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.