Norwegian Pilots in Luftwaffe

[ju55dk]

Originally Posted by Jan Arne S

Hi Guys !
I just found a News paper article from August 1943 .
The article is about 8 Norwegian Pilots in LW , thay was in the same unit / group and placed at the Canal Coast .
I dont know anything more about this group except the name of one of the Pilots .
Arne Halvorsen .

Does any of You have any info about Norwegian pilots in Luftwaffe ?
What unit they was in , the name of the other 7 pilots , what kind of plane they flying .

I post the article , but text is in Norwegian .

This is my first post in this Forum , so I hope that You accept that my English in not the best .

Jan Arne

They were not pilots! Flieger is the same as a private, the lowest rank in Luftwaffe! They were probably attached to a FLAK-unit! As far as i know there were no Norwegian pilots in the Luftwaffe. A very few became crewmembers on bombers!

Junker

[Jan Arne S]

Hi Guys!
Thanks for Your input and reply .
But I`m not sure that is correct that no Norwegian where Pilots in Luftwaffe .
Here is one , Hans Bjørn Hæreid .

Jan Arne

[Kjetil Aakra]

Interesting topic.

That latter guy definitely seems to be a pilot, but I agree with Junker that the others in all likelihood were attached to a Flak unit or some other ground-based unit. Even so, the first article begins with "From somewhere on the Channel front, we eight Norwegian pilots, ...". This may be caused by the editor doing a direct translation of the rank "Flieger"?

It is almost fun to read these old newspapers as they so clearly belong to a different time. Both, especially the first article, are filled with propaganda and expressions we wouldn't use today (there's reference to the "English sickness", "jewish capitalism" and "the infernal bolshevism")! Interestingly, the first article refers to the parents not understanding what their youngs boys are up to!

Kjetil Aakra

[ju55dk]

Originally Posted by Jan Arne S

Hi Guys!
Thanks for Your input and reply .
But I`m not sure that is correct that no Norwegian where Pilots in Luftwaffe .
Here is one , Hans Bjørn Hæreid .

Jan Arne

Thanks for this newspaperclip. I have never heard of this guy! Is it possible to get a scan of the whole article? And what is the date/year? I'm able to read it as I am from Denmark!

Junker

[Jan Arne S]

Hi Guys !
Thanks !
The article is from 11.des. 1944 .
I have about 1400 period Norwegian News Papers .
I will scan the rest of the article the coming weekend .

And here is Pilot no. 2 .
No photo of this guy , his name is Rudolf Bratteng from Bergen .
He had served 2. mounths in Tunisia and later in the fights over Sicily. Article is from 2. mars 1944 . Sems like he could be a 2.Pilot or Co. Pilot .

Jan Arne

[ju55dk]

Originally Posted by Jan Arne S

Hi Guys !
Thanks !
The article is from 11.des. 1944 .
I have about 1400 period Norwegian News Papers .
I will scan the rest of the article the coming weekend .

And here is Pilot no. 2 .
No photo of this guy , his name is Rudol Bratteng from Bergen .
He had served 2. mounths in Tunisia and later in the fights over Sicily. Article is from 2. mars 1944 . Sems like he could be a 2.Pilot or Co. Pilot .

Jan Arne

Thank's this is highly interesting. Untill now I only knew of Harald Hougen who was Bordschütze in KG 30 and Alf Lie who did some flighttraining with FFS A 43 but ended up with the Fallschirmjäger. Both were sentenched to 3 years in prison after the war!

Junker

[Jan Arne S]

Hi Juncker !
Her is an article about Alf Halvdan Lie from Mysen .

Jan Arne

[Jan Arne S]

PS ! Dont know if it allowed to post pics of WSS personel ? If it`s not let me know and I will remove the pics . Photo of Alf Halvdan Lie .

Jan Arne

[B.F.M. Droog]

Hello all,

Here's some information on Norwegians in the Luftwaffe:

'Norwegians in the service of the German Luftwaffe were much the same as those in the Kriegsmarine. No national unit was ever formed, and an accurate total is, once again, not known. There were likely between 1-3,000 such volunteers. Much like the Norwegian NS party Hirdmarinen and Unghirdmarinen, there also existed an air-related youth branch, the equal of the German Flieger-Hitlerjugend, called the Hirdens Flykorpset. It too provided young recruits to the German Luftwaffe, the first batch being transfered in 1943.'
Source: Norwegian Volunteers in the German Wehrmacht in WWII

The Hirdens Flykorpset

This organization was the Hird Air Section of the National Union. This group was organized in 1942, and it served mainly as a training ground for entrance into the German Luftwaffe, much like the NSFK in Germany itself. (The NSFK served to train Germans prior to entrance into the actual Luftwaffe, and the Hitlerjugend had its own form of NSFK designed to specifically train HJ members prior to entrance into the Luftwaffe). The first group of trained members from the Hirdens Flykorpset was sent to the Luftwaffe in February, 1943. Members of this organization were trained in principals of gliding and powered flight.

Source: Norwegian Collaborationish Forces During WWII

See also: Norwegian Legion Military and Feldpost History

And maybe this site will contain some relevant information: Nordic Aviation during WW2

Regards,

Bart