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Hermann Graf
| Hermann Graf (deceased) Hermann Graf, born in October 1912, trained to be a pilot from 1936, and in the summer of 1939 joined 2./JG51. With 9./JG52, Graf was transferred around several European stations, including Greece and Romania, eventually transferring to the Ukraine in August 1941. Claiming his first victory in August 1941, by early 1942 he had scored 45 victories, earning him the Knights Cross on 24th January 1942. Rapidly adding to his victories on the eastern front, Hermann Graf became the first pilot to score over 200 victories, earning the Oak Leaves, Sword and Diamonds to his Knights Cross on 17th May, 19th May and 16th September 1942 respectively. Due to the potential morale loss should such a high scoring Ace be shot down, he was subsequently moved to command a pilot training unit. He was injured after a collision with an American fighter in March 1944, recovering to take command of JG52 once again. finally surrendering his unit in May 1945. His total was 212 victories. Hermann Graf died 11th April 1988. |
Items Signed by Hermann Graf (deceased) |
| Bf109Es of JG52 by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £360.00 | Bf109Es of JG52 flown by Gunther Rall during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. ...... | |
| Gunther Rall by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £480.00 | Gunther Rall sitting on the cockpit side of Bf 109G-2 Black 13 of III/JG 52, Eastern Front, 1943. ...... | |
| Gunther Rall - Black 13 by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £480.00 | Bf 109G-2s of III/JG 52 leave their dispersal on the Eastern Front in 1943. Nearest aircraft is Black 13 of Gruppenkommandeur Gunther Rall, then fast approaching his 150th victory. ...... | |
| Gunther Rall - Black 13 by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £700.00 | Bf 109G-2s of III/JG 52 leave their dispersal on the Eastern Front in 1943. Nearest aircraft is Black 13 of Gruppenkommandeur Gunther Rall, then fast approaching his 150th victory. ...... | |
| JG2 - Gunther Rall and his Wingman by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £480.00 | Gunther Rall and his wingman on patrol in the skies above the Western Front in April 1944 whilst serving with II/JG II. ...... |
| Focke-Wulf Fw190A-5/U8 by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £250.00 | Focke-Wulf FW.190A-5/U8 of 1 Gruppe, Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 in 1943. All national markings were painted out, except for the call sign C on the fuselage and repeated, crudely sprayed, on the engine cowling. ...... | |
| Bf109G of Hans-Ekkehard Bob by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £370.00 | ...... | |
| Erich Hartmann by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £480.00 | With 352 victories to his credit, Erich Hartmann is recognised as the greatest fighter pilot of all time, depicted here as his Messerschmitt Bf.109G prepares for another sortie. ...... | |
| Snow Warriors by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £320.00 | Gunther Rall in his Me109G Black 13 about to set off with the rest of III./JG52 from a snow covered eastern front airstrip in 1943. ...... | |
| Snow Warriors by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £690.00 | Gunther Rall in his Me109G Black 13 about to set off with the rest of III./JG52 from a snow covered eastern front airstrip in 1943. ...... |
| Gunther Rall - Me109 Ace by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £320.00 | With 275 victories, Gunther Rall was one of the top Luftwaffe Aces of the second world war. Here, he is depicted in his Me109 Black 13 of JG52. ...... | |
| Gunther Rall - Me109 Ace by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £690.00 | With 275 victories, Gunther Rall was one of the top Luftwaffe Aces of the second world war. Here, he is depicted in his Me109 Black 13 of JG52. ...... | |
| Black 13 - Gunther Rall by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £320.00 | Gunther Rall scored almost all of his huge tally of 275 victories on the eastern front. Here, his Me109 Black 13 is shown over the snowy landscape that JG52 often operated in. ...... | |
| Clipped Signature - Hermann Graf. Price : £60.00 | The signature of Hermann Graf supplied with this item was obtained during an interview with him in 1983. ...... | |
| The Last Patrol by David Pentland. (I) Price : £420.00 | A pair of ME109 G-14s of 9th Staffel, Jagdgeswader 54 (Greenheart Wing) make a final sortie during the last days of March 1945. ...... |
| Green Hearts by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £340.00 | Situated 40 miles south west of Leningrad, the German occupied airfield at Siverskaya is now home to the famous Grunherz or Green Hearts of Jagdgeschwader 54. The harsh Russian winter of 1941 is starting to take hold as three Messerschmitt Bf109F-4 ...... | |
| Tribute to Hermann Graf by Graeme Lothian. (APB) Price : £145.00 | Bf109G-2 Yellow 11 of Oberleutnant Hermann Graf, Staffelkapitan 9./JG52, Pitomnik, September 1942. Graf scored his 150th kill in this aircraft in September 1942. He was awarded the Knights Cross after 42 victories, the Oak Leaves after 104 victori...... | |
| Taran over the Kuban by David Pentland. (B) Price : £480.00 | Crimea, 7th August 1943. While flying a late afternoon combat patrol with Otto Fonnekolds schwarm, from 5 staffel, JG52, Willi Batz witnessed a taran or ramming attack by a soviet fighter on a Luftwaffe Fw189 artillery spotter. Then a second Spitf...... | |
| Early Risers by David Pentland. (B) Price : £480.00 | Gramatikovo, Russia, 19th March 1944. Oberleutnant Walter Wolfrum (Black 15) and wingman of 5 Staffel JG52 take off on a dawn patrol. By the end of the day Oberleutnant Wolfrum would have accounted for 5 Soviet aircraft. ...... | |
| Early Risers by David Pentland. (P) Price : £700.00 | Gramatikovo, Russia, 19th March 1944. Oberleutnant Walter Wolfrum (Black 15) and wingman of 5 Staffel JG52 take off on a dawn patrol. By the end of the day Oberleutnant Wolfrum would have accounted for 5 Soviet aircraft. ...... |
Hermann Graf - Original Signed Hoffmann Card. Price : £440.00 | Signed photograph of the Ace Hermann Graf. ...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Hermann Graf (deceased) |
Hermann Graf Squadron details |
JG52 Country : Germany | JG52 The most successful Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II, with a claim total of more than 10,000 victories over enemy aircraft. It was home to the top three scoring Experten of the Luftwaffe, Erich Hartmann, Gerhard Barkhorn and Günther Rall. The unit flew the various marks of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 exclusively through the war. |
Hermann Graf Aircraft details |
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