bigjarofwasps Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Hi Guys,Can anyone anwser this question for me?Did the German soldiers attached to the BFC, in their various roles, wear the insignia of the BFC or their parent unit? Gordon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Their parent unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Their parent unit.Robin, I am sure that it has been asked before but has there/is there any BFC insignia/documents in collections that has been proved to be correct or is this the "Holy grail" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Robin, I am sure that it has been asked before but has there/is there any BFC insignia/documents in collections that has been proved to be correct or is this the "Holy grail"All I have seen was a period photograph in a reference book. I would love to see a true piece of period militaria from that unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 All I have seen was a period photograph in a reference book. I would love to see a true piece of period militaria from that unit.There must be something.........if anyone has anything......anything please show it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 There must be something.........if anyone has anything......anything please show it Yes if anyone has anything at all then please share it with us!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Taking this one stage further....has anyone seen any lists of German personel attached to the BFC? There seems to be no shortage of info on the `British` soldiers, but a lack of anything relating to the German ones, except the interpreter, whose name I haven`t got to hand, and the Commanding Officer, again can`t remember his name..sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 (edited) SS-Hauptsturmf?hrer Hans Werner Roepke.Arnold Hillen-Ziegfeld.Obergruppehf?hrer Berger.At the SS-Pioneer school at Wildermann Kaserne, Dresden."Fred" St?rmer, Medical Orderly.Ropeke relieved of command November 1 1944.Replaced by: SS-Obersturmf?hrer Dr. Walter K?hlich.Kevin in Deva. Edited March 2, 2008 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Since this was such a small unit used for mainly propaganda, I wonder what SS-Hauptsturmf?hrer Hans Werner Roepke could have done to have been relieved of command? It sounds like it would have been the perfect "cake" billet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Seeing as all able-bodied men were needed for the front he probably got sent off to be a real soldier,He (Roepke) did tell Cooper (a member of the Permanent Staff of the B.F.C.) he was not sorry to be going, probably referring to the fact that this unit was so ill planned from conception and due to total mismanagement was never going to achieve anything anyway.His replacement K?hlich was an ex-officer of the Das Reich division of the Waffen-SS,whose severe wounds, sustained on the Eastern Front, had left him unfit for active combat duty.Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Thanks for the clarification, Kev! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 Cheers guys, thats great, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 You can see it all here.................in 6 parts. German officers and all.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmsbWehzyUs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Cheers Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKeating Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 I am getting so fed up with YouTube's failure to fix the bug rendering Mac users unable to see the videos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 Have you seen this on Ebay... BRITISH FREE CORPS YEOMEN OF VALHALLA Item number: 380003767286 Buy now at ?99.00!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this book so hard to come by?I`ve just read the book Jackals of the Reich, if you haven`t read it don`t bother its utter rubbish!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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