This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/20/2024
Offered is an Elaborate FIghter Plane Nose Artwork Display signed by the WWII All-Time Ace Pilot, Erich Hartmann. Hartmann was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and was credited with shooting down a total of 352 Allied aircraft: 345 Soviet and 7 American while serving with the Luftwaffe. During his career, Hartmann was forced to crash-land his fighter 16 times after either mechanical failure or damage received from parts of enemy aircraft he had shot down; he was never shot down by direct enemy action. The elaborate display features a recreation of the artwork on the nose of his fighter plane, framed to a size of 20 x 14 inches. Hartmann's cut signature is mounted just below. Accompanied by LOA from PSA/DNA.