luftguy

Not yet....... I am working on some more items.

RvG's Luftwaffe side cap

Fl.Stabsing. Rudolf v. Gordon's flight suit

After the war, Rudolf v. Gordon served in the Bundemarine. Here is his side cap

His wrist compass

Flight suit maker's tag

Flight suit insignia

This was shot at the Luftwaffe Testing Center (Erprobungsstelle) Travem?nde. This film shows both the center float and twin float models. The Ar 196 V4 (D-OVMB) shown in the first part of the video was at Travem?nde for seaworthyness trials. This video was shot on December 8, 1938 with Helmut Schuster at the controls. This test sealed the fate of the center float Ar 196. (Sorry, Embedded YouTube links are not working) Arado Ar196 Bill

Here is a partial bio I have been able to piece together: Flieger-Stabsingenieur Dipl.Ing. Rudolf von Gordon Born: 12 Mar 1903 in Wilhelmshaven Died: ? Diploma In Engineering: ? Promotions: Flieger-Stabsingenieur (06 Jan 1944) Career: Hanseatische Yachtschule (1920?s) Special assignment as the Radio and Navigational Group Leader (04 Apr 1935 ? 07 May 1936) Hauptgruppe T: Staff leader of gruppe Tb:Development and Testing projects (01 Jul 1939) Led two major underwater testing tasks, that were performed within two sub-divisions at Gdingen and Grosseto (1940) Testing Unit of the LW at Engineer-Corps at Travem?nde doing service at the ID-Disk release (10 Jan 1941) Technical Administration-Testing Unit Travem?nde: Assigned to the Testing-Unit for under water weapon project "Campiglia" (21 Oct 1942) Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM), Generalluftzeugmeister/ A ? R? (May 1943) Reichsluftfahrtministerium, Generalluftzeugmeister/ A ? R? (Jan 1944) Rudolf von Gordon survived the war. Decorations & Awards: ?

Fl.Stabsingenieur Rudolf v. Gordon's flight suit. more photos to come.........

It is actually the 3rd one I have seen. I beleive Mike H. has/had one. This is number 2 and the third is a holdout I have. It is of Stabsingenieur d.R (Lw) Dr.-Ing. Alwin Hinzpeter. One of the photos shows him with the Stabsingenieur a.K. tabs and boards. He was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuz mS on 15.06.1944. I have not posted it yet. Bill

Excellent photos! The first is actually a Fl.Oberstabsingenieur (three-blade props) Bill

Eric, WOW, this is a sweet addition. So, what, if any are you still missing? Bill

Fl.Stabsingenieur a.K.

Fl.Oberingenieur a.K.

Fl.Ingenieur a.K.

Fl.Stabsingenieur a.K. This pair completes the set!!!

Armdienstgradabzeichen zur Fliegersonderbekleidung eines Luftwaffen Fl.-Stabsingenieur This is a rare one!