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by tkjaer21 » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:59 am
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by tkjaer21 » Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:11 am
The year for these photos (going in chronological order of the album) would place it between 1936-1938. The ones prior are dated and the ones after are from the German Annexation of Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia which he has dated october 1938. As a matter of fact, the photo of the troops marching is at Sudetenland when this happened.
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by chunks » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:16 am
Great photos. The lady might be Hanna Reitsch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Reitsch
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by tmanthegreat » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:49 am
The lady (in flight gear) is most certainly Hannah Reitsch - sort of the German Amelia Earhart. Goering is easily identifiable in a number of them as well. I keep wanting to think that one of the officers in the 2nd, 8th and 9th photos is Kesselring (as he was involved with the Luftwaffe), but I'm not sure...
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by chunks » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:54 am
tkjaer21, what else did your grandfather do? I get the impression from these photos that he was more then a bomber pilot.
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by ostketten » Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:14 pm
The lady (in flight gear) is most certainly Hannah Reitsch
Agreed. HR was a fanatical follower of the Fuhrer and it has been said she pleaded with Hitler to leave Berlin, offering to fly the Fuhrer out of the beleaguered capital in a Storch aircraft, but Hitler was resigned to his fate and would have none of it. The first group of photos is pretty blurry, but the best places I can think of to pose your questions would be...
http://forum.axishistory.com/ Or..
http://www.feldgrau.com/
Someone at one (or both) of these sites will almost certainly be able to help you out in some way. Good luck.
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by chunks » Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:49 pm
The more I look at these photos, the more I realize the historical importance. Over 60 years now, and such photos still show up. Thanks very much for sharing them.
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by STUKA » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:13 pm
incredible photos - thank you for posting them -
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