(1917-1945) Luftwaffe fighter ace credited with 208 enemy aircraft shot down in over 400 combat missions, for which he was awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves. The majority of his victories were claimed over the Eastern Front, with nine over the Western Front which included eight in the Messerschmitt Me 262. Court-martialed for failure to attack the British bombers that sank the Tirpitz, he was demoted and imprisoned. Returned to duty, his last transmission was: 'Theo, I have run out of ammunition. I'm going to ram this one. Good bye. We'll see each other in Valhalla'. He then rammed the B-24 bomber 'Trouble in Mind,' destroying both aircraft and killing himself. Rare war-date S.P., 3.5 x 5.5 b/w, a Hoffmann portrait of Ehrler with his Oak Leaves, signed at bottom, contrast fair. The verso bears a Feldpost stamp and Sep. 8, 1944 cancel. Very good.