Carl sent me some scans of his war pictures. I must say he has some great pictures and I like the scans very much. Here I post one of two of the pictures. In the coming time I will post more. Here is numer one: This picture was taken on March 1945 by Lieutenant J.S. Cohen. German guns captures in Andernach (Germany), taken by 11th armored division of the 3rd US Army. The weapons are examined by T/5 Russel w. Mc Cartney of Mancelone, Michegan and T/5 Stanley W. Stochla, of Detroit, Michigan.
Volkbert--thank you for posting them here my friend. These are two of my favorite photos. The 1st pic is a an Allied Press photo and the second is a Luftwaffe PK Press foto. The Luftwaffe Feldwebel looks to me like he is British rather than German--but just my humble oninion. Hope you guys enjoy them--I do.
Carl - Indeed the feldwebel doesn't look very German. Maybe this is a secret photo and Molders was a spy meeting an allied officer here.
Carl - Winston Churchill's car? It looks British to me but I don't have much knowledge about old cars.
Thank you...and Volkbert--as a VERY rare stroke of good luck--I now know the Oberfeldwebels name and unit. He is: Oberfeldwebel Edmund Wagner, Flugzeugfuhrer der 9 Staffel. I HOPE Erich sees this--he might be able to tell us more about him now that there is a name and unit. PS: I know very little about old cars too. Oh and another thing--I do think there was an RKT who was also an Edmund Wagner--but i'm not positive. If so--I have to wonder if this man and he--is one and the same. [ 23. June 2003, 04:20 PM: Message edited by: C.Evans ]
Yes he was a with 57 kills, 56 on the Ost Front. bornin 5th of December 1914 at Neuhäusel-Kirkel/Saar. Killed in action at Pafmutowka in Russia on November 13, 1941. Summer of 1940 he was in 9./JG 51 and on the 14th of September 1940 scored his first victory over England. Transferred with staffel to Ost front and scorred 4 victories against Soviet bombers on June 24, 1941. He became one of the fastest scorers in JG 51 with his 20kills on August 17th, 30th on 1st of October and his 50th on 28th of October. In the month of October 1941 alone he scored 22 abschüße. On 13, November 1941 in combat with Russian bombers and he shoots down 1 Pe 2 but was hit by return fire and he smashed into the ground in his Bf 109F-2, yellow 1. ~E
Great info my friend, I KNEW if anybody could pull some info on him--it would be you and or Paul. As I just got this info today by email--this is a bigtime coup
Carl, hope it is of some help. Sorry to say I do not have the volume covering JG 51 as there is probably more there on his personal actions but then again maybe not.... ~E
Very nice photographs too, Carl! Thanks for sharing them... and thank you a lot to Volkbert who kindly posted them. And of course, Herr Brown managed to give us more and nice information about them both.
well if U guys can deal with the CT in both hands and my atrocious spelling over the past couple of years then no problemo...... glad it can be used......and yes these forums are very unique with many talents and specialties... ~E back this afternoon
