Luftwaffe Personnel Post War Employment

[Edward L. Hsiao]

Gentlemen,

I knew there were plenty of pilots from the wartime Luftwaffe that went to Spain after WWII to work for the Spanish leader Franco as advisors for the Spanish Air Force and civil aviation.

Sincerely,

Edward L. Hsiao

[Schlageter]

Great information!

Do you have names and more details about these advisors in Spain!

Thanks a lot

[noggin]

Major Ulrich Knauth KG 4 and later JG units ended up in Spain with the state civil airforce. He died in 1974 , his son and grandson are still in senior position in the Spanish air frieght business.

[James A Pratt III]

A number of ex Luftwaffe as well as army and navy personel worked for the US, British and French during the Berlin airlift.

[Nick Hector]

Karl-Heinz Nebel ex 9./JG 51 became a builder post-war and built the house (complete with Ochs-und-Schaf Bar) that he was living in when Ashley Lamb and myself interviewed him in 2004

[RT]

Don't forget those who ended in the french foreign legion, like Siegfried Freytag,

Rémi

[Nick Hector]

Originally Posted by RT

Don't forget those who ended in the french foreign legion, like Siegfried Freytag,

Rémi

Jeez... You're quick, mate. Refer you to the very first post in this thread.

[Edward L. Hsiao]

Gentlemen,

I was thinking very hard about what other named Luftwaffe pilots besides Siegfried Freytag that end up in the French Foreign Legion. So far I couldn't think of any. Most of them had end up as ground infantryman. Maybe a few ended up flying helicopters. There was one former Stuka pilot that wrote his autobiography about his time not only as a Stuka pilot,but also as a infantryman in the French Foreign Legion. Unfortunately it's not in English language. I think his last name was Ellers.

Sincerely,

Edward L. Hsiao

[Andrew Arthy]

Edward,

You are thinking of Bernhard Ellwanger (17.02.1924-11.01.2011).

Cheers,
Andrew A.
Air War Publications - www.airwarpublications.com/earticles

[Tony Kambic]

Robert Mason commented about an ex-Luftwaffe pilot "Frank Gotler' flying Hueys with him in Mason's fascinating book "ChickenHawk" about the War in Vietnam. He noted Gotler's German accent.

Tony