Re: Horses and Oxen on the Luftwaffe Flightline
 

The title of this thread sounds like a booktitle!

So Rich, when will you publish a book about the cows, horses and donkeys in Luftwaffe service!? :-)

Re: Horses and Oxen on the Luftwaffe Flightline
 

The Luftwaffe had to worry about fuel from the start of the war. They just never had enough and things got worse the longer the war went on. Also in the USSR the Germans made wide use of Russian Panje horses.

Re: Horses and Oxen on the Luftwaffe Flightline
 

Hi all, this is Daniel using my father's account (as I do not have one).
I have an ULTRA message for 30th October, 1944, stating that Luftflotte Reich was to obtain 300 new draft oxen to help taxi aircraft around on airfields.


All the best,
Daniel (using my father's account).

Re: Horses and Oxen on the Luftwaffe Flightline
 

My uncle's name was Ochs, which translates directly as Ox, and he spent a lot of time on the Luftwaffe flight lines LOL.

Re: Horses and Oxen on the Luftwaffe Flightline
 

What an awesome scrap of valuable information!

Bronc

Re: Horses and Oxen on the Luftwaffe Flightline
 

The book "Stopped at Stalingrad' by Joel Hayward discusses the Luftwaffe's fuel problems.

One must point out that in the economic parts of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact the Germans recieved from the USSR large amounts of fuel ect which help enabled the Germans to win their early war victories.