RARE WWII German Luftwaffe Ace Hans Philipp Personal War Typewriter KIA Museum

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RARE WWII German Luftwaffe Ace Hans Philipp Personal War Typewriter KIA Museum:
$20612.50

Comes with hand signed C.O.A.

This incredible museum-grade WWII artifact was the personal wartime typewriter of GermanLuftwaffefighter ace Hans Philipp. One of the most famous and highly decorated Luftwaffe pilots of the war. Hans Philipp served as the Commander of I/JG-54 (1st group of the 54th Fighter Squadron) Luftwaffe Squadron and was known for flying a Messerschmitt Bf-109F-4. In 500 sorties, Hans Philip, nicknamed “Phipps”, scored 206 air victories, 178 of which were on the Eastern Front and 29 against the Western allies. Philip was killed on October 8, 1943, his plane was shot down by an American P-47 fighter (pilot Robert S. Johnson).

After volunteering for military service in the Wehrmacht in1936 this 1937 Olympia typewriter was carried by Hans Philipp throughout WWII and his service with the Luftwaffe before being killed in action in 1943. This typewriter was one of the most important items of Hans Philipp as it served not only as his personal letter typewriter to his family, friends, and military comrades, but also as a military service typewriter for after-action reports. This typewriter was used to document some of the most famous operations and battles of WWII. Just to this of this typewriter being used by Hans Philipp to record and recount all of his aerial victories is almost unreal.

This typewriter was transported to numerous Luftwaffe camps as Hans Philipp participated in theinvasion of Polandand as aStaffelkapitän(squadron leader) in theBattle of France. His unit was reformed as II./Jagdgeschwader54(JG54—54th Fighter Wing) in June 1940.He was awarded theKnight's Cross of the Iron Crosson 22 October 1940 during theBattle of Britain. He then fought in the aerial battles of theBalkans CampaignandOperation Barbarossa, the German invasion of theSoviet Union. He received theKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leavesafter 62 aerial victories on 24 August 1941 and the Swords (Schwerter) to his Knight's Cross on 12 March 1942, his score now at 86 aerial victories. He claimed his 100th victory on 31 March 1942, the fourth fighter pilot to achieve this mark, and his 150th aerial victory on 14 January 1943. Philipp claimed four aircraft shot down on 17 March 1943 taking his total to 203 aerial victories. He thus surpassedHermann Grafas the leading German fighter pilot at the time, and six months after Graf, became the second pilot to claim more than 200 victories. Philipp was promoted toMajor(major) and given command as theGeschwaderkommodore(wing commander) ofJagdgeschwader1(JG1—1st Fighter Wing) on 1 April 1943, conductingDefense of the Reichoperations against theUnited States Army Air Forces(USAAF). He was promoted toOberstleutnant(lieutenant colonel) on 1 October 1943 and waskilled in actiona week later on 8 October during an attack onBremen. It is believed that he was shot down by theP-47 ThunderboltpilotRobert S. Johnson. Philipp managed to bail out but his parachute failed to open.

This typewriter was just obtained from a private investment group museum located in Toronto, Canada where it was stored and preserved for decades after their initial retrieval of this rare WWII artifact. The typewriter of Hans Philipp was logged and archived in their records and still as the original museum label tags adhered to the front. The typewriter is in fully operational condition and has not been altered or touched up in any way.

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