Thread: Identification of two pilots, France, Summer 1944
View Single Post
  #1  
Old 23rd November 2016, 20:10
Nick Beale's Avatar
Nick Beale Nick Beale is offline
Super Moderator
  
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Exeter, England
Posts: 5,827
Nick Beale has a spectacular aura aboutNick Beale has a spectacular aura aboutNick Beale has a spectacular aura about
Identification of two pilots, France, Summer 1944
(Posted on behalf of Jochen Prien)

Gentlemen,

attached please find a photo showing two pilots taken in the summer of 1944 in France; may be these have been subject of another thread somewhere else before, yet I still try to establish their identity. The photo is part of a series of PK-photos taken in France by a PK-photographer and are now held by the B.A. Several photos from this series showing a Bf109G-6/AS and a Bf109G-6/Bf109G-14 have been published many times over. But as far as I know they have so far eluded positive identification.

We can see a Leutnant wearing a German Cross in Gold and an Oberfeldwebel decorated with an Iron Cross 1st Class. Does anybody know who these two pilots are ? I would be very grateful if their identity could be ascertained.

Kind regards

Jochen Prien
Reply With Quote