Description: THIS IS A DAMAGED ART PRINT WITH DAMAGE TO THE BORDER AND THE SIGNATURES CUT OUT LEAVING NICOLAS TRUDGIAN THE ARTIST SEE PHOTOS FOR DETAIL THIS WAS A LTD ED ART PRINT tHE ACTUAL IMAGE IS IN EX DISPLAY CONDITION WITH LIGHT MARKS caused by ingrained dust ON IIMAGE AND CAN BE FRAMED AND WOULD BE BE VERY NOTICEABLE AND GIVES THE PURCHASER A GREAT IMAGE AT A VERY LOW PRICE COMPARED TO THE £210 PRICE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETE Ice Warriors by Nicolas Trudgian. The Green Heart Warriors carried their famous emblem throughout almost every European theatre during World War Two. Having fought with distinction in the Battle of Britain, JG54 transferred to the Eastern Front, where it was to acheive historic success. Becoming one of the most successful combat wings of the war, JG54 spawned a succession of top fighter Aces, no fewer than 20 achieving more than 100 air victories, its pilots collecting an impressive 58 Knights Cross awards. Flying both Fw190s and Me109s, JG54 took part in the heavy air fighting in the northern region of the Russian Front, where conditions were not for the faint hearted and demanded exceptional piloting skills. One young Austrian pilot, Walter Nowotny, won a reputation even among Allied pilots, and during the summer of 1943 became a virtual one-man air force in the skies above the Eastern Front. In June 1943 he shot down 41 aircraft, 10 in one day. In August he collected a further 43 air victories, and another 45 the following month. In a dgo-fight in October Nowotny shot down a P-40 fighter to record an astounding 250 air victories, becoming the first fighter pilot in history to acheive this score. It is February 1943, the countryside deep in snow, and the temperature well below freezing as Leutnant Walter Nowotny, Staffelkapitan of 1./JG54, taxis White One out from a crowded dispersal on to the snow covered runway at Krasnogvardeisk. With their temporary whitewash colour scheme glinting in the early morning sunlight, the FW190A-4s pose a menacing spectacle as they line up to follow the fighters of 2./JG54, already airborne, into the cold morning air. Published 2002 Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Image size 30 inches x 16 inches (76cm x 41cm)
Price: 55 GBP
Location: Helensburgh
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: Nicolas Trudgian
Type: Print
Signed?: Signed
Original/ Repro: Reproduction
Listed by Self-Representing Artist?: No
Signed: Yes
Self-Representing Artist?: No
Theme: Art
Material: Lithograph
Features: Signed
Subject: Military/Political
