in cockpit of Bucker Jungmeister. Price: $21.00

Warsitz, Erich - Item #2109

Made first flight of first rocket, and first jet-powered aircraft, as Heinkel test pilot. Very attractive RAF cover depicting in color the lift-off of the Heinkel He-178 Aug. 27, 1939, in the world's first jet flight. With a Heinkel postage stamp and a special postal cancellation commemorating the event. Fine and attractive and scarce; with a brief printed account of the flight which was concealed from public knowledge for six years. Price: $189.00

Wiese, Hannes - Item #2494

Ace with 133 victories, plus 75 probables. PS, 4x2, out in the field, in uniform. Vertical signature on right side. Price: $45.00

Witzig, Rudolf - Item #2085

Leader of the Fort Eben Emael raid. His glider tow line broke loose, landed in field near Cologne, another Ju-52 was sent, then hooked to his glider and arrived at the fort only 3 hours later. ALS, 4to, 1p, 20.2.76, his own letterhead, in German, mentions stamp exchange, and states that he does not want to buy and letters and envelopes with any stamps. Signed at bottom "R. Witzig". Two file holes in letter. Price: $355.00

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