Showing posts with label 1938. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1938. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Recruits of the Luftwaffe during a Prayer

Recruits of the Luftwaffe during a prayer, 9 July 1938. The original caption said: "Luftwaffe soldiers have taken off their helmets after the issue of the command 'Helmets off for prayer!'"

Source :
https://www.akpool.de/ansichtskarten/26753519-ansichtskarte-postkarte-deutsche-wehrmacht-luftwaffe-helm-ab-zum-gebet-soldaten-mit-stahlhelmen-und-bajonetten
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-recruits-of-the-luftwaffe-during-a-prayer-1938-122549762.html?imageid=8FB962D8-981E-4D84-B5F2-C0C554513477&p=291611&pn=1&searchId=2adb0d94b30ee950bdafece3810c320c&searchtype=0
https://www.arkivi-bildagentur.de/articles/a514634

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Luftwaffe Generals at Landesgruppe Ceremony

At the inauguration ceremony of the Landesgruppe, held at Luftschutzschule (Air raid school) in Bad Godesberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen. From left to right: Generalmajor Walther Wecke (Kommandeur Reichsluftschutz-Schule in Berlin-Wannsee), Oberst der Schutzpolizei Georg Jedicke (Inspekteur Ordnungspolizei der Rheinprovinz und des Saarlandes), Generalleutnant Ludwig von Schröder (Vizepräsident Reichsluftschutzbund), Generalleutnant Johannes Lentzsch (Kommandierender General Luftgau-Kommando I Königsberg), and Generalleutnant Karl von Roques (Präsident Reichsluftschutzbund). There is no information about when this picture was taken, only between August 1938 to February 1939.

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2353259#p2353259

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Luftwaffe Student Pilots with their Aircraft

Two Luftwaffe student pilots photographed before going into air. Left, a Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz at FFS (Flugzeugführerschule) Fürth in 1938 with a prewar D-code and a red and white diamond emblem aft of the engine. Right, Gefreiter Teddy Hauk in a Bücker Bü 131 at Canitz, 1943.

Student Pilots of Luftwaffe in Training

Luftwaffe Student pilots with parachutes already strapped into place over their flying overalls wait for their next training flight at FFS (Flugzeugführerschule) Fürth, 1937/38. In the background is the C-variant of the Heinkel He 72 Kadett which was powered by a 135hp Argus As 10 inline piston engine.