July 4, 20251 yr #1 Starting a new topic here to showcase photos I find of the Luftwaffe Helmets Being Worn Pre and during the war. First up, a Recuit taking the oath, looks Flakmann, date and location unknown.
July 10, 20251 yr Author #3 Being worn by a Bomber Crewman, have no idea unfortunately what kind of bomber.
July 10, 20251 yr #4 Post#3... Looks like the radio operator/air gunner position on a Dornier of some kind. Not entirely sure. Sources/Further Research: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/luftwaffe-radio-operator.html?sortBy=relevant https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/feldwebel-willi-hoffmann.html?sortBy=relevant https://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/luftwaffe_bombers.html
July 12, 20251 yr Author #5 Dispatch Riders from a Flak unit HQ,I think Russia, this despite the word FRANCE we see on rail car, this perhaps being a commandeered one for German use,
July 25, 20251 yr Author #6 Flak unit, at some kind of memorial service July 1938, description where found says a Church service, you know Church Parade, but this is most unlikely given the Luftwaffe being irreligious, and with no Chaplain Corps.
July 25, 20251 yr #7 I would not think a church service since they are in formation with NCOs on the end of the line and holding rifles with fixed bayonets. More likely a funeral or parade IMHO. I\ Interesting photo none the less.
July 25, 20251 yr #8 Yes, an interesting photo. A rehearsal of a "Grosser Zapfenstreich" was my first thought. "Helm ab zum Gebet!"
August 24, 2025Aug 24 Author #9 Great shot of helmet wearing base personal manning a MG 15 mounted on the Anti Aircraft Tripod, airfield is somewhere in France in the late summer of 1940
October 26, 2025Oct 26 Author #10 A most odd one, Luftwaffe of a Flak unit wearing Czech Helmets with some kind of Maxim Type MG. Two thing come up as to why, that this photo taken in early 1939 in Czechoslovakia, and are posing wearing these, or for some reason there was a small issue of them for wear.
February 26Feb 26 Author #12 Flak men taking a break Breda The Netherlands May 1940. Of special note is the two men, one sitting and drinking, and the one standing acting as a waiter for his comrades, are wearing the specially made Luftwaffe's Motorcycle Rubberized Greatcoat in Field Blue.
May 4May 4 Author #13 A formation at night time for some activity for Benito Mussolini's 1937 visit to Germany, this in Berlin with Regiment General Göring.
May 11May 11 Author #14 Here's a nice close up of one of the above helmets at the Mussolini do, got a nice shiny lacquer finish to it.
June 26Jun 26 Author #16 Wearing a medium weight M34 Edelstahl helmet, Field Blue with Decal, no doubt a double decal. Wonder why the Luftwaffe had these. Branch color on tab hard to tell
June 26Jun 26 #17 12 hours ago, patches said: Wearing a medium weight M34 Edelstahl helmet, Field Blue with Decal, no doubt a double decal. Wonder why the Luftwaffe had these. Branch color on tab hard to tell Best guess is flak because it is so dark.
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