And as can be seen from the campaign pages, he flew as an aircrew member of LLG 1 which towed gliders during Operation Mercury, the invasion of...
Just thought that I'd share a very recent addition to my collection, namely a wehrpass to an aircrew member of Ju-52 units who participated in...
The David Glantz book 'Zhukov's Greatest Defeat: The Red Army's Epic Disaster In Operation Mars 1942' covers the battle that coincided with the...
Can anyone tell me if this is indeed a totally new book from David Glantz - Barbarossa Derailed - The Battles Of Smolensk July-August 1941......
There is a book on the battle (published in the 1970's) called Bloody Buna... Bloody Buna: Amazon.co.uk: Lida Mayo: Books
You have Rudolf Hoess's memoirs 'Commandant Of Auschwitz', written while awaiting trial... Commandant Of Auschwitz: Amazon.co.uk: Rudolf Hoess, MC...
The Cruel Sea - a great tale of the Battle Of The Atlantic as seen from a ship's company. Probably the best RN movie of its era.
I have it and it is a very good book but it all depends on what you are looking for. It isn't about German formations, battle histories etc....
I assume the one you have looks like one of those shown. Although the SS had their own version of the soldbuch cover there were instances where...
Can you provide photos?
I can only back up what Stewy has said. I can't speak for any other items of Weitze's other than the paperwork side and I've never had any...
I'd guess and say the top ones (or at least some of them) could possibly be lanyards for whistles, but US items most definitely isn't my area.
Go to Peter's site at Janssen-Militaria as he has some including one to a pilot in KG 77 & JG 301.
I voted for Guy Gibson but I would of voted for Leonard Cheshire if he was listed.
I'm not getting any 'Forbidden' signs but after I load the site I am getting a warning from my anti-virus software saying that the site contains...
Name of the RKT is Gerhard Richter of Lehrgeschwader 1, who won the RK on 24th November 1940 as Staffelkapitan of 9.(K)/LG 1.
That is one of the many photos in the book mentioned. It was used to supply Rhodes while in German service. Source: Foreign Planes In The Service...
I have just received the book in my previous post and it is a must for anyone interested in seeing Allied/Foreign aircraft in Luftwaffe service in...
I've also picked up a wehrpass, photos, telegrams & some letters to an early war Luftwaffe Knights Cross winner, who continued to fill in his unit...
Hello all, Just thought I'd share 3 documents in a grouping that I have just obtained from a member of the Gestapo &, eventually, 9th SS...