DANGEROUS MOONLIGHT

Limited Edition Paper Print by Nicolas Trudgian

Image Size: 27.75" x 17.25"
Overall Paper Size: 36" x 25.5"

Each print is numbered and signed in pencil by Nicolas Trudgian and the veterans and is issued with an original certificate of authenticity from the publisher.

This print is also available as a Limited Edition Canvas Giclee.

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''This is a very fine painting of my Me110, and I am pleased to see that it correctly shows my personalised 'MD' markings''
Martin Drewes KCO

The Luftwaffe's night-fighting campaign began in July 1940 when an RAF Whitley bomber fell to the guns of an Me110 flown by Werner Streib of the new, dedicated night-fighting unit NJG1. Their further successes led to other units being formed, but NJG1 always remained the most feared night force.

Equipped with the latest radar technology enabling a form of night vision, NJG1 caused terrible losses to the RAF's bomber aircraft and crews. The four highest-scoring night fighters were Werner Streib whose total was 65, Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein with 83, Helmut Lent on 102, and the greatest of them all, Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer, who achieved 121. Another 'Experte' was Martin Drewes who took command of III/NJG 1 in March 1944. It is his aircraft that is depicted in this painting.

On the bright, moonlit night of 30th March 1944 more than 800 RAF bombers set off to raid Nurenberg. Martin Drewes, flying his Me110G, scrambled to meet them and was able to spot the first of his targets without using radar as it was silhouetted against the silvery clouds. He attacked the Lancaster, from the Australian 467 Squadron, using his 'Schräge-Musik'' upward firing guns and went on to shoot down a further two bombers before returning to base.

By dawn, 96 RAF aircraft had been shot down, which was the greatest loss suffered by Bomber Command on any one night in the entire war. By the end of the hostilities, NJG1 had achieved a sobering total of 2311 victories, making them by far the most potent night fighter unit.

Published in 2011.

SCHNAUFER & SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN TRIBUTE EDITION
Limited to 5 worldwide
Signed by the eight NJG 1 Aces - all Knights Cross holders
Günther Bahr KC
Martin Drewes KCO
Wolfgang Falck KC
Georg-Hermann Greiner KCO
Ludwig Meister KC
Hubert Rauh KC
Johannes Richter KC
Friedrich Rumpelhardt KC

plus clipped wartime signatures of
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer KCOSD
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein KCOS

Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer KCOSD (16th February 1922 – 15th July 1950) was nicknamed ‘The Night Ghost of St. Trond’ and was the youngest ever Geschwaderkommodore in the Luftwaffe at just 22 years old. He became the highest scoring night fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. The majority of his 121 victories were claimed against British four-engined bombers while flying the Messerschmitt Bf110 with Radio Operator Friedrich Rumpelhardt KC in both NJG 1 and NJG 4.

Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein KCOS (14th August 1916 – 21st January 1944) at the time of his death was the highest scoring Nachtjager in the Luftwaffe and remained the third highest at the end of the war. Preferring to fly the Ju 88, Sayn-Wittgentstein was renowned for his outstanding personality and
for demanding other fighter aircraft ‘clear off’, in order to give him the best opportunity to attack the enemy. A pilot of great ability, Sayn-Wittgenstein was said to possess a sixth sense, allowing him to ‘feel’ where other aircraft were during battle.