Operation Bodenplate

Nicolas Trudgian

Size: 38" x 23"
Edition: 600
Subject: Me109s, Fw190s and Me262s attacking an Allied airfield.

A Limited Edition by Nicolas Trudgian recording one of the most bitterly fought air battles of World War II - January 1, 1945.
 
The success of Operation Bodenplatte, on January 1, 1945, was to be achieved by mass surprise attacks on British and American bases in France, Belgium and Holland.  It was a battle fought at great cost to the Luftwaffe.  During the battles some 300 Luftwaffe aircraft were lost.  Though 200 Allied aircraft were destroyed, most on the ground, pilot losses were light. 

Nicolas Trudgian's brilliant painting takes us right into the action above the Allied air base at Eindhoven.  Me262 jets join a concentration of Me109s and Fw190s of JG3 fighter wing, as they hurtle across the airfield in an assault that lasted 23 minutes, while Spitfires from 414 Sqn RCAF do their best to repel the attack.  On the ground Typhoon fighters of 439 Sqn take a hammering.

Each print of Nicolas Trudgian's Limited Edition, Operation Bodenplatte, is signed by 4 top Luftwaffe pilots who took part in the operation:
Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann
Leutnant Helmut BallewskiI
General Walter Krupinski
Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg.

£110.00