hucks216

Nice photo. I wonder how many of those who returned from Soviet captivity and joined the Bundeswehr did so for the Soviet cause, i.e. had communist leanings/blackmailed into spying?

Oberst Horst Niemack

Born: 10 Mar 1909

Died: 07 Apr 1992

Highest rank reached: Generalmajor

Kdr DivisionsAufkl.Abt 5

Pz.Gren.Rgt 26

Kdr Pz.Füs.Rgt GD

Kdr Pz.Lehr Division

RK: 13 Jul 1940

EL: 10 Aug 1941

Schw: 04 Jun 1944

Image: Citation

That is indeed a very crisp photo. It would be great to see some of his paperwork.

Yes it does Hucks, I thought of you as I was looking through it. Would you like copies of any orbat/command stuff? It is two fat folders full so it might take a while.

That would be great, thanks for the offer. I always try to add such command lists to my files when I can and have bought unit related books in the past just for the command lists they contain.

That could be a great resource. Does it have lists of commanders down to Kompanie level with dates of command?

Oberleutnant August-Wilhelm Schumann

Born:

Died: 06 Sep 1941 - Killed in a crash while landing after a sortie.

2. J/88

I/JG-52

Staffelkapitän 11./JG-72

Staffelkapitän 5./JG-52

Credited with 20 Victories.

Image: Antrag

Many thanks for the confirmation Bernhard.

I'm having a problem identifying this signature for the Staffelkapitän of 5./JG-52.

In Prien's Jagdfliegerverbände series the Staka for this period is listed as Oberleutnant August-Wilhelm Schumann (followed by Oberleutnant Siegfried Simsch from September 1941) but I can not see 'Schumann' in that signature.

What do you think is this original Dr. Johannes Mayer's (http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/MayerJ.htm) signature or no?

Mayer was Generalleutnant from 1. April 1943, but in the EK II doc 15/03/1943 we can see that he is Generalleutnant.

Sorry for the bad pictures.

That does match the example in my files.

And the bottom one is Gustav Streve who commanded FBB at the Wolf's Lair... Streve

Hello!

Is this signature of Commander 4. Flieger-Division Hellmuth Bieneck (http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/General/BIENECK_HELLMUTH.html)?

Yes, that is him.

I think this is not the signature of the Artillerie-Regiment 35 commander Oberst Friedrich Breith.

I think this is signature of I. Abteilung commander Major Bechtel.

What do you think?

I have a copy of Friedrich Breith's signature in my files and that doesn't match. It is that of Georg Bechtel (DKiG).

the information from Wehrmacht-Awards: "The document is signed by the Gruppenkommandeur, Oberstleutnant Hermann Busch." (http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=726160)

That does fit the appointments but that signature looks very different from the Hermann Busch signatures I have in a KG-40 grouping when he held the position of Fliegerführer Nord (West). See the citations here (the first three seen)... KG-40

Dear friends,

who is this?

Is there a unit mentioned under the airman's name? The Feldpost Number is unreadable in the stamp.

Hello!

What do you think about this signature?

Kapitän zur See Hans-Casper von Schönermark.

Three signatures on a Führerschein.

The first one is for a Hauptmann(E) in Pz.Abwehr-Abt 5 and dated for 1938...

The second is for an Oberstleutnant in command of Panzerjäger-Abt 125 (125 ID) and is dated for March 1941...

The third and final one is for a Major in command of Reserve-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 5 and is dated for August 1943...

Having tried a close-up of the Gefreiter image it might not say his name after all but has something in brackets after the rank. None the less, still a very good sketch.

I am sure a lot of people would like to view the books.

Nice selection. That panzer soldier sitting with his mum (I presume) looks familiar but I can't place where I have seen him in a different photo before.

Interesting to see them. I can't say I have ever seen examples from a veterans organisation before.

Many thanks for showing some of the sketches. Please feel free to add some more. I particularly like the one of the heavy artillery piece with the sentry and the ones of von Reichenau.

The first one of the Grefreiter seems to have the soldier's name. Is that readable in the book?

Thanks for that Dave. The signature certainly looks different. The 03.01.1939 Gliederung lists him as an Oberst in charge at WBK Deutsche Krone but the 1940 DAL has him one rank lower as an Oberstleutnant in that position but as an Oberst in the 1942 DAL.

Can anyone confirm who this signature belongs to please? The listing for 3rd January 1939 states an Oberst (E) Röhrssen as Kommandeur of WBK Deutsche Krone but not sure if he would still be in charge in September 1942. I can kind of see some of that name in the signature but also parts that I can't!

Oberst Wolfgang Heesemann

Born: 29 January 1906

Died: KIA 06 February 1945

Adjutant 16 Pz.Division

Inf.Rgt GD 1

Kdr Pz.Grenadier-Regiment GD

Ritterkreuz 17 February 1945 (Posthumous)

Ehrenblattspange 05 October 1942

Image: Citation

Probably not much chance as a positive ID of this signature due to the low rank and being in the training & replacement units of GD, but what do others think the first few letters are? I think the first letter could be an S, but it could also be a H or J with the following letters having the chance of being c, e or a.

Major Walter Pössl

Born: 16 Sept 1909

Died: KIA 25 Sept 1944

Highest rank reached - Oberstleutnant (Posthumous promotion)

Kdr Pz.Abt GD

Kdr I/Pz.Rgt GD

Führer Pz.Rgt 27

RK - 20 April 1943

DKiG - 18 Oct 1942

Ehrenblattspange - 05 Sept 1942

Image: Citation