Stogieman Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Fritz Vielstich was an enlisted pilot who flew in Palestine........ yep, think Lawrence of Arabia and the two planes come swooping over the dunes and drive back the Brits.... He was one of those 2 pilots. He was a Gefreiter Pilot. He earned his EK2 flying with FA(A)-214: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted August 4, 2005 Author Share Posted August 4, 2005 He was decorated for Bravery by the Turks. Here's his rare, full-folio Turkish War Medal Document: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted August 4, 2005 Author Share Posted August 4, 2005 ... The Germans rewarded him with an exceptionally rare two full grade bump in rank and cited him in the promotion for "Bravery in The Field" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted August 4, 2005 Author Share Posted August 4, 2005 After World War One, he rapidly found "employment" with the III. Marine Brigade (yep, that's von Loewenfeld's outfit) The Silesian Eagle Document for the Second Class Award reads "for fierceness"......... an extremely rare document from this era! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted August 4, 2005 Author Share Posted August 4, 2005 He was discharged as he was suffering from Malaria still........ I will let my partner in crime fill in some of the exciting details he discovered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brian von Etzel Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Now THIS man had an interesting career! Palestine!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Yup, half an hour into "Lawrence of Arabia" where the plane comes in over Alec Guiness's camp-- that was the historical Vielstich. His TWM was granted to the unit for singlehandely giving what turned out to be a 6 month pause in the Arab advance.Normally, of course, an NCO is hopeless, but one never knows without checking everything...such as the 1935 "Wer Ist's?"Lo! Behold![attachmentid=7379]Vielstich is quite an odd name, and he was unusually shy about listing his war record here-- but the full birthdate and birthplace match his promotion document and Freikorps paperwork. Bingo! A 1918 Vizefeldwebel becomes a Member of the Reichstag and SA Brigadef?hrer by 1935!But what about AFTER 1935? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 "5000 K?pfe" gives us this--[attachmentid=7381]And leaves us wondering...where is a photo portrait of him?And what was his WW-2 "war service?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 "5000 K?pfe" gives us this--[attachmentid=7381]And leaves us wondering...where is a photo portrait of him?And what was his WW-2 "war service?"←Have you looked at his bio in the Reichstag book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Never heard of any Reichstag bios book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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