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On a trip to Garmisch, Germany, Bill Phillips and his wife Kristi discovered a war memorial on a hillside. Surrounding the monument were framed photographs of local young men who had been killed in World War II. Bill was particularly moved by one photograph of a fresh-faced boy, his arms around a cow: “This was no jack-booted Nazi. This was a farm kid who loved his home and went off to fight for it, just as American boys had done.” The boy’s story began to develop in Bill’s imagination: the young German had gone into the Luftwaffe and learned to fly fighter jets. One day, early in the war, the boy and a friend had buzzed the home valley in their BF-109s. “I guess all pilots have done that, in every country,” says Bill. “The pride of flight is universal.” Bill checked with a German pilot, who said the practice was strictly verboten — ". . . but of course we did it.”...This is a rare and sought after Secondary print by William Phillips...It has been signed by Luftwaffe Legend Gunther Rall when he was our geust at our Gallery in 2009 , it was the last signing event in the UK he attended before he sadly passed away , when shown the print he said it reminded him of the valley near his home in Bad Reichenhall Germany , he said it was very popular to do this but was strictly Forbiden...priced £1000.00 for this beautiful print...To complement the purchase of your fine art print, we are now able to offer a professional Picture Framing service. For further details please contact us by phone or email.