Bundesrepublik Luftwaffe Wehrpass 1965

[Jock Auld]

Guys,

I thought you all might like this? You see less of these than WW2 passes!

Jock

[Paul R]

I was thinking the same... this is the first postwar wehrpass I have seen. What was this man's rank? Was it listed?

[speedytop]

Hi Paul,

he left the Army as Gefreiter. See picture 3 (Gefr.) and picture 6 (Gefreiter).

Uwe

[Paul R]

I see now. Thank you. Does he have any awards listed?

[Jock Auld]

Paul,

No awards just his national service time, I will post his promotions page later today when I can take a picture.

jock

[Paul R]

I look forward to seeing that page. There are very few changes from the WW2 version of these books. Very interesting.

[Gordon Craig]

Jock,

Thanks for posting the pictures from this Wehrpass. I don't find them all that uncommon. I have several and they are inexpensive to buy.

Regards,

Gordon

[Bernhard H.Holst]

Hello readers.

As a little aside I have a grouping belonging to a member of a night fighting formation stationed in Romania for the protection of the Romanian oil fields.He apparently was flying during the U.S.attack on the fields in 1943.

He survived the war but was " invited" to register for military service when the Bundeswehr was instituted in 1956.

Bernhard H. Holst

[Gordon Craig]

Bernhard,

Do you have both Wehrpass?

Regards,

Gordon

[Paul R]

Bernhard, please post that grouping!

[Bernhard H.Holst]

Bernhard,

Do you have both Wehrpass?

Regards,

Gordon

Hello Gordon.

No, I have neither.

Bernhard H. Holst

[Jock Auld]

Gordon,

It is probably where I do my shopping as most of the holders of these are still living for the most part? I see more wartime passes than i do of these at the markets/house clearance/tip etc. I guess you can dial them up quite easily on ebay and the likes but for me i don't see them on the ground that often. When I do I normally never bother looking, it is only now that I know some of you guys have an interest in Bund stuff that I pick them up. Here is his promotions page.

Jock

Edited September 10, 2014 by Jock Auld

[turtle]

Thanks for showing, BW Wehrpässe are a quite interesting topic! Do you have more to show?

[aubagne98]

Hi,

here is a Luftwaffen Wherpass from 1958.

A former Wehrmacht Lieutenant who reenlisted in 1957, retired 1983 as Colonel.

Michael

[Bernhard H.Holst]

Hello Michael.

Thanks for showing this.

This officer had interesting assignments during his career in the Bundeswehr.

Bernhard H. Holst

[Gordon Craig]

Michael,

Very interesting Wehrpass. These are hard to find and as Bernard says, this officer had some very interesting assignments during his career. I would like to add one like this to my collection.

Regards,

Gordon

[aubagne98]

Yes, he had an intersting carrer.

In the rank of a captain he was the adjudant of the first Generalinspekteur Heusinger during his time when SHAPE was in Paris, later as major and colonel in Tokyo and at least 2nd chief of the MGFA Military Research Insitute MilitaerGeschichtliches ForschungsAmt.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/63138-1957-awards-in-wear/ watcvh the last posting with his picture wearing the EK2

Michael

Edited September 21, 2014 by aubagne98