Erich Alfred Hartmann (19 April 1922 – 20 September 1993) was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and participated in aerial combat on 825 separate occasions. He was credited with shooting down a total of 352 Allied aircraft: 345 Soviet and 7 American while serving with the Luftwaffe. During his career, Hartmann was forced to crash-land his fighter 16 times after either mechanical failure or damage received from parts of enemy aircraft he had shot down; he was never shot down by direct enemy action. More about Erich Hartmann
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Hartmann, a pre-war glider pilot, joined the Luftwaffe in 1940 and completed his fighter pilot training in 1942. He was posted to the veteran Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52—52nd Fighter Wing) on the Eastern Front and placed under the supervision of some of the Luftwaffe's most experienced fighter pilots. Under their guidance, Hartmann steadily developed his tactics.In total, we tracked 141 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Erich Hartmann (Toliver & Constable: Blond Knight of Germany Signed by Erich Hartmann and Author) was sold in December 2023 for £351.91 while the cheapest item (RARE - ROSSBACH TRIPLE SIGNED BY ERICH HARTMANN - OSCAR ROMM & HERBERT WITTMANN) found a new owner for £11.50 in July 2018. The month with the most items sold (7) was September 2018 with an average selling price of £29.95 for an autographed item of Erich Hartmann. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2021 with £255.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £11.50 was January 2016. In average, an autographed item from Erich Hartmann is worth £59.95.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Erich Hartmann were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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Erich Hartmann & Adolf Galland pencil signed WW2 Battle of Britain | £103.00 | ||
ERICH HARTMANN & GERD BARKHORN AUTOGRAPHS framed signed display Young Experten | £43.99 | ||
LD ED ROSSBACH SIGNED WW2 GERMAN FIGHTER ACE ERICH HARTMANN & GUNTHER WEGMANNEKI | £74.99 | ||
RAF Luftwaffe Erich Hartmann + Galland signed + Others Signed Rare | £86.99 | ||
RAF Luftwaffe Erich Hartmann + Galland signed + Rossman + Tanner Signed Rare | £99.99 | ||
RAF Luftwaffe Erich Hartmann + Galland signed + Sakai & Others Signed Rare | £99.99 | ||
The Blond Knight Of Germany Luftwaffe WW2 Knights Cross Erich Hartmann Signed | £184.00 | ||
Toliver & Constable: Blond Knight of Germany Signed by Erich Hartmann and Author | £351.91 | ||
Ursula HARTMANN / German Fighter Ace Erich Hartmann The Story Signed 1st ed 1992 | £217.33 | ||
WW2 Knights Cross Luftwaffe Day Fighter Ace Signature Erich Hartmann | £29.00 |