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Snow Warriors by Nicolas Trudgian One of the most successful of the Luftwaffe fighter units, JG54 ‘Green Heart Warriors’,
first came to prominence during the Battle of Britain over south-east England. In early
1941 the unit moved to the Eastern Front, in preparation for the invasion of Russia, and
it was in this theatre that they became synonymous both with the relentless struggle
against the military might of the Soviets and also, during successive winters, the battle To commemorate the ‘Green Heart Warriors’ Nicolas Trudgian has painted JG54
FW190s in February 1943 taxiing out on to their unit’s snow-blanketed airfield in
Krasnogvardeisk, Russia to begin another fighter sweep of the front lines. For the long
winter months the aircraft were camouflaged in the livery considered to be one of the
most attractive of all Luftwaffe paint schemes; overall white with the distinctive yellow Major Erich Rudorffer KC, Oakleaves, Swords PRINT EDITIONS Limited edition of 300 copies Limited edition of 30 remarques Canvas Giclee edition: |