Rakkasan187 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Here is an interesting photo showing a Luftwaffe pilot wearing both German and US wings on his uniform. The US wings are Command Pilot Wings Leigh These photos all belong in a grouping of about 65-70 pictures that were given to me by my mother in law who was friends with a woman who was the secretary for the German Air Force Commander who was stationed at Fort Bliss in the 80's. After the secretary passed away, I was given a shoebox full of her family history to include passports, soldbuchs from WW1 and documents and pictures of her family from WW2. From what I can gather from the passports and other documents either her father or grandfather was in the Afrika Corps in WW2 and her great grandfather or maybe grandfather was in WW1... "What you do in life, Echos in Eternity" Link to post Share on other sites
patches Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 (edited) I remember getting Tamiya's old M42 Duster way back when and it had decals for the BW, found this great built kit of a BW Duster, probably upgraded with etched brass. It was called by them The Flakpanzer 42 http://www.panzerbaer.de/guns/relaunch/bw_flakpz_m42-a.htm Edited January 11 by patches Link to post Share on other sites
Rakkasan187 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Great looking model.. We have an actual M-42 Duster in the back lot of the 1AD museum at Ft Bliss.. Leigh "What you do in life, Echos in Eternity" Link to post Share on other sites
Proud Kraut Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 @Leigh: Very nice pictures, I assume they are from the 1980´s? @Patches: Great model, here´s a picture of a M42 in action from another early Bw booklet. Link to post Share on other sites
Rakkasan187 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 PK, Thank you.. Yes these are from the 1980s... I will post a few more when I scan them... Leigh "What you do in life, Echos in Eternity" Link to post Share on other sites
Proud Kraut Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 (edited) Would like to add another pic of the M42, scanned from an old post card. Note the splinter camo uniforms of the crew. Edited January 17 by Proud Kraut Link to post Share on other sites
patches Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 Would like to add another pic of the M42, scanned from an old post card. Note the splinter camo uniforms of the crew. m42z.jpg Ah if they would of had these back in 44-45 Link to post Share on other sites
patches Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 Lets add this one, one I posted over at USMF in The Patches In Action topic. A German soldier wearing a 1st Infantry Division shoulder patch, this Bundeswehr soldier is in fact attached to the Big Red One during the 1977 Reforger, he's attached to the 3rd Brigade 1st Infantry Division and is with GIs from it's HHC. Link to post Share on other sites
Proud Kraut Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Great picture, patches. Seems to be a liasion officer (Hauptmann, Captain). The exchange of liasion teams on Corps and Division level was very common in cold war times, especially during exercises. Link to post Share on other sites
patches Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 A cool site with loads of info and photos. http://traditionsverband-kempten.de/index.php/berichte/155-2019-09-02 Link to post Share on other sites
patches Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 This was posted on USMF by member seanmc1114, he isn't a member here yet, so lets post it here for him His Caption on the photo. German Army officer wearing a Seventh Army SSI. The photo caption reads: "Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right) presents a Scroll of Appreciation to Lieutenant Colonel Muennich, Liaison Officer, VII Corps, United States Army. ca. May 1965" Link to post Share on other sites
patches Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 And one more that I found with Oberstleutnant Muennich and American General Truman. A June 5 1965 photo of Muennich and Truman, now with one Generalleutnant Leo Hepp, commander of the West German II Corps, evidently at Truman's transferring out of USAEUR. They are giving Truman a memento during his farewell reception given in General and Mrs. Truman's honor. The event was held at the U.S. Army Officer's Club, Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart. Hepp is an intersting study, he has a WIKI Here. Link to post Share on other sites
patches Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 On 2/2/2020 at 7:37 PM, patches said: Lets add this one, one I posted over at USMF in The Patches In Action topic. A German soldier wearing a 1st Infantry Division shoulder patch, this Bundeswehr soldier is in fact attached to the Big Red One during the 1977 Reforger, he's attached to the 3rd Brigade 1st Infantry Division and is with GIs from it's HHC. Link to post Share on other sites
patches Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 Brigadegeneral Jared Sembritzki Chief of Staff U.S. Army Europe wearing that unit's shoulder patch. Link to post Share on other sites
patches Posted October 7 Author Share Posted October 7 A Bundeswehr Kanonenjagdpanzer with the U.S. Army Aggressor Insignia on it, photo from member CaptCav over at USMF, taken by him I'm gathering in October 1970, I'm also gathering this Aggressor Insignia was used only when BW units trained with U.S. units, or was it used among BW units when they trained among themselves??? Link to post Share on other sites
Proud Kraut Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 No, the standard Bw marking for aggressor forces are red crosses, attached diagonally to vehicles. The white backside of these crosses is used by exercise staff. Here´s an example of the red marking. Link to post Share on other sites
patches Posted October 8 Author Share Posted October 8 9 hours ago, Proud Kraut said: No, the standard Bw marking for aggressor forces are red crosses, attached diagonally to vehicles. The white backside of these crosses is used by exercise staff. Here´s an example of the red marking. Link to post Share on other sites
patches Posted October 8 Author Share Posted October 8 3 hours ago, patches said: Thanks Lars. Link to post Share on other sites
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