Some Luftwaffe bits and pieces

[Bob Lyons]

Just 'playing about with the camera' a few weeks back, thought I would post up some of the photos for some "show & tell"  

 

-Bob

[Brad Cancian]

Love that officer's visor! 

[Bob Lyons]

Thanks Brad, it is an Erel cap...... 

[J Temple-West]

BITS AND PIECES!!!! OMG!!

Is this all to one pilot or singular items in the collection? That 'Erel is top draw, and what looks to be a very nice cased 2nd pattern Assmann PB. As to the Ehrenpokal...out with the camera please....who was the recipient?

"bits and pieces", indeed...you can't get away with that.

[Bob Lyons]

Good Morning John

All singular pieces sadly, the Ehrenpokal is to a pilot from KG 26, Uffz Ernst Quaas, awarded 23/1/43,

some photos of it as well as a couple of photos of him....

 

-Bob

 

Pilots badge is a C.E. Juncker example......

Clasp is also a Juncker.....

I can throw in a cased Berg & Nolte PB too....  

The officer M43 cap is the same one that is photographed in Jack Angolia's Luftwaffe series (Volume 1) published

by Roger Bender..

[Bob Lyons]

Hope the photos are OK....

 

Best wishes

 

Bob

[J Temple-West]

Very nice, Bob...many thanks for taking the time. Especially like the B&NL pb, very nice condition.

So, had a quick look at some listings and see that Quaas also had the DKiG  when with  5./KG 26 dated 12.7.43.... but then did a general google search and all became clear....quite a service record.

 

[Bob Lyons]

Hi John

This is the information I have so far on Oberfeldwebel Quaas, mainly from a query on the WAF sometime back,-

(I am still unsure of whether he survived the war or not).


LUFTWAFFE EHRENPOKALE FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNGEN IM LUFTKRIEG
Rank: Unteroffizier
Unit: 5. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 26 "Löwen", Luftwaffe
Awarded on: January 23rd, 1943
Details: Published in the Ehrenliste der Deutschen Luftwaffe on February 1st, 1943.

DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
Rank: Unteroffizier
Unit: 5. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 26 "Löwen", Luftwaffe
Awarded on: July 12th, 1943


EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE

EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE

FRONTFLUGSPANGE FÜR KAMPFFLIEGER IN GOLD MIT ANHÄNGER

Best wishes

Bob
 

 

[J Temple-West]

Could this be the Ernst? Photo states the this is one Ernst Quaas with his wife on their 65th wedding anniversary. Certainly looks like an older version of him.

 

 

[Bob Lyons]

What a great find John, and yes it certainly looks like an older version of the man. If he stayed with 5./KG 26 then he

probably finished the war in Norway, so would have missed the savage battles of the last months of the war. Nice to get

confirmation that he survived and lived a long life.

 

Any idea where the photo was taken ?? (other than Germany I presume) 

 

Best wishes

 

Bob 

[J Temple-West]

So, from what I can gather form the paper's archives (and a little help from a translation app) Ernst and his wife lived in Saxony until the late 90's when they moved to Berlin (Marchwitzastraße, Marzahn-Hellersdorf - Berlin) to be near their daughter, two grand and two great grandchildren.

 

[Bob Lyons]

What a wealth of information on Ernst, a huge thank you John, it certainly makes the Pokal so much more

appealing with this extra history !!     

 

Thanks again, and best wishes

 

Bob

[Paul R]

I certainly would not mind a few of these bits.

[Bob Lyons]

Thanks Paul !