Luftwaffe? soldier group photo with handwritten description

[Avitas]

Hi there,

I have this interesting pic of what appears to be members of the Luftwaffe in a group pose in 1942 I believe by the back of the photo. Only the one sub-officer in the middle appears to have a cloth luftwaffe eagle on his tunic. I can't see any other insignia or anything on the other soldiers. Are there any ideas as to what this particular group of soldiers is? There is a complete handwritten German description and if anybody who could read it and translate it that would do so that would be very helpful in identifying this apparently undecorated platoon.

Thanks,

Pat

[Avitas]

The handwritten back with handwriting I cannot read, thus causing the mystery...

[Guest Rick Research]

horrible scribbling =

Auf der Suche nach

einem fahnenfl?chtige

Flieger der 3. Kompanie

Nordfrankreich, im Mai

1942

Die 6. Gruppe, I. Zug

Flg. Ausb. Rgt. 10

Ha....t

On the search for

a deserted

flyer of the 3rd Company

Northern France, in May

1942

The 6th Section, Ist Platoon

Flyers Training Regiment 10

(Ha.....t illegible to me place name)

A scribbloe is a scribble in any script-- Good thing I am 107 years old and learned to write German this way.

[slava1stclass]

horrible scribbling =

Auf der Suche nach

einem fahnenfl?chtige

Flieger der 3. Kompanie

Nordfrankreich, im Mai

1942

Die 6. Gruppe, I. Zug

Flg. Ausb. Rgt. 10

Ha....t

On the search for

a deserted

flyer of the 3rd Company

Northern France, in May

1942

The 6th Section, Ist Platoon

Flyers Training Regiment 10

(Ha.....t illegible to me place name)

A scribbloe is a scribble in any script-- Good thing I am 107 years old and learned to write German this way.

It should read "fahnenfl?chtigen." Good grammar, especially German grammar, is everything.

Admittedly, scribbles make deciphering it even tougher.

Regards,

slava1stclass

Edited May 2, 2006 by slava1stclass

[Paul R]

Are those older WW1 G98 Rifles or do they have fixed bayonets in the photo?

So they are looking for a deserted flyer? I bet that he is serious trouble!!

Paul

[Avitas]

I guess they weren't in that much of a hurry, looks like a good day off for these Luftwaffe members. That was some good deciphering of that chicken scratch! Is it common to have little to no insignia on the uniforms?(I think I can see some collar tabs and the aformentioned lone chest eagle on the subofficer), as most pics you see have plenty of insignia.

Thanks,

Pat

[Bernhard H.Holst]

Hello,

I read the location as :

"Haumont"

Bernhard H. Holst

[Simon Orchard]

Not a flyer i think in this case. Flieger was a rank, ie. private. One of the recruits done a runner perhaps.