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Clipped Signature - Wendelin Trenkle. - Cranston Military Prints

Clipped Signature - Wendelin Trenkle.


Clipped Signature - Wendelin Trenkle.

Chief Test Pilot at Messerschmitt in the key years from the development of the Me109 through to the end of the war and the Me262. He flew around 15,000 test flight hours across many types of Messerschmitt, about 5,000 of which were on the Me109. He died in 1998.

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Item Code : CLP2861Clipped Signature - Wendelin Trenkle. - Editions Available
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Wendelin Trenkle (deceased)
When asked some years ago, just how many aircraft he had test flown, Flugkapitan Trenkle replied : '... I really cannot say, I only know that my total flying time was about 15,000 hours, about 9,000 with MTT and about 5,000 on the Me109.' When further asked just how many Me109s that figure represented he stated that it was very difficult to give an accurate estimate as the flying time on an aircraft could vary from one to another, but he certainly flew some thousands in total of
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An Me109 pilot, Dieter Hrabak scored a victory during the Battle of France, 15 more during the Battle of Britain, commanded JG54 and JG52 and survived the war scoring a total of 125 victories. He is shown here flying Bf109 G-6 of JG52, Krakow, Poland in 1944. After the war he was instrumental in rebuilding the German Air Force, retiring in 1970. He died in 1995.

Tribute to Dieter Hrabak by Ivan Berryman.		 In a desperate attempt to save what remained of the once-proud, now ruined city of Berlin, the remnants of the Luftwaffe's beleaguered night-fighter units fought boldly till the end. Short on fuel, spares and ammunition, the pilots of NJG11 faced the impossible task of protecting the shattered capital from the far-reaching arm of the RAF Bomber Command. As the climax of the inevitable defeat approaches, Leutnant Jorg Cypionka of 10./NJG11 engages a powerful incoming force of fast, high-flying RAF Mosquitos from 139 (Jamaica) Squadron (PFF) in one of his unit's few remaining ME262A jets. The Mosquito crews, however, know the dangers of these hotly contested skies over Berlin only too well. From the night of 20/21 February the aircraft of 139 Squadron will run the deadly gauntlet of flak and night-fighters on 36 consecutive night attacks on the city.

Night Hunters by Anthony Saunders. 		James Edgar (Johnnie) Johnson was the Royal Air Forces top fighter ace in Europe with 38 confirmed victories during the War. Johnson was called up in 1939 following his training with the RAF Volunteer Reserve. Having been hospitalized for much of the Battle of Britain, Johnsons first serious action was in mid-1941 when he often flew with Douglas Baders section. Johnson was promoted quickly and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross following his fifth victory in 1941. In early 1943 Johnson was put in command of a wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Flying the high-performance Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX, Johnson achieved 18 victories in seven months of flying. Many of Johnsons victories were achieved against the Messersmitt Bf-109. Promoted to Group Captain in early 1945, Johnson was put in command of the 125 Wing for the duration of the War. The Supermarine Spitfire is the only Allied fighter to have been continuously produced from before 1939 to after 1945. In total more than 22,000 of these splendid aircraft were built. The chief designer of the Spitfire was R.J. Mitchell, a brilliant engineer who joined the Supermarine company in 1916, and by 1920 was its chief engineer. Mitchell fashioned a number of high performance maritime aircraft, culminating with the sleek S series of float planes. This is the float plane which ultimately won permanent possession of the coveted Schneider Trophy for Britain, and established a new world speed record in excess of 400 MPH in 1931. In that same year the Air Ministry issued a specification for a new high-performance day/night fighter. Mitchells design, the Type 224, lost out in the competition to the Gloster Gladiator biplane. In 1936 the new Rolls Royce Merlin engine was fitted to a prototype 224, and the Spitfire was born. Achieving a speed of 396 MPH, the RAF was impressed, and initial orders for the first Spitfires were placed. Sadly, R.J. Mitchell succumbed to cancer in 1937 at the age of only 42. With the onset of the War, Spitfire production soared, and the aircraft was steadily improved. The Mark IX, as depicted in Stan Stokes painting entitled Canadian Heroes, first entered service in July 1942. The Mark IX was identifiable because of its four-bladed prop and its twin radiators. Introduced partially in response to Germanys introduction of the Focke Wolfe FW 190, the Mark IX was produced in greater numbers (5,665) than any other particular Spitfire model. As depicted in Stokes painting Johnnie Johnson has just attained another victory over a Bf-109 while flying with the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1944. The painting is dedicated to the many Canadians which served with the RAF during the War.

Canadian Heroes by Stan Stokes. 		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 Friedrichs from III Gruppe take off into early morning sunshine to act as fighter escort to Stuka attacks on the Soviet fleet in Kronstadt Harbour. With its wheel covers removed to prevent snow jamming the undercarriage, lead aircraft Yellow 5 already shows signs of weathering to the partial whitewash hastily applied over summer camouflage.

Green Hearts by Ivan Berryman.
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Wendelin Trenkle (deceased)
Died : 1998
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Trenkle, Wendelin
(Wendelin Trenkle (deceased))

When asked some years ago, just how many aircraft he had test flown, Flugkapitan Trenkle replied : '... I really cannot say, I only know that my total flying time was about 15,000 hours, about 9,000 with MTT and about 5,000 on the Me109.' When further asked just how many Me109s that figure represented he stated that it was very difficult to give an accurate estimate as the flying time on an aircraft could vary from one to another, but he certainly flew some thousands in total of the different versions of the 109.

In addition he also tested, or was (as Chief Test Pilot) responsible for the testing of many other types of aircraft, inckuding the Me108, Me210, Me410, Me262 and Me323 four and six engine glider.

Following matriculation in 1931 he started training at the Deutsches Verkehrsfliegerschule (DVS) and obtained various certificates and licences, including that to pilot seaplanes. He spent a short time as co-pilot with Lufthansa and a short time as a soldier in Italy, where he learned to handle fighter aircraft. When speaking about this period of his career he mentioned that he was the only one on his particular course to remain a professional civil pilot.

At the end of 1933 he became a flying instructor with the DVS at Schleissheim and later with the Luftwaffe in Kitzingen, Fürth and at the Air Warfare School in Klotsche. In 1937 he became Chief TYest Pilot at the Messerschmitt-Zweigwerks in Regensburg, where he test piloted the first Me108 to be produced at Regensburg in the autumn of that years.

Then came the Me109. The demand for aircraft from the frontline became greater and greater and, by 1944, the peak was reached in August, when he flew 750 aircraft in the single month. At that time the production of the Me262 was just beginning to trickle through and he had, on average, 20 to 24 pilots under his control. Quite aprat from his actual flying activity he had responsibility for all test and for all transport flights of the aircraft to the dispersal airfields. Every day he had to drive by car some hundreds of kilometres to keep up with his busy schedule. In addition he had to cope with the usual, ever-increasing, mountain of paperwork!

In April 1945, flying an Me262, he encountered seven Lightnings and hit one which, it was reported had been shot dow. However, this was never confirmed as the war in Europe ended shortly after. Flugkapitan Trenkle's last flight with an Me262 took place on April 28th 1945 - from Regensburg to Munchen-Riem. After that, like so many of his compatriots, he was not allowed to fly again for a number of years. At one point the French tried to get him to become a pilot at one of their stations. In anticipation he rapidly learned French, but a change in the French government put an end to the whole project. Later, when the new German aircraft industry was evolving and aircraft were again being built in Germany he found that he had passed the age of 40 and had to re-take his licence tests. When asked if he would like to fly another Me109 he simply said '... That would be nice.' and added that one of the things he would have liked to have done was to have flown a helicopter. 'This is something I have never done' he said. It was in 1942, whilst serving at Regensburg, that Trenkle was granted the title of Flugkapitan at the age of 30 - the minimum age at which this honour was ever granted.

We know form the source of our signatures that Wendelin Trenkle was actively attending air shows until at least 1981, although we have no more information to add to this biography, published around that time. Our research suggests he died in 1998 - he would have been aged 76 - 77 at this time.
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