Luftwaffe Soldbuch – Feldwebel Josef Lotz – Normandy 1944 – 5th Fallschirmjäger Division – War Merit Cross

Description

Luftwaffe Soldbuch issued to Josef Lotz in 1939. 

From 1939 till July of 1944, Lotz was involved in various transport unit moving items and material to the front…

Interestingly a security stamp places him with/under inspection of the 5th Fallschirmjäger Division in September of 1944. Lotz was in France (Paris) according to his pay/holiday entries as early as 1942. Right up until the invasion in the summer of 1944. Another point to note is that his War Merit Cross with Swords was issued by the same officer of the 5FJD in September of 1944. 

It is worth noting, on the 30th of June he changed units remaining with Kolonnenführer der Luftwaffe zbv 6 until February of 1945 he was sent to the East of Germany to a replacement unit: 

Flieger Ersatz Bataillon IV  – in Leipzig – and later discharged. 

Comments

Its clear Lotz spent considerable time in France mainly Paris, until the invasion in 1944, where he went through a shuffle of units and was lucky to escape further action.