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last, the pilot's flashlight

and from a retirement fund

shares - from the Army Consumer Society

A certificate to his father, that he has been an officer from 1911 to 1943 /he was a retired colonel of the artillery/

Graduation diplomas after finished classes and the final School graduation diploma.

last from the passport and a photo, he is one of the schoolboys

passport

Passport for traveling abroad. He traveled to several countries, his mission to Poland for flight training can be seen there, too

First, an important one, his Diploma from the Military school! I was wrong, he was from the 58, not the 59 officer class. It is a large one, nearly 4 times A4

Thank you! And it got even better! Mostly not very important documents, but making the grouping more complete!

August 14th 1943. The flight instructor, Adjutant of the Cadets Training wing, is on a routine flight with a cadet student pilot. They take off in a FW-44 trainer. To never return! Something went terribly wrong. The aircraft hit the ground near a small village. The death was instant.... Several document related to that. His room was immediately locked and sealed. A Commission of two pilot officers and an airfield official enter and make an Inventory list of everything in the room. The father, a retired army Colonel, received a small document to help him receive a pension for the lost son. Another document. The Commander of one of the training bases reports that the officer's sword was not found at that base. Seems they were looking for it in more than one location. Also said, he owes nothing to the base. Another small document. All personal belongings are sent to the father. Some flight goggles that the father asked about, have never been found. Shortly before the accident, the pilot returned a flight suit to the airbase depot. A scarf was found in the pocket, returned to the brother of the deceased. The pilot has not returned to the airbase a leather sleeveless jacket. The father is asked to look for it and send it back. One document signed by pilots and by the Airforce doctor, including fist-glance diagnose and the conclusion, that the death was most instant and completely inevitable. That's all. Some nice stuff, some sad stuff. The life and death of a pilot officer!

In December 1942 he moved from one place to another, the pilots were usually moved like that. A list of numerous Regulations about the army service and the Air Force service, which he leaves to the officer who takes his duties. Signed by the two.

Of course, he planned his retirement. A special book from the War Ministry, where the officers would enter their appointments and salaries, thus collecting the needed data for the later life, in retirement.

Many of the pilots from that class who trained in Poland became flight instructors. And so did he, his final assignment being Adjutant of the Cadet's flight training wing /that was the pilots training unit of the Military school, preparing pilot officers for the Air Force/. A portrait, must be 1942 or 43.

An interesting document, he got the right to wear a Croatian pilot badge in 1942! Too bad the badge is missing.

In June 1940 he got this Insurance Contract for the risk of "Death in result of accident during flight with airplane". According to the contract, should get 100 000 in 1960 if still alive, or his heirs, the same sum, in the moment of his death prior to the planned year.

The training was done, the First and Second pilot exams were passed and in the same time he finished his study for an Officer. There came the Order, marking the end of his study and promoting him the First Officer rank - podporucyk. Assigned to the Air Force, he had to report at his new place on 5 August 1939, after a short holiday.

Another one, probably showing training flights and tasks done.

Document from Poland

The pilot training started in Poland and continued in Bulgaria

But first, the beginning! While studying to become an officer, in the Military of His Majesty School, he was in the pilot group of his class. The student pilot log book, showing that his flight training started in Poland /a group of Military School cadets from his class, the 59th class, was sent there to start their training/. The Bulgarian student pilots were separated in 3 groups, with different instructors. His flight instructor was the Polish feldwebel Zaremski /I have the memories of another pilot from the same class, from the same group/.

Hi guys, I want to show you this new thing, Bulgarian pilot documents grouping. Unfortunately paper only, no uniforms or badges. And even worse, he as a flight instructor, was killed in a flight accident along with one flight student in 1943, with FW-44 trainer. I hope to find more details about the accident later.

We had ones like that at school! You can see these in several sizes, flag finals of that type were used everywhere - schools, party related stuff, factories, army.... anywhere the red flag was flown /and it was flown everywhere / An example similar to yours, used by the Border Troops:

Sorry I did not understand you well, about what award is that? The Bravery orders were issued only in wartime, not in peace. If the question is about the Military merit, peace time/wartime, the wartime with green laurel and blue ribbon is very much less common than the peace time with no laurel and with yellow-black ribbon. Yes, I think it is possible. I have seen many times photos of officers with same class orders, but one with swords or with crown, it was common to wear both awards.

My guess, the 5th?