Galland, Adolf Item #: 1948  (See above, not actual size)

General of the Fighters; ace with 104 victories in the west; jet ace with 7 victories; RK with diamonds. Bust profile portrait postcard PS, 6 x 4, in uniform and cap, wearing RK with diamonds. Boldly signed at bottom.

$57.00

World's top ace with 352 victories. Bust profile portrait postcard PS, 6 x 4, in uniform, jacket, and cap, wearing RK. Signed on white margin. Fine.

$168.00

Prolific designer and builder of such historic planes as the Bf-109, Me-163 (first rocket fighter), Me-262 (first jet fighter), Bf-109R which held the world prop-driven speed record for almost 40 years. RAF cover honoring his Bf-109 and showing it is color in flight. Cover signed by Willy Messerschmitt and his aces: Erich Hartmann, world's top ace with 352 victories; Gerd Barkhorn, world's second highest scoring ace, with 301 victories; General of the Fighters Adolf Galland with 104 victories, inclluding 7 victories flying Messerschmitt's Me-262, the world's first operation jet fighter, built by Messerschmitt. Postal cancellation, Dec. 18, 1975. Very attractive. Includes unsigned photos of each.

Ace with 22 victories; 19 four-engined victories. PS, 7 x5, head-on view of Unger in uniform sitting on the nose cowl of his FW-190 ( he's hardly larger than the spinner). He has boldly signed, "Willi Unger IV Sturm JG 3 Udet". Impressive.

$38.00

Made first flight of first rocket and first jet-powered aircraft, as Heinkel test pilot. TLS, 4to, 2pp, 13-2-79, his own letterhead, in German, mentions the "Holocaust", putting bad Germans in the spotlight. Interesting content.