Tom_Aindow Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 A Curious Post to say the least with very little information known on this pilot other than the following: RANK: FELDWEBEL NAME: RUDOLF ' RUDI' HEUTMANN UNIT: 9/ STG-77 (S.U) AIRCRAFT: JU 87b-2 ( Resulted in Death after Crash over Russia) AWARDS: DIVE BOMBER CLASP PILOTS BADGE ( I Will be in possession of this piece) IRON CROSS (2nd) ( Possibly owned by Francois Saez?) IRON CROSS NUMBER: EK 002354 ( Wehrmacht Award Resource / Luftwaffe Lists) FELDPOST STAMP OF IRON CROSS - LUFTFLOTTENKOMMANDO(4) STAMP 6 SIGNED : GENERAL OBERST ALEXANDER LOHR any other information on this pilot, any awards or information anyone has about him please help me out thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I wish that I could help... do you have any of his items? Welcome to the GMIC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_Aindow Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 hey buddy, thanks for the reply! i found some of his things in a local antiquities shop, however have recently found out a small batch of his stuff was sold before i could have a chance at getting it, and whoever bought it, only purchased his paperwork and flying logs and not his badges, which is a bummer because i would have liked to have bought his books along with his pilots badge, im hoping to finish up paying the shop in about 2 months, so i will have his pilots badge and a photo of him with his mother and father. thanks for stopping by, im interested in any luftwaffe stuff in general really ! cheers and thanks for the welcome. tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Auld Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Tom, Are you sure the bits you are being offered are ok? Quite unusual for someone to split find at a shop? Given he was KIA probably wearing his pilots badge there is always the possibility it has been added to the paper at some point any stories aside? Jock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_Aindow Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 Hi Jock, And thanks for the reply, I must admit i did think the same, however, this is where we go back to this guy ' Francois Saez ' who is a member of this website, however he has not been online for a long time. ( 2012 i think) and i haven't been able to track him down. Unfortunately i cannot get to the shop to speak in person with the seller as i am in Gibraltar with the RN. But i do hope to visit and ask these questions when i am back home. As for information regarding him, all i know at present is that he died of his wounds in hospital around 2 weeks after his crash, he was one of two survivors, the other i have no information about. - just keep hitting these dead ends with this one. Im sure the badge was with him in flight, the only paperwork i will have is a picture of him with his parents taken the year prior which shows a pilots badge in wear. Also worth noting that the Badge was being sold as a separate lot to his paperwork! Thanks again for taking the time to post! appreciate you check my photos on my profile too, just uploaded a couple of shots. thanks Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Auld Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Tom, I have had some excellent assistance in tracking a bloke down on the '12'o'clock high' site, those guys know there stuff as you would expect from an Avn focused forum. Perhaps give them a spin if you haven't already. Good luck with your hunt! Jock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_Aindow Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 jock many thanks ! tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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