Bernhard H.Holst Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 hello readers. I am posting the Flakkampfabzeichen document for a Luftwaffenhelfer, dated in April,1944. The unit during the time span involved,was according to my research deployed at or near the city of Magdeburg . The document is signed by the Gen.d.Flakart. Hoffman in command of Luftgau III (Berlin). Documents to Luftwaffenhelfer ( aux.airforce personnel) are somewhat rare, more commonly encountered seem to be documents of appreciation at the end of service as auxiliary. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Nice example. I have one to a Luftwaffenoberhelfer who served in a searchlight unit. See first post here... Flak Badge Citations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 What parts of Flak units could Helfer serve in to Qualify? Searchlights? Loader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 What parts of Flak units could Helfer serve in to Qualify? Searchlights? Loader? Hello Chris. Based on the book by Hans-Dietrich Nicolaisen " Die Flak-Helfer, Luftwaffen-und Marinehelfer im Zweiten Weltkrieg", 1981, Ullstein Verlag, Luftwaffen-and for that matter Marinehelfer served on all available weapons and apparently in all canoneer positions. Also with searchlight, radar-firedirection and similar equipment. Originally only to occupy fairly low exposure positions this was quickly disregarded after the start of the program in early 1943. The same author published a considerably larger volume which includes data on all schools which provided these auxiliary personnel and where deployed. This book is buried somewhere among my books but if one should be interested one should be able to secure a used copy. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Nice and rare citation, thanks for showing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 This is for the chest badge or the sleeve badge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 This is for the chest badge or the sleeve badge? Hello Paul. Flakkampfabzeichen was worn on the chest, left side. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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