Luftwaffe Fw 190 Ace Otto Bach Relic Display

Here's something very special and unique for the aviation or military history collector: an opportunity to own an authentic piece of the aircraft flown by one of the world's greatest fighter aces, framed with an original painting of his personal aircraft, his wartime photograph, and history of both man and machine!   Otto Bach had a long and distinguished career as a fighter pilot. Bach was one of the more seasoned fighter pilots who flew with JG1 and served as a steady and reassuring influence over the many green pilots entering his Staffel. Indeed, I possess a poem about Bach which his fellow pilots jokingly entitled, "The Oldest Fighter Pilot." During his time with JG1, he served on 12, 4, and 5 Staffel. Around May 1943, he transferred to 5./JG 1. Bach was fortunate to escape injury on 29 May 1944 when his Fw 190 overturned on landing when he ran into a bomb crater. He was appointed Staffelkapitän of 7./JG 1 on 15 July, 1944. Fritz Wegner, another JG1 pilot, remembers the day he