Don't Miss Any Special Deals - Sign Up To Our Newsletter! Aircraft Search Squadron Search Signature Search Artist Search SPECIAL OFFERS Product Search
CLICK HERE FOR A FULL LIST OF ALL GERALD COULSON PRINTS BY TITLE

Please note that our logo (below) only appears on the images on our website and is not on the actual art prints. When you are ready to add this item to your basket, click the button below.       Website Price: £ 60.00       Oscar Boesch Print and Clipped Signature Pack. PCK2886. Oscar Boesch Print and Clipped Signature Pack. Clipped Signature and Print Pack. Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM6747B. Tribute to Oscar Boesch by Ivan Berryman. Oscar Boesch joined the Luftwaffe in 1942 and flew his first combat mission in April 1944, crash-landing and flipping his Fw190. However, as part of a unit specialising in attacking American daylight bombing raids, he scored 18 victories in 120 missions before the end of the war. He is depicted here making a head-on attack in his Fw190A-8/R8 against American B-24 Liberators. Professionally produced using a high quality inkjet digital press and printed on 300gsm art stock. Signed Ltd. Ed of 300 prints. Image Size 13.4 inches x 9.4 inches (34cm x 24cm) Paper Size 16.5 Inches x 11.7 inches (42cm x 29.6) Item #2 - Click to view individual item CLP2680. Clipped Signature - Oscar Boesch. German Ace with 18 victories from 120 missions starting in mid 1944. Clipped signatures are usually obtained from prints or publications that have been signed in person. Often, signatures have been rescued - or clipped - from prints that have been damaged in another area. Clipped Signature. Website Price: £ 60.00   To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £95.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £35 All prices are displayed in British Pounds Sterling   Signatures on item 2 *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 Feldwebel Oscar Boesch (deceased) *Signature Value : £40 (matted) Already a pilot of gliders, he joined the Luftwaffe in 1943 and after training was eventually posted to JG3. He volunteered for the Sturmstaffel 1 unit, a specialist anti-bomber unit flying modified Fw190s with better armour. After just a few days, his unit was merged into a unit of JG3. He scored his first victory on 29th April 1944 claiming a Flying Fortress, immediately followed by another of the bombers targetting Berlin. By November he had claimed another five bombers. The rest of his 18 victories were scored against Russian aircraft, except for an RAF Spitfire on 1st January 1945. In the final days of the war he survived a mid-air collision with a Russian fighter. He died in May 2004.