Struck by a Thunderbolt

L/E of 1250
S/N by the Artist & Six Pilots
Overall Print Size: 36" x 27"

Plane Type: P-47 Thunderbolt, Me110

Flying out of Wels in Austria, II/ZG 1, the Wasp Wing as it was known, was a veteran Luftwaffe unit of the Eastern front and the only surviving unit operational on the Me110. When in June 1944 Wasps participated in the attack against U.S. bombers headed for the city of Budapest, it was the last time the Me110 was flown into battle in daylight. Here P-47's of the famous Checkertails on escort duty, suddenly and ferociously attack two Me 110's of the Wasps. Each print has been signed personally by the last three surviving Knight's Cross recipients of II/ZG 1, and countersigned by three of the most highly decorated combat veterans of the United States Army Air Force 325th Fighter Group. Additional Pilot Signatures:
Maj. Rolf Hermichen
Capt. Herbert Kutscha
Capt. Hans Lutter
Col. Herschel "Herky" Green
Lt.Col. Lewis W. Chick
Maj. Robert M. Barkey


PLANE JUNKIE - "Struck by a Thunderbolt" by Heinz Krebs (P-47 Thunderbolt, Me110)