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EAGLE STRIKE
by Simon Atack
Overall Print Sizes: 31" x 23"
Edition Size: 500
Flying his Messerschmitt Me109G6, Major Günther Rall, Group Commander of II./JG11 with over 200 air victories already to his credit, clashes with a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 63rd Squadron, 56th Fighter Group high over the Rhine south of Koblenz, May 12, 1944. Led by Colonel Hub Zemke, the 56th Fighter Group played advance guard to a deep penetration bomber raid to central Germany. As his forty eight P-47 Thunderbolts arrived to sweep the sky around the Koblenz ?Frankfurt area, the Me109s of II./JG11 pounced from a 5000 feet height advantage. Simon Atack?s high-impact painting shows Major Günther Rall bringing down Hub Zemke?s wingman, the first of two victories he claimed before himself being brought down by 56th Fighter Group P-47s later in the combat. Günther Rall returned to combat flying, commanding JG300 until the end of hostilities by which time, with 275 air victories, he became the third highest scoring Ace in history.
In addition to the artist this print was individually signed by:
- Generalleutnant Günther Rall (third highest scoring Ace in history with 275 victories)
Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
