Air Force FLAK Badge Awardee.

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[SARGE]

As well as a Luftwaffe ground assault badge.  This Air Force NCO was a ground pounder.  

 

 

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12 hours ago, SARGE said:

As well as a Luftwaffe ground assault badge.  This Air Force NCO was a ground pounder.  

 

 

Many Flak Soldiers were awarded the badge by virtue of participating in a ground role on all fronts, mostly in the anti tank role. Here's two more

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1. Flak Battalion 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division
 

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Flak Crewman in Germany, Think from the 7th Flak Division in Cologne, the 7th Flak Division was primarily stationed there but with some elmets scatted about in the general region for Air Defense the whole war.

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In Afrika, a man of an 88mm Crew, they're standing beside their Big Haftrack that towed the cannon, the Sd.Kfz.8. This is sometime in 1941 before the specifically made  Luftwaffe Tropical Uniforms get sent there with Luftwaffe personnel wearing the Army's Tropical stuff. 

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An HJ Recipient of the Flak, his Rank is that of Rottenführer by virtue of the single Tresse at base of Shoulder Strap.

 

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That’s a serious kid.

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Here's a curious one, General der Flieger Ludwig Wofff wearing the badge, not seeing where he could of been awarded it as he never was in a Flak unit, he was since before the war till the end of the war, commander of Luftgau XI, first in Hannover then in Hamburg when Lufgau X in Hamburg is disbanded and Luftgau XI takes over. Would this be a case of him wearing it because of the great successes Flak units assigned within his Gau, as he is the overall commander????

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An interesting question concerning the flak badge.  I can't make  out the neck order but I see he is also wearing the Turkish Iron Halbmond on his right breast pocket.  

 

 

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Is the neck order, The Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with swords? 

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9 hours ago, easterneagle87 said:

Is the neck order, The Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with swords? 

Yes

 

Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords on September 27, 1943 as General der Flieger

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11 hours ago, patches said:

Yes

 

Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords on September 27, 1943 as General der Flieger

 

Yep, I forgot to add "w/swords"

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Another Flak Mann from a unit inside Germany. It seems the men in those Flak units inside Germany, in the cities, stationed in sensitive areas. like Dams, important bridges in the countryside etc etc, stationed in occupied countries that were not the seat of ground action, i.e. Denmark, Norway etc, they did not get awarded the Ground Combat Badges.

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Another HJ Flak Crewman, here an Oberkameradschaftsführer.

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[S.ChrisKelly]