Luftwaffe CITATIONS - LW Aircrew Qualification Badges (Pilot, Air Gunner, Observer etc)

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Fliegerschützen ohne Blitzbündel example bearing the commonly seen stamped signature of Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf.

Edited January 20, 2013 by hucks216

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Fliegerschützen mit Blitzbündel example this time to a He-111 crewmember who flew on numerous air-launched V-1 missions against the UK.

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And a 1940 dated Fliegerschützen citation and again this one carries the stamped signature of Kastner-Kirdorf.

[Bernhard H.Holst]

Hello:

Here is a qualification document for the Air gunner without lightning bolts but with a black wreath made out to Unteroffizier von Minden. This distinction was instituted in the Spring of 1944 and was not included in the his military estate.He flew with 11./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 which operated from Romania and was deployed during the US Army Aircorps raid against the oil fields around Ploesti, Romania in 1943.

The German air defenses were established and commanded by Gen. Gerstenberg who became a POW when Romania switched sides and remained a Soviet POW until late 1955.

Bernhard H. Holst

I have added a picture of this seldom seen qualification badge which was not included in Uffz. v. Minden's military estate but which I was finally able to locate and add to complete the estate. If not suitable in this thread please relocate.

Bernhard H. Holst

Edited May 16, 2013 by Bernhard H.Holst

[Naxos]

1943 Flugzeugführer award of Karl Ruwisch.

in 1945 Leutnant Ruwisch, a fighter pilot, flew missions in the Reichsverteidigung.

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July 1940 Pilots Badge citation signed by Karl Barlem. Uffz Bock flew with 7./JG-26.

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Fliegerschützen & Flugzeugführer citations to a member of StG-2 'Immelmann'.