TARGET LONDON
No 7 Knights Cross Collection
In September 1940, the final phase of the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe turned it's attention away from the RAF's airfields and made London it's target. This fascinatingly detailed painting depicts a devastating raid which toom place on 15th September 1940 when more than one-hundred Heinkel 111 and Dornier 17 bombers swarmed over London's docklands and east end. Believing the RAF to be down to it's last fifty fighters, the Luftwaffe had not expected much opposition and so were greatly surprised to be met by no fewer that twenty eight squadrons of Hurricanes and Spitfires. One He111 of KG53 is seen here having been hit, before struggling back to France. Many others were not so fortunate and, by the end of the day, the German losses were so great that Hitler postponed the invasion of Britain indefinitely.
For the people of London and many other British towns and cities, however, the 'Blitz' had only just started. The Luftwaffe's bombers, vulnerable in daylight, subsequently attacked under the cover of darkness. London was bombed for seventy six consecutive nights, suffering widespread destruction and thousands of casualties, but the morale of Londoners never wavered.
The Main 'Kampflieger Edition' is limited to only 80 Prints worldwide and is signed by an unprecedented 11 Luftwaffe Knights Cross Bomber crew and 3 Me109E Pilots:-
Hans-Georg BATCHER - KG100 (He111)
Hans-Ekkehard BOB - JG54 (Me109E)
Johann BOOS - KG55 (He111)
Udo CORDES - KG3 (Do17Z)
Kurt DAHLMANN - KG4 (He111)
Wilhelm DIPBERGER - LG1 (Ju88)
Otto ENGEL - KG55 (He111)
Hajo HERRMANN - KG30 (Ju88)
Hermann HOGEBACK - LG1 (Ju88)
Gerhard KREMS - KG27 (He111)
Dieter LUKESCH - KG76 (Do17Z)
Erich RUDORFFER - JG2 (Me109E)
Otto SCHULTZ - JG51 (Me109E)
Heinrich SUDEL - KG55 (he111)
An extremely small REMARQUE Edition of only 10 Prints was released.
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