German airman, born in Frankfurt, Germany. He was a leading German air ace in WWI, and from 1935 worked in the German air ministry. A Luftwaffe quartermaster-general in WWII, having fallen foul of the Gestapo, he committed suicide by crashing his aircraft. The authorities described his death as an accident while testing a new air weapon. Original signed ink sketch of himself and another aviator gazing up at a female form and a fast moving airplane on an off-white 7.5 x 10.5 sheet, signed at the bottom 'E. Udet.' In fine condition, with some mild toning, mostly to edges. RRAuction COA.
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