Bidspirit auction | Eric Warsitz signed cover pilot

Eric Warsitz signed cover pilot 1st Jet aircraft rare Rossbach Frank Whittle cover HA23, No. 45 of 50 issued with lots of photos inside and career details in German printed to back of cover. Slightly creased priced accordingly but a rare variety cover, tough to find. Erich Karl Warsitz (18 October 1906 - 12 July 1983) was a German test pilot of the 1930s. He held the rank of Flight-Captain in the Luftwaffe and was selected by the Reich Air Ministry as chief test pilot at Peenemünde West. He is remembered as the first person to fly an aircraft under liquid-fueled rocket power, the Heinkel He 176, on June 20, 1939 and also the first to fly an aircraft under turbojet power, the Heinkel He 178, on August 27 the same year.