Autographs of Johannes Steinhoff
Johannes "Macky" Steinhoff (15 September 1913 – 21 February 1994) was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II, German general, and NATO official. He was one of very few Luftwaffe pilots who survived to fly operationally through the whole of the war period 1939–45 until he was severely burned during a failed take-off. Steinhoff was also one of the highest-scoring pilots with 176 victories, and one of the first to fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter in combat as a member of the Jagdverband 44 squadron led by Adolf Galland. Steinhoff was decorated with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, and later received the Great Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and several foreign awards including the American Legion of Merit and the French Legion of Honour. He played a role in the so-called Fighter Pilots' Revolt late in the war, when several senior air force officers confronted Hermann Göring.
Steinhoff joined the West German government's Rearmament Office as a consultant on military aviation in 1952 and became one of the principal officials tasked with rebuilding the German Air Force through the Cold War. In retirement, Steinhoff became a widely read author of books on German military aviation during the Second World War and the experiences of the German people at that time.
Johannes Steinhoff was born on 15 September 1913 in Bottendorf, Thuringia, the son of an agricultural mill-worker and his traditional housewife. He had two brothers, Bernd and Wolf, and two sisters, Greta and Charlotte. His sister Charlotte married Ludwig Hahn, the Kommandeur of the Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police) and Sicherheitsdienst (Security Service) in occupied Warsaw, who participated in the evacuation and destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto.
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Traded items with a signature of Johannes Steinhoff
The most expensive item with a signature of Johannes Steinhoff (Signed Books! Johannes Steinhoff - Final Hours & Adolf Galland - Fighter General) was sold in December 2025 for £130.06 while the cheapest item (The Final Hours by Johannes Steinhoff Signed Foreword by Senator Barry Goldwater) found a new owner for £11.16 in May 2025. The month with the most items sold (2) was November 2013 with an average selling price of £41.96 for an autographed item of Johannes Steinhoff. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2018 with £123.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £11.69 was January 2020. In average, an autographed item from Johannes Steinhoff is worth £27.45.
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| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | General Johannes Steinhoff - Luftwaffe Signed Profile - Knights Cross Holder | £29.00 |  |
| JOHANNES STEINHOFF, EDMUND ROSSMANN, CHUCK WEAVER & RED ARROWS Signed RAF Cover | £57.94 | |
| LUFTWAFFE FIGHTER ACE PILOT GENERAL JOHANNES STEINHOFF SIGNED PROFILE CARD | £37.00 | |
| Luftwaffe Signed Profile - General Johannes Steinhoff - Knights Cross Ace | £20.00 | |
| Luftwaffe Signed Profile - Johannes Steinhoff - Knights Cross Holder | £27.90 | |
| RARE - RAF MULTI SIGNED COVER INCLUDING ADOLF GALLAND & JOHANNES STEINHOFF | £31.55 | |
| RARE - ROSSBACH SC24 MULTI SIGNED COVER INCLUDING OBERST JOHANNES STEINHOFF | £123.00 | |
| RARE-ROSSBACH COVER MULTI SIGNED INCLUDING JOHANNES STEINHOFF & ERICH RUDORFFER | £27.00 | |
| ROSSBACH 1974 GENERAL JOHANNES STEINHOFF SIGNED RAF No19 SQUADRON COVER | £11.69 | |
| Signed Stamp Cover Luftwaffe Fighter Ace Johannes Steinhoff JV44 Knight's Cross | £14.50 | |
| VERY RARE - GENERAL IRA EAKER-JOHANNES STEINHOFF & GEORG-PETER EDER SIGNED COVER | £26.00 | |
| World War II Luftwaffe flying ace Signed Photograph - Johannes Steinhoff | £19.95 | |
| World War II Luftwaffe flying ace Signed Photograph - Johannes Steinhoff | £19.95 | |
| WW2 Luftwaffe fighter aces Erich Rudorffer, Johannes Steinhoff signed cover C21 | £39.99 | |
| WW2 Luftwaffe Knights Cross Battle Of Britain Signed General Johannes Steinhoff | £23.00 | |
