Messerschmitt BF 109G-6 Autographed Color Print

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 Print of the fighter that Erich Hartman flew in World War II, and was originally a painting by Richard Goyat for the "Planes of the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces". 

This print is signed by Adolf Gallandi, General of the Fighters and later NATO General.  Walter Krupinski, Fritz Oblesser and Dietrich Hrabak.  All were Luftwaffe Aces:  Adolf Gallandi (104 victories), Dietrich Hrabak (125 victories), Walter Krupinski (197 victories), and Fritz Oblesser (127 victories). 

These signatures were obtained by Navy Commander Richard Dietz at the Long Beach Aces Symposium and Art Museum Show in the late 1980's. 

This print from the original painting, is the first ever shown in the fully correct color of the machine, which Erich Harmann flew as Staffelkapitan of 7.JG 52.

Its usual nose marking was the only concession to the fact that he was the world's most successful fighter pilot, having at the time amassed over 300 confirmed victories and having been presented with the coveted Diamonds award.

The aircraft was equipped with a clear-vision canopy and the Erla-Haube FuG 16 ring antenna had been removed.  The camouflage of the fuselage sides showed no discernable pattern, for all colors had been oversprayed with only suggestions of the darker colors underneath.  The spinner and seven "tulip leaves" were painted in black, the spinner having one white spiral only whilst each of the "leaves" had a thin white border.  The number 1 and the second Gruppe bar were in plain white with the fuselage band and lower wingtips in yellow.  The personal emblem, Usch, is illustrated in the book by Kookaburra Technical Publications, Ltd., from PLANES OF THE LUFTWAFFE FIGHTER ACES.

The autographed print is nicely framed, matted and under glass.

For the true fighter pilot collector this is a classic to have four such autographs from World World II aces, no matter which side they fought with.  As an aside, each of these pilots has some great biography's online.