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(Yet another) Luftwaffe Formal DKiG citation to future Knights Cross winner Ludwig Bellof who flew with a Störkampfgruppe & Nachtschlachtgruppe-3 - the German night harassment units flying aircraft such as the Arado Ar-66. This is part of a set that includes his citations & Wehrpass.

Korvettenkapitän Carl-Heinrich Lampe. Born: 25 Jul 1907 Highest rank reached: Fregattenkapitän Bordnachrichtenoffz Scharnhorst Stab Marinestations-Kdo Ostsee Stab Deutsches Marinekommando Italien Kdr Zerstörer Z-30 Kdr Zerstörer Z-28 Kdr Zerstörer Z-43 Image: Soldbuch (1941) Image: KTB (1945)

Hoffmann's signature in a Soldbuch dated for June 1941.

Very recently I acquired a Soldbuch (as well as some photos and a Kriegstagbuch for a period when one of his ships was sunk) for a Kriegsmarine officer who ended up commanding destroyers from early 1943 to wars end, having served on Scharnhorst from at least 1938 to 1941. It is such a nice set and the research potential is huge and after doing some looking, it turns out that Trumpeter actually do models of all 3 of the destroyers he commanded in 1:350 & 1:700 scale and I have been toying with the idea of commissioning a build of one of the models. I'm not the greatest model builder in the world and haven't done any since I was around 14 plus I see the examples by others with the weathering and seascapes and know full well that it would be beyond me. But if I was to commission such a build what would I be responsible for providing? Obviously one of the model kits but would I also be responsible for finding out what the camouflage scheme was like for the period the build would reflect in case the one in the instructions/guide was wrong?

With the clash between Hood & Bismarck in mind, here is a link to a thread I started 3 years ago, showing the Wehrpass to a sailor who served on the Bismarck at the time and was killed when she met her demise... Bismarck Wehrpass

Apologies for the delay in getting back to this thread. Thanks for the replies. It is interesting to see the actual medals themselves. Considering the award for 40 years service it does help to add just a little bit more to the citation set as all the set consists of is his citations and no Wehrpass/Soldbuch so it is now possible to know what his pre-military service trade was. He was awarded the FJ Badge in October 1942 but was also awarded the Ost Medal so was already serving in late 1941/early 1942.

Nice image. I wonder if the Wound Badge is one earned during his service with the Legion Condor?

General der Flieger Kurt Pflugbeil Born: 09 May 1890 Died: 31 May 1955 Kommandeur Luftgaustab z.b.V. 8 Kommandeur Luftgaustab z.b.V. 16 Kommandierender General Luftgau Belgien-Nordfrankreich Kommandierender General IV. Fliegerkorps Oberbefehlshaber die Luftflotte 1 Kdr Luftwaffen-Kommando Kurland RK - 05 Oct 1941 / EL - 27 Aug 1944 Image: Citation

Many thanks for that Uwe.

This unknown Generalleutnant's signature belongs to Kommandeur d. Luftflotten-Trupp Luftflotten-Kommando 1. Can anyone identify who it belongs to please?

Thank you very much.

Just thought that I would share this award document that was awarded in 1983 to a former WW-2 paratrooper who served in 3 FJD. I don't collect DDR paperwork (this came with his WW-2 citations) so have no idea about the criteria for such an award but am assuming it is a merit type award for years served in a certain industry, in this case the energy industry. Just to complete the picture so to speak, can anyone tell me who the signature belongs to please?

Generalleutnant Richard Schimpf Born: 16 May 1897 Died: 30 Dec 1972 Staffelkapitän der Fliegeraufklärungsgruppe Münster und Kommandant des Fliegerhorstes Münster-Loddenheide RLM 1. Generalstabsoffizier (Ia) zum m Stab des Generals der Luftwaffe bei der Heeresgruppe A RLM Chef des Generalstabes der Luftflotte 4 Chef des Stabes vom Luftgau-Kommando VIII Chef des Stabes im Luftgau-Kommando Kiew Generalstabschef vom Luftgau-Kommando Kharkov Führung der Luftwaffendivision Meindl Kommandeur der Luftwaffen-Feld-Division 21 Führer-Reserve OKL Kommandeur der 3. Fallschirmjäger-Division Bundeswehr - Generalmajor zum Befehlshaber vom Wehrbereich III RK - 06 Oct 1944 DKiG - 26 Aug 1944 Image: Citation

Kapitänleutnant Martin Rasemann. Born: 18 Feb 1886 Died: 18 Nov 1945 as PoW Highest rank reached: Korvettenkapitän Kompanie-Chef Ausb.Abt Amsterdam Chef 9. Landungsflottille Image: Soldbuch

Kapitänleutnant Hans Bartels. Born: 05 Jul 1910 Died: 31 Jul 1945 Highest rank reached: Korvettenkapitän Komdt M1 Chef Küstensicherungsverb. norw. Westküste IO Zerstörer Z24 Komdt Torpedoboot T34 Chef K.d.K-Lehrkommando 250 RK - 16 May 1940 Image: Soldbuch

Does anyone have a listing for IR 436 (132 ID) please and can help identify this signature of the II Btl commander. Dated December 1943 with a rank of Major...

If it was an officer then I wouldn't be surprised if he was arsing around. I certainly know from experience that Naval officers aren't beyond that within the confines of the Ward room! That is a very nice shot of the GD barracks. I think I have seen something similar so wouldn't be surprised if it was one of those photos that a soldier could buy from the unit canteen.

It certainly is a baffling image. Even for a post-war jet the wings don't look right, even the delta wing MiG-21 has straight lines along the back of the wings. Maybe some sort of toy rocket photographed and labelled as a V2 as a joke?

Nice selection. Any chance of a close up of the 'V2' and GD one please? I don't think that is a V2 (certainly not a V1) as the tail fins look a completely different shape. No idea what it could be though.

No idea who it is I'm afraid but it isn't the first Captain of Prinz Eugen, Helmuth Brinkmann. If the officer was a KdS in 1938 then it is a good chance that he would of been promoted to Admiral at some point providing he survived to make it which might help to narrow it down.

Just an additional link - this was posted yesterday, also from that division... http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/63054-brigade-ersatz-bataillon-34-in-search-of-data/

Oberst Hermann Unger Born: 13 Jul 1891 Died: 07 Jun 1961 Highest rank reached: Generalleutnant Kdr Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 13 Flughafenbereichs-Kdt. 3/VIII Gen.d.Lw. in the Kuban-Brückenkopf Kdt. Koflug 3/VIII Gen.d. Luftflottentruppen 1 Gen.z.b.V. with Luftgau-Kdo.XXV SA-Führungsstab

General der Gebirgsjäger Hubert Lanz. Born: 22 May 1896 Died: 15 Aug 1982 Chefs des Generalstabes Wehrkreiskommando V Generalstabschef XVIII Armeekorps Kdr 1 Gebirgs-Division Führerreserve des OKH Führung der "Armeeabteilung Lanz" Führung des XXXIX. Gebirgskorps Kdr XXII Gebirgskorps RK - 01 Oct 1940 / EL - 23 Dec 1942 Image: Citation

I'm afraid that I have no idea but I wouldn't be surprised if his Ehrenpokal citation is sitting in a collection somewhere along with the Wehrpass & Flugbucher.

And here are Leymann's citations - unfortunately the citation for the Ehrenpokal is missing from the group. Bomber Clasp in Bronze - Dated 24th Jul 1942 - Signed by Joachim Coeler (RK) EK II - Dated 27th Jul 1942 - Signed by Joachim Coeler (RK) Bomber Clasp in Silver - Dated - 4th Sept 1942 - Signed by Jobst Heinrich von Heydebreck (DKiG) EK I - Dated 7th Sept 1942 - Signed by Robert Ritter von Greim (RK, EL & Schw) Ehrenpokal - Dated 10th Nov 1942. Bomber Clasp in Gold - Dated 16th Nov 1942 - Signed by Hellmuth von Raven (DKiG & EP) German Cross in Gold - Dated 20th Mar 1944 - Signed by Bruno Loerzer (RK) - (Too large for my scanner hence the photo). Bomber Clasp in Gold with '200' Pendant - Dated 16th Oct 1944 - Signed by Volprecht Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach (RK & EL) (KIA flying a Me-262 in February 1945).