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 Oberfahnrich Heinz Meyer (deceased) Died : 1987 *Signature Value : £55 Editions signed : Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. | Meyer, Heinz (Oberfahnrich Heinz Meyer (deceased)) One of the most successful of the younger Stuka pilots, Heinz Meyer joined the Luftwaffe in January 1940, and completed his Stuka pilot training in 1942. In July of that year he first saw action 3./St.G. 102 in Foggia, Italy, whilst flying on an armed reconnaissance mission. In February 1943 he joined 8./SG2 Immelmann on the Eastern Front. With his Staffel he was one of the most highly regarded pilots on the entire Eastern front and took part in the Battle of Kursk with Rudel. Heinz flew his 500th combat mission on 31st May 1944, and received the German Cross in August 1944. By the end of the war he had completed 618 combat missions, including 30 in the Fw190, and destroyed 40 tanks, 40 gun positions, 100 vehicles, 3 bridges, 2 ammunition dumps and 2 supply trains. He was awarded the Knights Cross on 17th April 1945. He died on 22nd September 1987. |
  Major Fritz-Rudolf Schultz (deceased) Died : 2002 *Signature Value : £60 Editions signed : Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. | Schultz, Fritz-Rudolf (Major Fritz-Rudolf Schultz (deceased)) At the outbreak of war Fritz-Rudolf Schultz was assistant adjutant with Panzer Regiment 35, and took part in both the invasion of Poland and the Western campaign. Posted to the Eastern Fron with Panzer Regiment 35, from November 1942 he was Commander of the 2nd Company, and from July 1943 Commander of the 1st Company. Taking part in the Battle of Kursk he became the Regimental Commander of the 1./ Panzer Regiment 35, 4. Panzer Division in the autumn of that year. In January 1945 he was transferred to the Fuhrer Reserve of the Wehrmacht Supreme Council, and was the Panzer officer of the Centre Army Group in the final months of the war. He was awarded the Knights Cross on 21st April 1944 as Kommandeur of the I./Panzer Regiment 35, and the Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross on 28th October 1944. He died 2nd March 2002. |
 Unteroffizier Josef Werth *Signature Value : £55 Editions signed : Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. | Werth, Josef (Unteroffizier Josef Werth) Josef Werth joined the Luftwaffe in 1937 and after the outbreak of war was posted to train as a Stuka radio operator in Nordhausen. Joining SG2 Immelmann on the Eastern Front, under the command of Hans-Ulrich Rudel, he flw his first combat mission in March 1943. He flew as radio operator / gunner continuously with SG2 in the east and completed a total of 300 combat missions. On 8th May 1945 he was taken prisoner of was by the Americans outside Prague in Czechoslovakia. Josef Werth was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, and the German Cross of Gold. |
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