douglynn

close up and is that a spanish award???

here is another little short arse they must have to have been short to get in the cockpit

Right, where to start.

KSV as you know Doug stands for K?stensicherungsverband which means coastal security forces, these were the small ship units that did the unglamorous but highly dangerous donkey work of the KM in Norway. They provided escorts for coastal convoys which were constantly being attacked by the RAF strike wings based up in North England and Scotland as well as Fleet Air Arm strikes when carriers of the home fleet decided to have a bash at jerry. Vorposten flottillas were largely made up of civvy trawlers and whalers converted for KM use.

Remember that the minensucher badge was a catch all award for all the small coastal craft (minus the S-boote) not just the mi outstanding simon

allso http://www.westwallmuseum-irrel.de/index_en.html

does this look ok and this??

does this look ok

maybe simon can translate when he is on it looks like norwegen???

and he got an award minensuchabzeichen so could be minesweeper in norway???

no strange all the fpnr have been inked out apart from the 2 shown 31242 and 10159 gives his place of birth as kostuchna just looking where that is??

no strange all the fpnr have been inked out apart from the 2 shown 31242 and 10159 gives his place of birth as kostuchna just looking where that is??

scan3 i have no idea what this says

scan2 ksv bergen a ship??? as on the back of one of the pics it says bergen

here are a few more bits for you simon pluson the weapons page i note all the entries are in blue then red would this have been that they where handed in on capture???

looks like he was not given back his polish citizenship???2 awards ek2 and minenabzeichen,looks like he served in norway thanks for looking

looks like he was not given back his polish citizenship???2 awards ek2 and minenabzeichen,looks like he served in noray thanks for looking

I was chatting to Ian Jewison earlier today and he told me the designation of the unit where the pink slip was issued (GPWW Camp) is German Prisoner of War Working Camp. My guess is they wanted to employ him as a driver so had to put him through his test before he could legally take a truck on the roads in what was by then peacetime Britain. So it was almost certainly because they needed him to drive, not because he wanted it. Interversting nevertheless though.

gonna make myself look such a fool here i thought that they where his award docs

thanks rick another question would he have ever been a flier on his collar tabbs he has propeler blades??thanks again for all the info on him

and payment of some kind???

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ok few more bits what looks like payment of some kind and some promotion docs if you can help please do and i was wrong he was still in payment in 47

falsch entry

this guy was well used up untill 46 most likely by the allies as pay entries up untill then looks like he was a flak man,and one entry for fallschirmjager school bit to old for jump school so maybe just trained some of them??i have his award docs as well if interested