Help in finding fate of Luftwaffe He 111 crew member

[rickback4444]

Hi,

I bought a portrait of a flier recently together with a postcard he sent home of a He 111 dropping a torpedo.

He has addressed it as from W. Wrinkler and the card is dated 16.12.43 from Thorn. He has signed it Walfy from I K B S Thorn?

Can he be identified by this?

Rick

[uschu4711]

Hello,

can you let us see the written part from the postcard,

Personally i think its a W. Winkler, and the sign Wolfi - a short from Wollfgang.

But for sure maybe the written help

regards

[Chris Goss]

Without a confirmation of the christian name, confirmation he was aircrew, confirmation he was a casualty, a very difficult ask. If he was aircrew on torpedo aircraft, this would indicate KG 26 or KG 77 but Thorn was not a training base for such aircraft. However, his unit would seem to be the Kampfbeobachterschule