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WWII Luftwaffe Stuka Pilot Oblt Wanner Soldbuch & Wehrpass Set – Ju 87 D-5 – 189 Missions! – Missing in Action – FFS Gold – Ultra Rare (Sold)
We lately got in a set of nice documents, coupled by the former collector with original awards. Although they were not the pilots awards and are offered here separately, we do not split groups that belong together. Oberleutnant Will Wanner Born in 1920, he was enlisted after volunteering in the Luftwaffe in 1940. He went though almost three years of schooling on the Stuka before joining his Stuka unit in December of 1942. Wanner served with III/ Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 1943 SG 77 seen extensive action on the Eastern Front. By 20 December 1942 III./StG 77 had only seven serviceable dive-bombers. III./StG 77 lost 29 ground crew on the retreat from Rossosh to Kharkov. It probably took part in the air battles but was decimated and withdrawn to Würzburg. It was rebuilt with 37 Ju 87s and 245 officers and sent to Luftflotte 2, II. Fliegerkorps. The group moved to Cagliari, but was not to be used until the Allied invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky). In the event, the airfields were so badly damaged on the island it was ordered to return to IV. Fliegerkorps on 27 April 1943 On 8 July, StG 77 supported the Großdeutschland against the fortified village of Syrtsevo. StG 77 lost five Ju 87s and another damaged in combat with the 240 IAP. The air corps claimed, with contributions from SG 1, 84 Soviet tanks destroyed, 21 damaged, 40 vehicles destroyed, and five artillery pieces along with two anti-aircraft guns and two rocket launchers. By the evening of 8 July, 16 dive-bombers had been lost. The Germans halved the amount of Stuka sorties over the ensuing days. On 11 July, 9./StG 77, under III./StG 77 lost another five Ju 87s as it supported attacks against the 69th Army. The 183 IAP were their attackers. In the afternoon, 50 Ju 87s supported the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler’s attack on Hill 252.2. On 12 July StG 77 was involved in the Battle of Prokhorovka. While the Ju 87s could only fly 150 sorties in support, but with StG 2 the attacked with great success against Soviet armour advancing in the open. The 31st Tank Brigade, of the 29th Tank Corps, suffered heavy casualties. The 36th Tank Brigade’s commander was wounded by aircraft when his tank was destroyed. On 14 July, another six Ju 87s were lost supporting the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps The German offensive continued in the southern sector, but Operation Roland failed and the Red Army took time to begin the counter offensive, Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev. Soviet forces slowly pressed the Germans back. On 19 July 7./StG 77 was wiped out by a Soviet attack on the base at Kramatorskaya and 4./StG 77 lost another three to Soviet fighters. At the beginning of August 1943, the Soviet summer counter offensives began. StG 77 lost 24 dive-bombers and 30 damaged between 5 and 31 July 1943. Their losses from July to December 1942 were just 23. The Stuka arm had also lost eight Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross holders—Karl Fitzner of 5./StG 77 was one of them; he was shot down and killed on 8 July.III./StG 77 operated in the Kharkov and Belgorod sectors, after the fall of the latter on 5 August. From 6 to 12 August it lost four Ju 87s in combat and another three in the retreat to prevent their capture. On 17 August it was at Poltava, and the following day 7./StG 77 lost another four in combat near Sumy; four men were killed and two wounded. The group retreated to Stalino and lost another three on 2 and 3 September while 8. and 9. Staffel lost two Ju 87s near Kharkov on 5 September. Awards 4.12.1941 – Pilots Badge 8.7.1943 – Iron Cross Second Class 8.7.1943 – Front Flying Clasp in Bronze 26.7.1943 – Iron Cross First Class 24.7.1943 – Front Flying Clasp in Silver 6.2.1944 – Front Flying Clasp in Gold He flew a total of 189 Missions, according to the Luftwaffe Officer Lists he was shot down by Anti Aircraft Fire over Bialystok. WANNER, Willi. 01.06.44 promo to Oblt./A1. 27.07.44 Oblt., 7./SG 77 MIA – Ju 87 D-5 (S2+CR) shotdown by AA vic Bialystok. According to the German War graves online archive he was never buried… The both Certificates for the Front Clasps are attached to a card by the previous collector. Condition is as photographed.
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Original WWII German Luftwaffe Soldbuch – Obergefreiter August Seibert – Flak Regiment 61 (mot) – Eastern Front Medal – Black Wounds Badge
Seibert was born in November 1910 in Saarbrücken, Germany His Soldbuch was issued in May 1941. Served with: 1941 – 8.1942 with : Flak Ersatz Abteilung 6 4.1943 – 3.1944 – Flak Regiment 19 – In Southern Russia and Ukraine. 3.1944 – April 1945 – Flak Regiment 61 (mot) – Fought in South East Germany at the end of the war. Issued Equipment Camo Jacket (Tarnjacke), K98 Rifle – a few times Medals/Awards Trade Badge for Drivers – 1943, Eastern Front Medal – 1942, Black Wounds Badge – September 1943. He was lightly wounded in Ukraine, and seems stationed in Kyiv. Remember all our items are sold with shipping included!
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WWII German Arbeitsbuch Für Ausländer – Anastasia Starolowa – Gebrüder Hartkopf Bayonet Maker in Solingen Germany – Company still exists!
Interesting Work book for a young lady from Belarus, Gomel area. She was put to work in the Hammerwerk (Hammer Work Area) of the Bayonet Manufacturing plant of Gebrüder Hartkopf in Solingen, Germany. Interestingly, the the company is still in operation!
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WWII German Organisation Todt Dienstbuch – OT-Meister Wilhelm Jäger – Einsatzgruppe Südost Serbia Skopje –
Jäger was for a short while in the infamous Berlin Eichkamp Larger in 1943. He was issued a Astra Pistol in 1944. Served with the OT in Serbia The OT-Einsatzgruppe Südost had its HQ in Belgrade and was responsible for all OT activities in Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece. Bulgaria and Romania. OT-Südost employed on average 60,000 men, of which only around 3.000 were Germans. Following the conquest of the Balkans by the Wehrmacht, during which many bridges had been destroyed in Yugoslavia and Greece as a result of military operations, the OT was called in to begin repairs. Around 10,000 men were employed on general construction work along these routes, most of whom were recruited locally. Eventually the OT’s projects comprised a wide variety of different tasks throughout the Balkans. In Serbia, the R-R section Belgrade-Niš-Skoplje-Salonika was widened, reinforced and a number of tunnels and bridges were added. A road was rapidly completed between Skopje and Scutari. The R-R section Belgrade-Niš was doubled to accelerate traffic in the direction of Bulgaria. Besides the numerous bridges, railway stations, watering points and repair workshops constructed by the OT, three military supply terminals were built at Zemun, Belgrade-Topčider and New Belgrade. On the section Belgrade-Sofia, the old railway turn-around point was abolished. The OT constructed a new open-pit copper mine at Bor in 1941, which was outfitted with 25 large dredge units, making Bor the second largest copper mine in Europe. To facilitate the handling of the ore, the OT built 75 kilometers of new track to the mine and a new port on the Danube. An additional 150 kilometers of railway track leading in and out of Bor was renovated. On 19 October 1942, the OT received an order from the Generalbevollmächtigter für die Wirtschaft in Serbien to begin planning for a new open-pit mine at Tilva Mika, near Bor. At Vranjska Banja, the OT opened a molybdenum mine, which also used the open-pit method of extraction. In the Skopje area to the south, the OT constructed a narrow-gauge railway and a crushing mill to speed up the extraction of chromium ore from this area.
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WWII German Luftwaffe Soldbuch Grouping – Obergefr Willi Strohbusch – Berliner -1 x Bandenkampftage Wounded Fighting Greek Partisans – Oberkommando der Luftwaffe Berlin-Kladow – Berlin-Kladow 1945 !
Obergefr Willi Strohbusch from Berlin, who later fought in Berlin in the final days of the war and lived in Berlin after the war! Was given twice the Führergeschenk twice, and had his own Dryse Pistol! Soldbuch Issued in late 1940 Service with : 9.1940 – 6.1941 – Luftgaunachrichten Regiment 2 1943 – Luftgaunachrichten Regiment 2 1943 – Luftnachricthen Ers Komp – Oberkommando der Luftwaffe Kladow 1943 – late 1944 Luftnachricthen Stelle E 209 / III – Saloniki-Sedes (Greece) 1944/45 – Oberkommando der Luftwaffe Kladow Berlin Medals/Awards 10.1943 – Black Wounds Badge – Wounded in Greece, likely has something to do with his unit clashing with Partisans. It seems in November of 1944 – he was given a day for Kampftage gegen Banden – Fighting Day against Partisans! With a Feldpost number in Greece at the time. Interesting entry also about sexually transmitted diseases that he was told about this in the occupied territories. Entry Berlin April 1945 – Was warned about the forgering of paperwork in Berlin Kladow 9.April 1945! Also an entry on 10.4.1945 in Berlin Kladow was issued a first aid kit. Berlin 1945 – Final Days and Key Events Last Operational Airfield: As the Red Army encircled Berlin, most other airfields fell, leaving Gatow as the only one capable of handling larger aircraft. Fierce Resistance: The airfield was fiercely contested from April 25-27. German defenders, largely composed of poorly equipped Volkssturm (home guard) units and young Luftwaffe students, put up a prolonged but ultimately unsuccessful resistance against the Soviet 47th Army’s 75th Rifle Corps. Last Flights: The airfield facilitated some of the very last flights out of the collapsing city. Noteworthy flights included that of Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim and his companion Hanna Reitsch, who flew in via Fieseler Storch from Gatow to the city center’s improvised landing strip on the East-West Axis after Gatow itself came under heavy fire. Glider Resupply Missions: After Gatow fell on April 27, the Luftwaffe attempted desperate, one-way glider resupply missions using DFS 230 gliders into the city center’s improvised landing areas, navigating by the light of the widespread fires. These missions, launched on the nights of April 28-29 and 29-30, delivered critically needed ammunition but resulted in heavy casualties for the pilots involved. Soviet Capture: The Red Army captured the airfield on April 27, 1945. The events at Kladow in April 1945 represent the final, desperate actions of a shattered Luftwaffe, which, crippled by fuel shortages and a lack of resources, was making a last stand in defense of the Nazi capital. After the war, the airfield fell into the British sector of Berlin and became the important RAF Gatow during the Cold War and the Berlin Airlift. Comes with some of his Postwar IDs.
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WWII German Wehrmacht Soldbuch – Grenadier Heinrich Schodl – Grenadier Regiment 474 – 254 Infanterie Division – Wounded by Grenade Fragments
Soldbuch opened in late 1944 to Heinrich Schodl Served with Grenadier Regiment 474 On May 10, 1944, Grenadier Regiment 474 and the III Battalion of Artillery Regiment 254 were disbanded and replaced by the remnants of the disbanded 82nd Infantry Division. On July 4, 1944, Division Group 82 was redesignated Grenadier Regiment 474, and this regiment had been disbanded in April 1944 and replaced by Grenadier (Officer Cadet) Regiment 1238. The subsequent fighting retreat led the division through the Carpathian Mountains to the Košice area and finally into Silesia. The division was taken prisoner by the Russians in the Deutsch-Brod area. Schold was wounded in March 1945 (31b) by grenade fragments.
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WWII German Luftwaffe Soldbuch ID – Stabsgefreiter Voss – Gem Flak Abteilung (mot) 12 – Italy 1944/45
Issued to Voss in September 1939. Served with: 1939 – Festungs-Flak-Abteilung 33 1942 – Leichte Flak Abteilung 951 – based in Nürnberg 1943 – Z.b.V Batterie 2014 – based in Nürnberg 1943/1944 – Flak Regiment 12 – 17th Flak Division – Fighting in Russia June 1944 – Gem Flak Abteilung (mot) 12 From July 1, 1944, the unit was deployed to protect the Arno crossings and combat enemy attacks on the Arno bridgehead. In mid-September, the unit withdrew to the Futa Pass, part of the “Green Line,” where it engaged in heavy defensive fighting. The 1st Battalion of the 12th Flak Regiment followed the gradual withdrawal of army units to central and northern Italy. At the end of October/beginning of November, it was deployed in the Bologna area and at Sasso Marconi, where it remained for the winter months. On March 5, 1945, the unit changed positions and was tasked with protecting the Reno bridges in Bologna. On April 12, 1945, following the start of the Allied spring offensive, the unit left Boulogna, crossed the Po River south of Mantua, and then continued its advance to Lake Garda. There, it relied on cooperation with the 8th Mountain Division. On April 14, the unit reached Neumarkt via Trento. After heavy defensive fighting, the Apennine defenses collapsed at the end of April 1945. The subsequent retreat saw Flak Battalion I./12 advance along the Brenner Pass road to Innsbruck, which was reached at the end of April 1945. On May 1 and 2, the unit fought against American tanks at the Zirler Pass. The unit then moved to Hall. Beyond Hall, the 5th Battery was overtaken and destroyed by the American armored vanguard. The remainder of the unit took up a final firing position near the village of Söll in Tyrol on May 4, 1945. On May 8, 1945, the remnants of the unit surrendered to American forces. May 1945 – II Batl Unterabschnitt D2 – POW Unit Awards Westwall Medal – 1940 Final Notes Note: Pages 9 & 10 Weapons and eye test missing and 15/16 missing – nothing important.
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WWII German Wehrmacht Soldbuch ID – Wilhelm Wolf – Pionner Batallion 342 – 342 Inf Div – Issued Grenade Launcher – Halbe Pocket 1945 (Hold)
Issued to Wolf in April 1943 He served in various replacement/training units until he was assigned to the: Pionner Batallion 342 – 342 Infanterie Division When the Russians broke out of the bridgehead in January 1945, the division was almost completely destroyed during the Vistula–Oder Offensive, but it fought on as a kampfgruppe until it was encircled in the Halbe pocket during the Battle for Berlin. Some members of the division managed to escape westwards to surrender to the United States Army at Travemünde near Lübeck on the Baltic Sea. Wounded with a grenade fragment (31b) in December of 1944, was found fit for duty again in March 1945 and sent to a replacement unit in Vienna for transfer to a fighting unit. It is highly likely given the front had not collapsed that he made it back to his unit and was thus encircled in the Halbe Pocket south of Berlin in April/May 1945. Equipment Iron Rations K98 Rifle with the Gewehrgranatgerät (Grenade Launcher!) Not seen this entry before! 12.1944 – Issued Winter Clothing such as the Filzstiefel, Fur Hat. Awards Wounds Badge in Black – January 1945
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WWII German Luftwaffe Soldbuch ID – Obergefr Johann Lauer – Jäger Regiment 28 (L) – 14. Feld-Division (L) – 20. Gebirgs-Armee – Wehrmachtsbefehlsstelle Norwegen
Lauer served with various technical units until early 1943, he was then assigned to a ground combat unit of the Luftwaffe which was put under the Wehrmacht control! Feb 1943 – March 1945 – Jäger Regiment 28 (L) The regiment was transferred to Norway in January 1943 and deployed there as an occupation force. On November 1, 1943, the regiment was integrated into the army (renaming to Jäger Regiment 28 (L)). March – April 1945 – Jäger Regiment 55 (L) The Luftwaffe Jäger Regiment 55 was formed in April 1945 as the third regiment of the 14th Luftwaffe Field Division. Remained in Norway Issued a FN Pistol, an folding spade among other normal combat equipment. He was also awarded a War Merit Cross Second Class with swords in April 1945 with the 14 LW Feld Division.
