Sunday, November 28, 2010

Major Konrad Knabe


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It was originally posted on Axis History Forum by AHF member "ttvon". The Luftwaffe Oberleutnant to Dietl's left is Konrad Knabe (a future RKT on 16.04.1943 as a Kettenführer with the Aufklärungsstaffel 1.(F)/124 (Kette Lappland), this according to AHF member "joerg". The Heer Officer is unidentified but Dietl's Signals Officer Oberleutnant Fürst Windisch-Grätz has been suggested by AHF member "Juha Hujanen".

Gebirgsjäger (German Mountain Troops) in Color

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Maybe a Gebirgsjäger?


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Gebirgsjäger soldier


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Gebirgsjäger with his climbing equipment


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Gebirgsjäger with his MG34

Junkers Ju 52 "Tante" in Color

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Junkers Ju 52 with red Balkenkreuz

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Generalleutnant Ferdinand Heim

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Ferdinand Heim as a Generalmajor. A colorized picture from Wehrmacht Awards Forum

Friday, November 12, 2010

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Hauptmann Hans-Joachim Marseille

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Colorizing photo of Hans-Joachim Marseille


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Hans-Joachim Marseille with his crews


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Hans-Joachim Marseille (as Oberleutnant) & his Bf 109f


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Hans-Joachim Marseille in the African desert


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Hans-Joachim Marseille


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Hans-Joachim Marseille


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Hans-Joachim Marseille

Friday, November 5, 2010

Safety Harness and Life-Jacket


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The crew of a Ju 88 prepare for take-off. Their safety-harness supported them in the water if they had to bale out over the waters. The British equivalent had to be inflated in the water, which was always not possible

Junkers Ju 88 in Color

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Junkers Ju 88 somewhere on the Eastern Front


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The crew of a Ju 88 prepare for take-off. Their safety-harness supported them in the water if they had to bale out over the waters. The British equivalent had to be inflated in the water, which was always not possible

Loading Ammunition


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Luftwaffe armourers loading Machine-gun belts into the drums for Messerschmitt Bf 110's formidable nose armament



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Armorers work on the nose guns of Messerschmitt Bf 110, so formidable when the Zerstörer pilots could bring them to bear

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Luftwaffe Award Ceremony in Color


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The following (rare) colour photo shows a Luftwaffe night fighter pilot: Manfred Meurer, seen here receiving the Ritterkreuz out of the hands of Gen. Josef Kammhuber in Septtember 1943. This event took place at the airfield of Venlo in Holland.

General der Flieger Josef Kammhuber


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The following (rare) colour photo shows a Luftwaffe night fighter pilot: Manfred Meurer, seen here receiving the Ritterkreuz out of the hands of Gen. Josef Kammhuber in Septtember 1943. This event took place at the airfield of Venlo in Holland.

Hauptmann Manfred Meurer

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The following (rare) colour photo shows a Luftwaffe night fighter pilot: Manfred Meurer, seen here receiving the Ritterkreuz out of the hands of Gen. Josef Kammhuber in Septtember 1943. This event took place at the airfield of Venlo in Holland.

Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer

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From left to right: Leutnant Fritz Rumpelhardt, Hauptmann Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer & Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Gänsler

Fregattenkapitän Albrecht Brandi

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Albrecht Brandi

Cars of Wehrmacht in Color

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Car from Nachrichten-Abteilung 292, 292.Infanterie-Division