November 24, 20187 yr Author #3 The following six photographs are from the photo album of a Luftwaffe Flak crewman. His unit served in France and was equipped with the seldom seen 7.5 cm Flak M37(t). For more information on this weapon see the link below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.5_cm_kanon_PL_vz._37
November 25, 20187 yr Author #9 From a period book titled FLIEGENDE FRONT comes this Luftwaffe 8.8 cm Flak 18 crew in action.
November 25, 20187 yr Author #10 From the same book is this photo of a Flak Gefreiter holding an 8.8 cm round.
November 25, 20187 yr Author #12 Thanks for the kind words Paul. Here are a few more for today. Close-up of a captured 8.8 cm Flak gun.
November 26, 20187 yr Author #14 Photographed here on the right is a Flak Hauptwachtmeister (identified by the "piston rings" on his sleeves) wearing the black work uniform of the Luftwaffe.
November 26, 20187 yr Author #15 Photographed in Serbia during 1941 a Luftwaffe prime mover towing a 8.8 cm Flak 18 has taken a direct hit from enemy fire.
November 26, 20187 yr Author #16 This photo was taken during the German evacuation from Sicily to the Italian mainland. This mission was accomplished using Siebel ferries mounting Flak guns crewed by the Luftwaffe.
November 27, 20187 yr #17 Photographed in Serbia during 1941 a Luftwaffe prime mover towing a 8.8 cm Flak 18 has taken a direct hit from enemy fire. This was taken during the invasion of Yugoslavia in April or afterwards in 1941 during the pacification?
November 27, 20187 yr #18 I posted these earlier on a thread about Luftwaffe aircraft on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. http://www.worldmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/313095-luftwaffe-aircraft-at-the-national-museum-of-the-us-air-force/ On display for the defense of the Reich are an Flak 88 mm multipurpose gun and a Flakvierling 38 28mm Antiaircraft gun. https://www.national...tiaircraft-gun/ https://www.national...ltipurpose-gun/ The Flak 38 is display as if it were defending a besieged target at night.
November 27, 20187 yr #19 I am actually stationed in the New Orleans, with the National WW2 Museum only a few miles away. A virtual Disney World for folks like us.
November 27, 20187 yr Author #20 Patches, To answer your question this was a German soldiers photograph and is dated on the back "IV/41" so that would indicate the invasion. Gil, Great photos from your museum tour and thanks for sharing! Paul, I hope you take lots of photos when you visit the National WW2 Museum as I hear they have a lot of really nice pieces that were vet donated. All the best, Mike
November 27, 20187 yr Author #23 A captured M43Z dual mount 3.7 cm Flak gun being "manned" by a British soldier posing for the camera.
November 27, 20187 yr #24 Patches, To answer your question this was a German soldiers photograph and is dated on the back "IV/41" so that would indicate the invasion. Gil, Great photos from your museum tour and thanks for sharing! Paul, I hope you take lots of photos when you visit the National WW2 Museum as I hear they have a lot of really nice pieces that were vet donated. All the best, Mike Then the Yugos got a lucky on that one, curious if it was hit by one of those obsolete tanks they had
November 28, 20187 yr #25 I am actually stationed in the New Orleans, with the National WW2 Museum only a few miles away. A virtual Disney World for folks like us. You mean like this? These photos were taken in 2010. The only problem with the National WW2 Museum is that they are limited in the amount of floor (and ceiling) space that they have available for large items, so they end up rotating their exhibits. For example, a lot of the aircraft they had hanging overhead were either moved or reshuffled to make room for when they installed a B-17. So it is hard to tell what you will see when you go there.
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