Luftwaffe Named Stabsingenieur uniform

[Paul R]

Very nice, good to see a set.

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Very rare set! Thanks for showing us!

Best regards

PAul

[luftguy]

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

more photos to come.........

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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:

?

[Paul R]

That flight suit is an amazing find. I can hardly wait to see more images of it. Show us the rest of the stuff that came with the suit. Also, lets see a closeup of the sleeve ranking!! Those are RARE!

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Flight suit insignia

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Flight suit maker's tag

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His wrist compass

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

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[naoki matsumoto]

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Nice "Down tail Eagle"! Good detail Luftwaffe of down tail is very nice.

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RvG's Luftwaffe side cap

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Edited September 8, 2008 by luftguy

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[Paul R]

Amazing collection!! You must have all of his military related estate by now!!!

[luftguy]

Not yet.......

I am working on some more items.

[Paul R]

Not yet.......

I am working on some more items.

I can hardly see what you come up with next. I cannot get over the coveralls!