Nahaufklarungsgruppe 5 & 11 questions
I am attempting to research an Airgunner who's documents I have tried to make some sense of.
He was awarded all 3 grades of Aufklarer badges the bronze was to him on Jan 43, but no unit is shown next to his name but has Nahaufklarungsgruppe 5 at the bottom right below the signature, could this be a late issue of this document ?, his other two documents are to nahaufklarung staffel 1/11 his first being dated 7 May 43, before this unit was formed ?, could this be a a late award also ?. The strange thing is that if he served as his bronze award states with nahaufklarungsgruppe 5, there does not appear to be a record of them ever joining nahaufklarungsgruppe 11, so am quite confused, lastly the photos which accompanied this group seem to have FW 189 aircraft only, having looked at some photos of nahaufklarungsgruppe 11 in Italy I have only seen me109 and me110 aircraft only, does anyone know any differently ?. The Airgunner was Uffz Hans Kipka he was also awarded the IC 1 & 2nd class, survived the war and died in 1989. If anyone could help or have any ideas I would be very grateful, or any further information on Hans.
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