Solomon Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 Hi gents, I would like to show you my newest purchase. Although the awards are quite typical for a Lippe soldier, the group is quite rare. The mechanic Fritz Neese from Bad Meinberg / Lippe was Flugzeugführer-Unteroffizier in the "Flieger-Abteilung A(rtillery) No. 238". There were only a very few soldiers from Lippe becoming a pilot in WW1 (most probably not more than ten), which makes this small group quite unique. So far I was not able to find any additional information on him, maybe somebody can help ? Best regards Roman
Söderbaum Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 Hi There are some info on Fritz Neese on ancestry.de. He joined FAA 238 on 03.07.1917. He is also listed in a loss list dated 29.08.1918 as badly WIC. He was born 01.01.1894 in Bad Meinberg, Lippe Gunnar
Solomon Posted December 17, 2014 Author Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) Hi There are some info on Fritz Neese on ancestry.de. He joined FAA 238 on 03.07.1917. He is also listed in a loss list dated 29.08.1918 as badly WIC. He was born 01.01.1894 in Bad Meinberg, Lippe Gunnar Wow, thanks a lot for the information! But this means, the medalbar definitely does not belong to him ?! Hmmmmm.... Edited December 17, 2014 by Solomon
jaeger7 Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 Hi Roman, I guess WIC means "verwundet" - wounded in combat - so he must not have died. He could have recovered to earn his Ehrenkreuz für Kriegsteilnehmer in 1934. Regards Torsten
Söderbaum Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 Hi Torsten you are correct that Neese is reported as wounded. But in this case noted as verletzt which means that it was not due direct enemy action. Think that injured might be an English equivalent. As an flyer it was nearly always in starting or landing accidents. But it could also be other accident related incidents. I have no note that he died or when he died. I am no doctor and the note badly (schwer) is also an spread concept. It actually exist flyers who were reported badly wounded and who were back at front within a month or two. Gunnar
Solomon Posted December 19, 2014 Author Posted December 19, 2014 Thanks a lot for the clarification. Best regards Roman
Claudius Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Great little group. I always like these pilots/observers from the smaller states. Thanks for showing it Roman.
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