[fran]

Hello Tom and Gordon,
The promotion is from feldwebel to Oberfeldwebel and it is efective 1st July 1937. I agree he could be the Legion Condor pilot credited with 3 victories. In Ries/Ring’s book there are some accounts from Gunther Lützow’s diary when he and ‘oberfeldwebel Hillmann’ had to flee of Italians allies who mistakenly took them as enemies. This takes me to think that this NCO was the Lützow’s wingman. Interesting to say that both came from I./JG132.
In my searching of Hillmann records I also saw his claims in the Tony Wood’s Listing but the rank consigned is Uffz. so must be another pilot. Who was the 3rd Hillmann mentioned?
Regards
Francisco