A Postcard Of Luftwaffe Flying Ace Karl-Heinz Weber

A postcard depicting a portrait of Karl-Heinz Weber, the reverse marked “J. G. 51. Mölders Hptm. Weber” (Jagdgeschwader 51 Hauptmann Weber; measuring 131 mm x 86 mm; some soiling on the reverse but otherwise near extremely fine condition.

Footnote: Karl-Heinz Weber (January 30, 1922 - June 7, 1944) was a highly decorated Luftwaffe flying ace of the 51st Jagdgeschwader (Fighter Wing). He was born on January 30, 1922 in Pomerania, a Free State of Prussia. He volunteered for military service in the Luftwaffe in 1939 where he was posted to the 51st Jagdgeschwader. He achieved his first aerial victory on June 24, 1941, during the opening days of Operation Barbarossa. Weber was accredited with 136 aerial victories over the Eastern Front in over 500 combat missions. He was shot down and killed in his Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6 (Factory Number 410-399 by Polish Air Forces. His body was not recovered and Weber was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves posthumously. List of awards: Iron Cross 1939 (2nd Class - July 6, 1941) - (2st Class - August 17, 1941), Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe on September 21, 1942 as Lieutenant and pilot, German Cross in Gold on March 16, 1943 aas Lieutenant in the 51st Jagdgeschwader, Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Knight's Cross on November 12, 1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelführer) - (529th Oak Leaves [posthumously] on July 20, 1944 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän).