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This page is dedicated to new items I have posted. I will leave them here for a couple of months and then move them to the appropriate page or catalog. The items on this page will cover numerous areas of interest.

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	Combat Medic Badge - This display has all 4 of the Combat Medic Badges mounted on it. The badges are authentic. The background describes the history of the badge and how each is awarded. $29.00
	Tex Hill's "Flying Tiger" - This is a signed copy of the late Tex Hill's fascinating biography. On the blank leaf is affixed one of his hand-signed kill flags. Hill had 18 of these painted on the side of his fighter. - $49.00
	Tex Hill Autograph - Tex signed this WWII Japanese occupation note. This currency was used when the Japs occupied the Philippines. - $39.00
	Woolly Mammoth Hair - this is an incredible find. It came from a mammoth that was excavated in Siberia. When mammoth hair is offered, the display generally will have only one or two hairs and sells for around $50. This is a most generous amount of the hair. It comes with a descriptive card that you can frame with a little of the hair. Note, the picture is representative. I have been able to put together about a dozen of these packages. $35.00.
	Multi-Signed Print - This beautiful 8" x 10" print is signed by the late Ed Freeman, Harold Moore, and Bruce Crandall. Crandall and Freeman are Vietnam Medal of Honor recipients and Moore was t6he co-aut6hor of "We Were Soldiers" and commanded the 1st Btn, 7th Cav in the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley where Freeman and Crandall earned their Medal of Honor. On the reverse are details on each of the signers. $100
	Gunther Frenzel - Frenzel was a Luftwaffe Bomber Pilot and Flugzeugführer 11./KG z.b.V. 1. He was decorated with the Knights Cross. He gave me this signed photo at a Fliegertreffen reunion in Germany in 2002. Unfortunately he had laminated the photo for "protection." $12.00
	Josef Fischer -
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	Heinrich Ahrens -
	Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller was an experienced pre-war glider pilot, and began training as a pilot in the Luftwaffe in 1937. At the start of World War 2, Wurmheller was serving with 2 Staffel, JG 53. He recorded his first victory, a RAF Fairey Battle single-engined bomber on 30 September 1939. Between November 1939 and June 1940, Wurmheller served as an instructor before returning to 5./JG 53 in time for the Battle of Britain. He ditched twice in the English Channel, the latter time (23 November) leading to hospitalisation until March 1941. In May 1941, Wurmheller gained his 10th claim when he shot down an RAF Spitfire. He then spent a short period on the Eastern Front with JG 53 where he added nine victories to his score. Wurmheller was transferred back to the Channel front to II/JG 2 during July 1941. The following month, Wurmheller claimed 13 Spitfires, and on 4 September was awarded the Knights Cross for a tally of 31 claims. A further spell of instructing followed before a return to JG 2 in May 1942. Posted to 1./JG 2, Wurmheller gained 10 victories during May 1942 and another 11 victories the following month. His most successful day came during the Allied landings at Dieppe on 19 August 1942. Despite suffering with a broken leg, Wurmheller claimed seven victories during the day. Wurmheller was promoted to Lt. and the award of the Eichenlaub in August 1942, with a score of 60 victories. Wurmheller became Squadron leader of 9./JG 2 in April 1943. He recorded his 70th victory on 17 May when he shot down a B-17 bomber. On 23 September, he was wounded by bomb splinters while making an emergency landing in his FW-190 during a bombing raid. On 8 March 1944, he claimed his 90th victory. Hauptmann Wurmheller was appointed Gruppenkommandeur III/JG 2 on 8 June 1944. Wurmheller was killed in his FW-190 on 22 June 1944 during aerial combat with P-47 and RCAF Spitfire fighters near Alencon when he collided with his wingman Franzke. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and promoted to the rank of Major on 24 October 1944. Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller is credited with 102 victories, 93 of which were claimed over the Western Front and 9 on the Eastern Front, at least 20 were four-engine bombers and at least 56 RAF Spitfire fighters. This grouping includes an excellent unsigned Hoffmann portrait card and a boldly wartime hand-signed Hitler Youth Card. $295.00
	Walter “Gulle” Oesau was born on 28 June 1913 at Farnewinkel in the Dithmarschen region of Holst. He enlisted in the army in 1933 and served in an artillery regiment. By 1934 he had become a Fahnenjunker and was undertaking flying training with the Deutschen Verkehrsfliegerschule. On completing his flying training he was posted to Jagdgeschwader “Richtofen”. Leutnant Oesau was one of the first fighter pilots to join J/88 in Spain in April 1938. Here he served with 3. J/88 and gained nine victories. He became one of only 27 recipients of the Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Brillanten . He was also wounded in this campaign and was awarded the Spanish Wound Badge. On 1 March 1939, Oesau joined the Stabsschwarm of I./JG 2. On 15 July, Oberleutnant Oesau was appointed Staffelkapitän of 1./JG 20 which was later redesignated 7./JG 51. Oesau gained his first victory of World War 2 on 13 May 1940. He ended the French campaign with five victories to his credit. On 18 August 1940 he became the fifth Luftwaffe pilot to reach 20 World War 2 victories, bringing him the award of the Ritterkreuz. On 25 August 1940, Hauptmann Oesau was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG 51. On 11 November 1940, Oesau was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG 3. He led the Gruppe to the Eastern front where the invasion of Russia was launched. He recorded his 40th victory on 5 February 1941. On 6 February, he was awarded the Eichenlaub (Nr 9). He recorded his 50th victory on 30 June. He claimed five enemy aircraft shot down on 10 July 1941 for his 64th to 68th victories. He recorded his 70th victory on 11 July and his 80th on 17 July. On 15 July his victory tally had reached 80 and he became only the third man to be awarded the Schwertern. At the end of July 1941 he was recalled to the Western Front to take command of JG 2. He recorded his 100th victory on 26 October, only the third Luftwaffe pilot to reach this landmark. He was forbidden to fly further combat missions, his combat experience and leadership qualities being considered too valuable to risk. A series of staff appointments followed, including being appointed Jagdfliegerführer 4 Brittany. On 12 November 1943, Oberst Oesau returned to combat when he was appointed Kommodore of JG 1 following the death of Oberst Hans Philipp (206 victories, RK-S). He soon added at least 14 victories against the USAAF formations of B-17 and B-24 four-engined bombers. On 11 May 1944, Oesau, leading three aircraft of the Stabsschwarm, took off from Paderborn to intercept Allied bombers raiding north-eastern Belgium and Luxembourg. During his attack on the bombers he was bounced by escorting P-38s. In the ensuing combat he was shot down and killed in his Bf 109 G-6/AS (W.Nr. 20 601) “Green 13” near St Vith. “Gulle” Oesau scored 127 victories in over 300 combat missions. 9 victories were scored during the Spanish Civil War, 74 were scored on the Western front including 14 four-engined bombers (one B-17 as engültige Vernichtung) and 44 over the Eastern front. This is an outstanding warsigned Hoffmann portrait card. $150
	Gordon M. Gollob (16 June 1912 – 8 September 1987) was a German fighter pilot and flying ace in the Luftwaffe from 1938 to 1945 during World War II. He rose to the position of General der Jagdflieger, and was one of only 27 to receive the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. Gollob was credited with 150 victories achieved in 340 missions. He recorded 144 victories over the Eastern front. Gollob was first person to achieve 150 air victories in the Luftwaffe. This is an outstanding, rare, warsigned Hoffmann portrait card. $250.00
	Klaus Scholtz - Scholtz was one of WWII Germany's most successful U-boat commanders. He was the commander of U-108 and sunk a total of 25 Allied ships. He received the Knights Cross with Oakleaves. This outstanding photo pictures him in the conning tower of U-108 and is boldly signed by him at the top. This is a postcard size photo. $39.00
	James Taylor - Taylor was awarded his Medal of Honor for heroism in Vietnam. This beautiful postcard size photo is boldly signed by him. $15.00
	Leo Thorness - Thorness is one of only 12 from the US Air Force to have been decorated with the new Airforce MOH - which was introduced in 1965. For the first time in history the living recipients outnumbered those killed in action - eight of the 12 recipients lived to wear their MOH. This beautiful postcard size photo is boldly signed by Thorness. $15.00