RARE Kurt Ubben – Jagdgeschwader 77 – 110 Aerial Victories (!) Killed over France in 1944 (!) (Wartime Signed)
Original Wartime Signature on a Postcard of Kurt Ubben. Major Kurt Ubben (18.11.1911 † Killed in Action 27.04.1944) was one of the Luftwaffe’s notable fighter aces and served as Kommodore of Jagdgeschwader 2. Over the course of the war he achieved 110 aerial victories (including 20 on the Western Front), while also destroying 26 aircraft on the ground, 15 tanks, and 1 torpedo boat. He was killed during aerial combat over France near Fère-en-Tardenois in April 1944.
Ubben earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 4 September 1941 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of 8./Jagdgeschwader 77, awarded after achieving 28 aerial victories. He later received the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 9 December 1941, followed by the Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz on 12 March 1942 as Hauptmann and Kommandeur of III./Jagdgeschwader 77, after reaching 69 aerial victories. He was the 80th recipient of the Oak Leaves.
Earlier in the war, Ubben also received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 10 May 1940, the Iron Cross 1st Class in August 1940, and the Luftwaffe Honor Goblet (Ehrenpokal) on 12 August 1941 for special achievements in aerial warfare.
A highly desirable wartime signed postcard of a distinguished Luftwaffe fighter ace and Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves recipient.
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Original Wartime Signature on a Postcard of Kurt Ubben. Major Kurt Ubben (18.11.1911 † Killed in Action 27.04.1944) was one of the Luftwaffe’s notable fighter aces and served as Kommodore of Jagdgeschwader 2. Over the course of the war he achieved 110 aerial victories (including 20 on the Western Front), while also destroying 26 aircraft on the ground, 15 tanks, and 1 torpedo boat. He was killed during aerial combat over France near Fère-en-Tardenois in April 1944.
Ubben earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 4 September 1941 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of 8./Jagdgeschwader 77, awarded after achieving 28 aerial victories. He later received the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 9 December 1941, followed by the Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz on 12 March 1942 as Hauptmann and Kommandeur of III./Jagdgeschwader 77, after reaching 69 aerial victories. He was the 80th recipient of the Oak Leaves.
Earlier in the war, Ubben also received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 10 May 1940, the Iron Cross 1st Class in August 1940, and the Luftwaffe Honor Goblet (Ehrenpokal) on 12 August 1941 for special achievements in aerial warfare.
A highly desirable wartime signed postcard of a distinguished Luftwaffe fighter ace and Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves recipient.
