Tribute to Alfred Grislawski by Ivan Berryman [Postcard]

Artist: Ivan Berryman [browse all Ivan Berryman]   

Aircraft Depicted: Me109 [other products featuring this aircraft]

Credited with more than 130 victories in World War Two, Alfred Grislawksi scored 24 of these on the Western Front. He is depicted here flying his Me109 with JG53 in what would be his last combat on 26th September 1944. Having shot down a P-38 Lightning earlier in the day, he was shot down in the combat shown by the P-51 Mustang of American Ace Hub Zemke and bailed out. Opening his parachute very low for fear of being shot at, he landed hard and damaged vertebrae, and did not recover before the end of the war. Awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, he died in 2003 aged 83.

Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)