Aviation artist
Robert Taylor. Aviation art print 'Eagles at Dawn' by Robert Taylor
depicting On Thursday August 24th 1944, a 22 year old
Oberleutnant Erich Hartmann powered his Me109G fighter in a spectacular
low pass over his squadron's airstrip in North Eastern Rumania, wagging
his wings to the cheering Luftwaffe personnel on the ground below.
The young flaxen haired pilot had just become the first fighter Ace in
history to bring down 300 enemy aircraft in combat. As World War II
drew to its close, after three and a half years of continual aerial
combat, this gifted young fighter pilot brought his final tally of aerial
victories to 352, bringing down a Yak-7 during the last of his 1400
missions on May 8th 1945. He was the most successful fighter pilot
of all time.
