Help ID JG53 Pilots

[Red Baroness]

Originally Posted by Adriano Baumgartner

By the way, the guy on the right side indeed looks familiar...an early ( 1939-40 ) member of JG 53???
Adriano Baumgartner

I think so, Adriano; but it's not who I thought it was, the rank doesn't match.

Sorry about that, lack of sleep. LOL.

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Schirmmutze,
YES, each volume - of the 3 set volume of PRIEN´s work on JG 53 - costs 90 US$, BUT they are really worth! A magnificent work of HISTORY, with interviews, a lot of photos, etc...One of the actual HISTORIANS I trully admire. You won´t be disappointed.
Yours and a Merry Christmas
Adriano Baumgartner

[Schirmmutze]

Merry Christmas Adriano and to all here!

I had a very lucky discovery today. Looking on youtube I found this footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0vIOCEDjoI

Here's the extended footage (unfortunately a lot lower quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTuKqr7N0h4

I am convinced it was filmed on or around the same day that the portrait photos that I bought were taken.

I believe Leutnant Moller is the one who picks up the dog with his glove and passes it around. I recognise 2 other "dog handlers" from the other photos that were on ebay but I didn't manage to win those.

More well known faces in the film include Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke and Günther von Maltzahn.

My Christmas came early!