Kurt Schulze was born in Germany in 1921 After graduating from High School in Berlin Kurt entered German military service in 1939 as a Cadet with the Air Signals Corps In September of 1943 he received his wings as a pilot and in March 1944 started fighter pilot training In July of 1944 he was assigned to JG5 in the Petsamo region of Finland 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle at the Barents Sea and just 60 miles west of Murmansk Russia While there he flew the Messerschmitt Bf109 on 65 missions and was credited with three victories On September 161944 he was shot down over the RussoFinnish border Rescued by German Mountain Troops it took sometime to get back to his base but when he arrived his Commanding Officer pulled out a bottle and they celebrated his save return Later he volunteered to fly daylight photo reconnaissance missions over Murmansk in a Bf109 Kurt Schulze has hand signed this 8 x 10 Photo JSA Hologram DD64728 and Certificate of Authenticity Specifications. Photo Size 8 x 10