More Luftwaffe signatures

Just added a couple of Luftwaffe autographs to my small collection - both off e-bay at reasonable cost ( I was the only bid... ).

Willi Reschke and Rudolf Sinner : I'm especially pleased with the latter as it's not one you often see, and he flew Me 262s with JG7.

 

Excellent Martin!

At the same time I´m wondering about this German pilot whose pic is being sold in the Finnish net auction...Any ideas? Erich and his encyclopedias?

Reinhold Hostmann
Born on May 19th 1921 Draheim
Died on June 23rd 1943 in battle

 

June of 43 eh ? nothing on his unit or final rank.

bomber crewman ? Kai someone on the Ost Front ??

nothing in JG's 1 or 11, // Stab, I., III. or IV./JG 3
nothing in Stab, I.- IV./JG 27 either

congrats Martin, a couple of good finds

E still searching

 

It's a pity we can't quite read the text under that portrait.

 

I´ll ask if there´s more info on his unit in the pic.

 

Unfortunately only this little

REINHOLD HOSTMANN
geb.am 19.5.1921,gefallen im luftkampf uber der Nordsee am 23.7.1943.uberfurt ins Heimatdorf Draheim Krs.Treuberg,Ostpr.
Ruhe sanft in deutscher erde,bis Jesus dich erwecken werde

 

...and now I've added Franz Stigler's autograph to my collection. He is one of - maybe the last ? - survivor of JV44.

 

congrats Martin, Franz is hanging in there barely in Canada. had him sign one of my huge Prien volumes on JG 27 and my Reichsverteidigung books.

Martin you will be getting another 3 signatures in a weekend coming along yes ? If you would do me a favour and get a nice foto of all three nachtjäger if possible and my hearty greetings to all three gents

Erich

 

I've met Willi Reschke twice at Luftwaffe reunions, the first time in 1997 in Potsdam. Here are some of my Luftwaffe autographs. These are some of my wartime autographed postcards.

 

Those are very interesting items, Bob - particularly the photo of Oblt. Philipps.

 

Bob :

Very nice indeed, and I see you have been around and forunate to have friends in the OdR and Fliegergemeninschaft. I do as well with two former familie members serving in the day and night fighter forces, both KIA. Funny you mention Will Rescheke as one cousin served flying Fw 190A-9's in 5./JG 301 and flew on two of Willi's missions in November of 44. Friends also with Peter and K.-J., excellent !

 

Here are some more of my wartime autographed postcards: Bar, Nowotny, Joppien and Marseilles.

 

Here are some more Luftwaffe autographs:

Schnaufer:


Lent:

 

Thanks again for for posting those, Bob. Such gems as the signed photos of Schnaufer, Lent and Baer will never be in my own collection but it's very interesting to see them.

 

With Adalbert Schulz and Marseilles in the process of acquisition, I have all 27 Diamonds Recipients. I've got a good 90 of the 159 Swords Recipients, although I'm not duplicating the Diamonds Recipients except for two: Galland and Gollob, which I have duplicates.

Bob

And I see that with this post (#25) I get the Purple Heart! Did I wound somebody?

 

Only me, at the thought of that collection of Luftwaffe autographs.....

 

Here's the Adalbert Schulz, and while I'm at it, how about a Dietl, a post war Peiper, Rommel, and Theodore Eicke.

Bob

 

I've always thought that a number of aspects of Jochen Peiper's character are revealed in that photograph...

 

have H. Baers (Bärs) sig as he is a famile member on my mothers side ..... didn't know that did any of U ?

Bob, impressive war-time pics with a great window of history preserved, keep at it.....EVERYONE !

just was going through some of my personal JG 301 materials, noted signed pages from Will Reschkes interesting book on JG 301, 302

Hajo Hermann
Heinz-Walter Schellner
Fritz Yung
Hans Müller
Leutnant Göbel
former Ta 152H pilot Archie Hagedorn

it helps to know the former III. Gruppenkommandeur Karl-Heinz Dietsche's son, Jörg who is a Lt. Col in the German AF. He will be holding another JG 301 treffen this year for JG 301 vets and their families.
Hans Müller by the way shot down 3 B-24's and Will Reschke 1-2 B-24's on the mission my cousin in 5./JG 301 was KIA, 26 Nov. 44 in the area of the large oil refinery Misburg. What a slaughter of JG 301, some 40 pilots killed and wounded........for claims of 21 B-24's/B-17's

 

Thank you. I've met Willi Reschke twice and Hajo Herrmann once at the 50th reunion of the Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot Association Reunion two years ago in Koln. He was there with fellow Swords recipient Gunther Rall, and eight Knight's Cross recipients: Willi Reschke, Julius Meimberg, Heinz Lange, Hans Ekkehard Bob, Wolf Falck, Gerhard Schopfel, Heinz Marquardt and Hugo Broch. That was quite the event. Also in attendance with 2 time Hero of the Soviet Union Popkov and other aces from Finland and Czechoslovakia.

Bob