Staffelkapitan, 1./706
 

Does anyone know who took over as StaKa of 1./706 when Arthur Schmidt, along with Dietrich Steinhart and Norbert Vogel were killed on 20 December 1941?

Re: Staffelkapitan, 1./706
 

Send me a PM.

Junker

Re: Staffelkapitan, 1./706
 

Is this the same man?

http://www.ebay.de/itm/4x-TOP-Wasser...4AAOSwMNxXU858

Re: Staffelkapitan, 1./706
 

Yes. it's him.

J

Re: Staffelkapitan, 1./706
 

Sadly I did not see this auction, but I got a whole bunch of his Feldpost, together with pictures of him, his wife and his grave in DK.

Bio:
Joined the secret Luftwaffe may 1933 beeing trained as a pilot in Italy and DVS. Joined the official Luftwaffe 1 Mai 1935 as Leutnant.
7/39-8/39 pilot in 1/706. 9/39-5/40 pilot in 1/906. 05/40 promoted to Oberleutnant. 6/40-12/40 pilot in 5/196. 1/41-6/41 staff FlFü. Atlantik. 7/41-10/41 LW Liasonofficer in the Flottenkommando KM.
1 november 1941 StKptn in 1/706 untill his death 20-12/41.
He had about 200 operationel flight, and EK 2 and 1 and the golden Frontflugspange.

Junker

Re: Staffelkapitan, 1./706
 

Junker i saved the ebay picture so just in cas, here it is

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Re: Staffelkapitan, 1./706
 

Hi Snautzer.

Thank's;-)

Junker