Stogieman Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Here's an interesting foto of a WW1 Observer in a DLV Uniform. Mailed in 31 December 1934 for New Year's 1935. Think he can be ID'd using O'Conner?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 Notice that his EK2 is mounted backwards! I wish someone could offer up some type of factual accounting for this oddity that we see again and again. I've heard all the stories......... I wonder what the truth is? Why did these guys do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe campbell Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 bass-ackwards or not,this is one grouping i wouldLOVE to have.very nice, sir twin!joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 I agree Joe, I would love to have this fellows awards in my sweatly palms......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hunter Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 (edited) I have a bar that comes close but no cigar! Still, a survivor of German WWI air operations is a rare thing in itself. What were their casualties about 80%? Edited November 4, 2005 by Bob Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 I think Rick & I calculated out once that it was 85-90% for actual flying personnel...... a rather severe figure. varies by year, by type of personnel, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hunter Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 That's incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Neal O'Connor could not find the Saxe-Weimar rolls for natives after 1915, and I don't see an immediate resemblance here with anyone in his little group shots, 20 years on for this fellow.Well, he DOES bear an uncanny resemblance to my old high school Assistant Principal in charge of discipline, 6-8 "Looming Hulk" Moran, but that's another story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 4, 2005 Author Share Posted November 4, 2005 Discipline....... did someone say discipline?? I thought Mr. Crisp was in charge of discipline...... Nail that man's foot to the deck!(Remember! The ancient superstition that woman are unlucky on ships is now proven scientific fact!)(James Mason, Yellow Beard The Pirate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hunter Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 ...always been a fan of keel hauling myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Given that there is no obvious connection between both Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, could there possibly be a maritime connection? An army observer attached to a shore unit might narrow the field a little. Of course, if we don't know who this guy was in WW1, we know what he was doing in WW2. Professional arsonist, working under the cover of the Allied air offensive. Or do you think it is mere coincidence that the archival award records are missing for Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Saxe-Weimar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted November 4, 2005 Author Share Posted November 4, 2005 Nah, they're stuffed in the basement of an old air raid tower, currently being used by mice as bedding.... when they are found, we will all weep mightily at what might have been... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Hi Stogieman, I was trying to identify the medals of this LW Major, when I suddenly recognised the fellow on the right! Unfortunately no names are given... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 Why that does look like him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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