| | AMAZING VALUE! - The value of the signatures on this item is in excess of the price of the print itself! | | Item Code : DHM2055 | Into The Cloak of Darkness by Nicolas Trudgian - This Edition |  Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price! |
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Less than 20 prints available.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Paper size 24 inches x 35 inches (61cm x 89cm) |  Bahr, Gunther 
Fries, Otto
Staffa, Alfred
+ Artist : Nicolas Trudgian
Signature(s) value alone : £165 | £50 Off! | Now : £160.00 |
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PROOF | Limited edition of 50 artist proofs.
Last 2 prints available. | Image size 24 inches x 35 inches (61cm x 89cm) | Bahr, Gunther
Fries, Otto
Staffa, Alfred
+ Artist : Nicolas Trudgian
Signature(s) value alone : £165 | £40 Off! | Now : £260.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Artist signed edition of 60 prints. | Paper size 24 inches x 35 inches (61cm x 89cm) | Artist : Nicolas Trudgian | £20 Off! | Now : £100.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Limited edition of publishers proofs. | Paper size size 24 inches x 35 inches (61cm x 89cm) | Bahr, Gunther
Fries, Otto
Staffa, Alfred
+ Artist : Nicolas Trudgian
Signature(s) value alone : £165 | | £240.00 | VIEW EDITION... | SLIGHT
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DAMAGE | Limited edition of 650 prints.
The print has slight damage to the border area, mostly on a corner. Not noticeable once framed. | Paper size 24 inches x 35 inches (61cm x 89cm) |  Bahr, Gunther 
Fries, Otto
Staffa, Alfred
+ Artist : Nicolas Trudgian
Signature(s) value alone : £165 | | SOLD
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PRINT | ** (Ex Display) Limited edition of 650 prints. (Two copies reduced to clear)
Ex display prints in near perfect condition.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Paper size 24 inches x 35 inches (61cm x 89cm) | Bahr, Gunther
Fries, Otto
Staffa, Alfred
+ Artist : Nicolas Trudgian
Signature(s) value alone : £165 | £90 Off! | Now : £130.00 | VIEW EDITION... |
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| Signatures on this item | | *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. | | Name | Info | 
Leutnant Otto Fries
*Signature Value : £55
| Otto Fries was posted to NJG I nightfighter unit in January 1942 as a Gefreiter. He served with them on the Western Front right through until the end of the war, flying continuously against RAF Bomber Command. He was commissioned Leutnant in August 1943. In July 1944 Otto was flying Me110s of II.Gruppe based in St. Trond, St. Dizier and then Arnheim. He later joined I.Gruppe before transferring to Münster-Hansdorf flying the Heinkel 219 Owl. He is one of the last surviving He219 pilots. Shot down four times, on the second of which he escaped by catapult ejection seat out of the He219 during night operations for home defence - it is thought had been shot down by night fighter Mosquito R of 85 Sqd flown by F/Lt Vaughan and F/Sgt R D McKinnon. The right hand engine of his He219 suddenly exploded into flames. With the loss of most of the control of the aircraft he jettisoned the aircrafts canopy, his wireless operator Feldwebel Alfred Staffa baled out and was severley wounded on landing with his parachute. Lt Otto Fries could not regain sufficient control of the He219 which was now burning so he ejected. He landed unhurt by means of his parachute. The He219 crashed about 3 kilometres south of Hertogenbosch and was destroyed. This was only the third such ejection in combat in the world. Otto scored 18 air victories by the end of the war. | 
Oberfeldwebel Alfred Staffa (deceased)
*Signature Value : £55
| Born in the Czech Republic, Alfred Staffa qualified as a Luftwaffe radio-operator in November 1941. In January 1942 he was posted to II. Gruppe, NJG I as radio-operator to Otto Fries flying the Me110. On 28 August, 1942, they were shot down in flames by the rear-gunner of an RAF Stirling bomber, and again shot down in May 1944. In June 1944 he joined 6./NJG 1, and later l./NJG 1. flying in the Heinkel 219. He also survived an ejector seat escape out of this burning aircraft. Alfred Staffa flew 102 night missions, 5 day missions and shared 18 air victories. He died in 2004. | 
Oberfeldwebel Gunther Bahr (deceased)
*Signature Value : £55
| Born 18th July 1921. Serving first as an instructor, he was posted to 6./SG210 (later 6./ZG1) on the Eastern Front until June 1942, when he retrained to fly night fighters. Posted first to NJG4 in August 1943, and then I./NJG6 where on the night of 21st/22nd February 1943 he shot down seven four-engined Russian bombers in one night, after claiming four victories on each of the two previous nights. Gunther Bahr flew over 90 night fighter missions, and was awarded the Knight's Cross in March 1945. He had achieved 37 air victories, including shooting down Norman Jackson VC. Sadly, Gunther Bahr passed away on 29th April 2009. |
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