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Erich Rudorffer
| Major Erich Rudorffer (deceased) Erich Rudorffer was born on November 1st 1917 in the town of Zwickau in Saxony. Erich Rudorffer joined the Luftwaffes I./JG2 Richthofen in November 1939, and was soon flying combat patrols in January 1940 and was assigned to I/JG 2 Richthofen with the rank of Oberfeldwebel. He took part in the Battle of France, scoring the first of his many victories over a French Hawk 75 on May 14th, 1940. He went on to score eight additional victories during the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain. Rudorffer recalled an incident in August 1940 when he escorted a badly damaged Hurricane across the Channel - ditching in the English Channel was greatly feared by pilots on both sides. As fate often does, Rudorffer found the roles reversed two weeks later, when he was escorted by an RAF fighter after receiving battle damage. By May 1st 1941 Rudorffer had achieved 19 victories, which led to the award of the Knights Cross. In June 1941 Rodorffer became an Adjutant of II./JG2. In 1942 Rudorffer participated in Operation Cerberus (known as the Channel Dash) and flew over the Allied landings at Dieppe. Erich Rudorffer along with JG2 was transferred to North Africa in December 1942. It was in North Africa that Rudorffer showed his propensity for multiple-victory sorties. He shot down eight British aircraft in 32 minutes on February 9th 1943 and seven more in 20 minutes six days later. After scoring a total of 26 victories in Tunisia, Rudorffer returned to France in April 1943 and was posted to command II./JG54 in Russia, after Hauptmann Heinrich Jung, its Kommodore, failed to return from a mission on July 30th 1943. On August 24th 1943 he shot down 5 Russian aircraft on the first mission of the day and followed that up with three more victories on the second mission. He scored seven victories in seven minutes on October 11th but his finest achievement occurred on November 6th when in the course of 17 minutes, he shot down thirteen Russian aircraft. Rudorffer became known to Russian pilots as the fighter of Libau. On October 28th 1944 while about to land, Rudorffer spotted a large formation of Il-2 Sturmoviks. He quickly aborted the landing and moved to engage the Russian aircraft. In under ten minutes, nine of the of the II-2 Sturmoviks were shot down causing the rest to disperse. Rudorffer would later that day go on and shoot down a further two Russian aircraft. These victories took his total to 113 and he was awarded the Oak Leaves on April 11th 1944. Rudorffer would on the 26th January 1945 on his 210th victory receive the addition of the Swords. In February 1945 Rudorffer took command of I./JG7 flying the Me262. He was one of the first jet fighter aces of the war, scoring 12 victories in the Me262. He shot down ten 4-engine bombers during the 'Defense of the Reich missions'. He was the master of multiple scoring - achieving more multiple victories than any other pilot. Erich Rudorffer never took leave, was shot down 16 times having to bail out 9 times, and ended the war with 222 victories from over 1000 missions. He was awarded the Knights Cross, with Oak Leaves and Swords. Erich Rudorffer died on 8th April 2016. |
  Defending the Homeland by Ivan Berryman. (B) |   Eye of the Sun by Robert Taylor. |   First to Fall by Ivan Berryman. |   Battle of Britain - Tribute to the Luftwaffe Aces by Graeme Lothian. (P) |
Items Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer (deceased) |
  | Cat Among the Pigeons (FW190) by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £185.00 | It was in 1941 that the remarkable Focke-Wulfe FW190 first appeared in the skies of Europe, quickly establishing itself as a most formidable adversary. It proved to be the supreme weapon against all allied bomber forces. Here FW190A-8 of 1 Gruppe, J...... | |
  | Greenheart Warrior by Ivan Berryman. Price : £75.00 | Bf109Fs of the Green Heart Warriors. ...... | |
| | Greenheart Warrior by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00 | Bf109Fs of the Green Heart Warriors. ...... | |
  | Fw190A-4, Winter 1944 by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £260.00 | The Fw190A-4 was introduced in July 1942, and was equipped with the same engine and basic armament as the A-3. A total of 976 A-4s were built between June 1942 and March 1943. Some of the most successful fighter aces of the Luftwaffe flew the Fw190...... | |
  | Ready for Combat by Ivan Berryman. Price : £75.00 | Erich Rudorffer commanding I./JG7 flying the Me262. Erich Rudorffer was the master of multiple scoring - achieving more multiple victories than any other pilot. ...... |
| | Ready for Combat by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £90.00 | Erich Rudorffer commanding I./JG7 flying the Me262. Erich Rudorffer was the master of multiple scoring - achieving more multiple victories than any other pilot. ...... | |
| | Ready for Combat by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £380.00 | Erich Rudorffer commanding I./JG7 flying the Me262. Erich Rudorffer was the master of multiple scoring - achieving more multiple victories than any other pilot. ...... | |
| | Ready for Combat by Ivan Berryman. (P) SOLD OUT | Erich Rudorffer commanding I./JG7 flying the Me262. Erich Rudorffer was the master of multiple scoring - achieving more multiple victories than any other pilot. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Morning Maintenance by Ivan Berryman. Price : £60.00 | Me262 of I./JG7 is prepared for an early morning sortie. ...... | |
| | Morning Maintenance by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00 | Me262 of I./JG7 is prepared for an early morning sortie. ...... |
| | Morning Maintenance by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £450.00 | Me262 of I./JG7 is prepared for an early morning sortie....... | |
| | Defending the Homeland by Ivan Berryman. Price : £75.00 | Erich Rudorffer's Me 262 brings down a B-17 Flying Fortress during the defence of Germany. ...... | |
| | Defending the Homeland by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00 | Erich Rudorffer's Me 262 brings down a B-17 Flying Fortress during the defence of Germany....... | |
| | Defending the Homeland by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £430.00 | Erich Rudorffer's Me 262 brings down a B-17 Flying Fortress during the defence of Germany. ...... | |
| | Defending the Homeland by Ivan Berryman. (P) SOLD OUT | Erich Rudorffer's Me 262 brings down a B-17 Flying Fortress during the defence of Germany. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Gunther Rall by Ivan Berryman. Price : £80.00 | Gunther Rall sitting on the cockpit side of Bf 109G-2 Black 13 of III/JG 52, Eastern Front, 1943. ...... | |
| | Gunther Rall by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00 | Gunther Rall sitting on the cockpit side of Bf 109G-2 Black 13 of III/JG 52, Eastern Front, 1943. ...... | |
| | Gunther Rall by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £480.00 | Gunther Rall sitting on the cockpit side of Bf 109G-2 Black 13 of III/JG 52, Eastern Front, 1943. ...... | |
  | Gunther Rall - Black 13 by Ivan Berryman. Price : £60.00 | Bf 109G-2s of III/JG 52 leave their dispersal on the Eastern Front in 1943. Nearest aircraft is Black 13 of Gruppenkommandeur Gunther Rall, then fast approaching his 150th victory. ...... | |
| | Gunther Rall - Black 13 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00 | Bf 109G-2s of III/JG 52 leave their dispersal on the Eastern Front in 1943. Nearest aircraft is Black 13 of Gruppenkommandeur Gunther Rall, then fast approaching his 150th victory. ...... |
| | Gunther Rall - Black 13 by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £480.00 | Bf 109G-2s of III/JG 52 leave their dispersal on the Eastern Front in 1943. Nearest aircraft is Black 13 of Gruppenkommandeur Gunther Rall, then fast approaching his 150th victory. ...... | |
  | JG2 - Gunther Rall and his Wingman by Ivan Berryman. Price : £75.00 | Gunther Rall and his wingman on patrol in the skies above the Western Front in April 1944 whilst serving with II/JG II. ...... | |
| | JG2 - Gunther Rall and his Wingman by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £90.00 | Gunther Rall and his wingman on patrol in the skies above the Western Front in April 1944 whilst serving with II/JG II. ...... | |
| | JG2 - Gunther Rall and his Wingman by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £480.00 | Gunther Rall and his wingman on patrol in the skies above the Western Front in April 1944 whilst serving with II/JG II. ...... | |
  | Gunther Rall - on the Tail of a Yak by Ivan Berryman. Price : £65.00 | Gunther Rall in action on the Eastern Front in 1944 with III/JG 52, attacking a Yak 4. ...... |
| | Gunther Rall - on the Tail of a Yak by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00 | Gunther Rall in action on the Eastern Front in 1944 with III/JG 52, attacking a Yak 4. ...... | |
| | Gunther Rall - on the Tail of a Yak by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £480.00 | Gunther Rall in action on the Eastern Front in 1944 with III/JG 52, attacking a Yak 4. ...... | |
  | Gunther Rall - 274th Victory by Ivan Berryman. Price : £60.00 | Gunther Rall claims his 274th victory, a P.38 Lightning on 29th April, 1944 whilst assigned to II/JG II on the Western Front. ...... | |
| | Gunther Rall - 274th Victory by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00 | Gunther Rall claims his 274th victory, a P.38 Lightning on 29th April, 1944 whilst assigned to II/JG II on the Western Front. ...... | |
| | Gunther Rall - 274th Victory by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £480.00 | Gunther Rall claims his 274th victory, a P.38 Lightning on 29th April, 1944 whilst assigned to II/JG II on the Western Front. ...... |
  | Billy Drake - First of Many by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £520.00 | Group Captain Billy Drake in Hurricane JX-P of No.1 Sqn scoring his first victory, an Me109 during the Battle of France, on 20th April 1940. ...... | |
  | Avro Anson by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £400.00 | An Avro Anson comes under attack from an Me109. ...... | |
  | Coastal Command - Avro Anson Mk.I by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £400.00 | An Avro Anson Mk.I from Coastal Command is attacked by an Me109. ...... | |
  | Fairey Battle Mk.I by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £290.00 | Fairey Battle HA-J of No.218 Sqn is taken by surprise by the close pass of a Bf109E over France. The squadron were based at Auberive-sur-Suippes in 1939, and as part of the Advance Air Striking Force of the RAF during the Battle of France, suffered...... | |
  | Messerschmitt Me262B-1a/U1 by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £250.00 | Messerschmitt Me262B-1a/U1 of 10 Staffel, Natchjagdgeschwader 11. ...... |
  | Adolf Galland by Ivan Berryman. Price : £60.00 | Adolf Galland hunts down another victim on a raid over the English Channel during the Battle of Britain. ...... | |
| | Adolf Galland by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £70.00 | Adolf Galland hunts down another victim on a raid over the English Channel during the Battle of Britain. ...... | |
| | Adolf Galland by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £480.00 | Adolf Galland hunts down another victim on a raid over the English Channel during the Battle of Britain. ...... | |
  | Hans-Ekkehard Bob, Bf109F by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £400.00 | ...... | |
  | Lost Over Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman. Price : £85.00 | Spitfire N3289 of F/O John Wilson was shot down over Dunkirk on 29th May 1940 by a Messerschmitt Bf109. ...... |
| | Lost Over Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £100.00 | Spitfire N3289 of F/O John Wilson was shot down over Dunkirk on 29th May 1940 by a Messerschmitt Bf109. ...... | |
| | Lost Over Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £430.00 | Spitfire N3289 of F/O John Wilson was shot down over Dunkirk on 29th May 1940 by a Messerschmitt Bf109. ...... | |
  | Kerr's Last Combat by Ivan Berryman. Price : £105.00 | Spitfire L1000 (DW-R) of No.610 Sqn is terminally damaged by an Me109 over Dunkirk on 29th May 1940. The Spitfire pilot, Flying Officer Gerald Kerr is listed is missing after this combat. ...... | |
| | Kerr's Last Combat by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £115.00 | Spitfire L1000 (DW-R) of No.610 Sqn is terminally damaged by an Me109 over Dunkirk on 29th May 1940. The Spitfire pilot, Flying Officer Gerald Kerr is listed is missing after this combat. ...... | |
| | Kerr's Last Combat by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £480.00 | Spitfire L1000 (DW-R) of No.610 Sqn is terminally damaged by an Me109 over Dunkirk on 29th May 1940. The Spitfire pilot, Flying Officer Gerald Kerr is listed is missing after this combat. ...... |
  | Wounded Eagle by Ivan Berryman. Price : £105.00 | Gerald Stapme Stapleton in his 603 Sqn Spitfire despatching the Bf109 of Franz von Werra of III/JG 3. ...... | |
| | Wounded Eagle by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £115.00 | Gerald Stapme Stapleton in his 603 Sqn Spitfire despatching the Bf109 of Franz von Werra of III/JG 3. ...... | |
| | Wounded Eagle by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £450.00 | Gerald Stapme Stapleton in his 603 Sqn Spitfire despatching the Bf109 of Franz von Werra of III/JG 3. ...... | |
  | Focke Wulf Supremacy by Ivan Berryman. Price : £70.00 | A Focke-Wulf 190 claims another victim, a lone B17 in the skies over the Western front in 1944. ...... | |
| | Focke Wulf Supremacy by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00 | A Focke-Wulf 190 claims another victim, a lone B17 in the skies over the Western front in 1944. ...... |
| | Focke Wulf Supremacy by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £250.00 | A Focke-Wulf 190 claims another victim, a lone B17 in the skies over the Western front in 1944. ...... | |
  | Erich Hartmann by Ivan Berryman. Price : £75.00 | With 352 victories to his credit, Erich Hartmann is recognised as the greatest fighter pilot of all time, depicted here as his Messerschmitt Bf.109G prepares for another sortie. ...... | |
| | Erich Hartmann by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £95.00 | With 352 victories to his credit, Erich Hartmann is recognised as the greatest fighter pilot of all time, depicted here as his Messerschmitt Bf.109G prepares for another sortie. ...... | |
| | Erich Hartmann by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £480.00 | With 352 victories to his credit, Erich Hartmann is recognised as the greatest fighter pilot of all time, depicted here as his Messerschmitt Bf.109G prepares for another sortie. ...... | |
  | Erich Rudorffer - Eastern Front Ace by Brian Bateman. (P) Price : £300.00 | Major Erich Rudorffer claims one of three Airacobra's shot down on 10th October 1944 as he claims seven victories in a single day in his Fw190 of JG54. One of the greatest Aces of World War Two, Rudorffer scored a total of 222 victories includi...... |
  | Star of Africa by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £400.00 | Hans-Joachim Marseilles lines his Bf109 up on Hurricane of No.73 Sqn over North Africa on 17th June 1942. ...... | |
  | Otto Kittel by Brian Bateman. (P) Price : £390.00 | A tribute to Otto Kittel - the fourth highest scoring flying Ace of all time with 267 victories until his death in February 1945, two months before the end of the war. ...... | |
  | Erich Rudorffer by Brian Bateman. (P) SOLD OUT | The Fw190 of Erich Rudorffer taxiing on a Russian airfield in 1943. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Tribute to Joe Peterburs by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £350.00 | This is the moment when Joe Peterburs began his chase after German ace Walter Schuck's Messerschmitt Me262 on 10th April 1945, a combat that ended in victory for the American. But this was to be a day of mixed fortunes for Peterburs who was himse...... | |
  | Snow Warriors by Ivan Berryman. Price : £100.00 | Gunther Rall in his Me109G Black 13 about to set off with the rest of III./JG52 from a snow covered eastern front airstrip in 1943. ...... |
| | Snow Warriors by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £125.00 | Gunther Rall in his Me109G Black 13 about to set off with the rest of III./JG52 from a snow covered eastern front airstrip in 1943. ...... | |
| | Snow Warriors by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £320.00 | Gunther Rall in his Me109G Black 13 about to set off with the rest of III./JG52 from a snow covered eastern front airstrip in 1943. ...... | |
  | Gunther Rall - Me109 Ace by Ivan Berryman. Price : £100.00 | With 275 victories, Gunther Rall was one of the top Luftwaffe Aces of the second world war. Here, he is depicted in his Me109 Black 13 of JG52. ...... | |
| | Gunther Rall - Me109 Ace by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £125.00 | With 275 victories, Gunther Rall was one of the top Luftwaffe Aces of the second world war. Here, he is depicted in his Me109 Black 13 of JG52. ...... | |
| | Gunther Rall - Me109 Ace by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £320.00 | With 275 victories, Gunther Rall was one of the top Luftwaffe Aces of the second world war. Here, he is depicted in his Me109 Black 13 of JG52. ...... |
  | Black 13 - Gunther Rall by Ivan Berryman. Price : £100.00 | Gunther Rall scored almost all of his huge tally of 275 victories on the eastern front. Here, his Me109 Black 13 is shown over the snowy landscape that JG52 often operated in. ...... | |
| | Black 13 - Gunther Rall by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £130.00 | Gunther Rall scored almost all of his huge tally of 275 victories on the eastern front. Here, his Me109 Black 13 is shown over the snowy landscape that JG52 often operated in. ...... | |
| | Black 13 - Gunther Rall by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £320.00 | Gunther Rall scored almost all of his huge tally of 275 victories on the eastern front. Here, his Me109 Black 13 is shown over the snowy landscape that JG52 often operated in. ...... | |
| | Battle of Britain - Tribute to the Luftwaffe Aces by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £580.00 | ...... | |
| | First to Fall by Ivan Berryman. Price : £100.00 | The first Messerschmitt Bf.109 to be brought down on English soil in WW2 was 2964, a machine from 3/LG2. Although injured, the pilot baled out successfully, landing near Sandwich in Kent, the victim of an intense combat with Spitfires of 54 Sqn. ...... |
| | First to Fall by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £125.00 | The first Messerschmitt Bf.109 to be brought down on English soil in WW2 was 2964, a machine from 3/LG2. Although injured, the pilot baled out successfully, landing near Sandwich in Kent, the victim of an intense combat with Spitfires of 54 Sqn. ...... | |
  | Clipped Signature - Erich Rudorffer. Price : £50.00 | Fighter pilot who served with JG2 during the Battle of Britain and JG54 on the Eastern Front. Scoring a total of 222 victories, he was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He died in 2016....... | |
  | The Last Patrol by David Pentland. (M) Price : £90.00 | A pair of ME109 G-14s of 9th Staffel, Jagdgeswader 54 (Greenheart Wing) make a final sortie during the last days of March 1945. ...... | |
  | Jet Attack by David Pentland. (AP) Price : £170.00 | Oberleutenant Schalls ME 262 of JG7 catches the Australian crewed Lancaster from 5 group dead astern as it lines up for its bombing run on the Hamburg U-Boat pens. Even at this angle the speed of the jet made it difficult to get off more than a few ...... | |
| | Jet Attack by David Pentland. (D) Price : £320.00 | Oberleutenant Schalls Me262 of JG7 catches the Australian crewed Lancaster from 5 group dead astern as it lines up for its bombing run on the Hamburg U-Boat pens. Even at this angle the speed of the jet made it difficult to get off more than a few b...... |
| | Jet Attack by David Pentland. (F) Price : £125.00 | Oberleutenant Schalls ME 262 of JG7 catches the Australian crewed Lancaster from 5 group dead astern as it lines up for its bombing run on the Hamburg U-Boat pens. Even at this angle the speed of the jet made it difficult to get off more than a few ...... | |
  | Zemke's First Fan by David Pentland. (C) Price : £130.00 | On the 12th of May 1944, Col. Hubert Zemke tried his new fan tactic, designed to engage Luftwaffe fighters. Unfortunately on this occasion his aircraft was bounced by German ace Major Gunther Rall in his ME109 G-6AS, and escaped only by sending his ...... | |
| | Zemke's First Fan by David Pentland. (D) Price : £340.00 | On the 12th of May 1944, Col. Hubert Zemke tried his new fan tactic, designed to engage Luftwaffe fighters. Unfortunately on this occasion his aircraft was bounced by German ace Major Gunther Rall in his ME109 G-6AS, and escaped only by sending his ...... | |
  | Fighter General by Graeme Lothian. Price : £250.00 | Fighter general shows Dolfo Galland leading a schwarm of BF109s out low at tree top height over the Kent countryside after doing battle with spitfires, during the last week of August 1940. This remarkable pilot was awarded the Knights Cross as a Majo...... |
