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Old 23rd March 2014, 15:36
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Maj Gerhard Merten

The above was a POW in Canada in 1943-can anyone tell me when and how he was captured?
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Re: Maj Gerhard Merten

Paratrooper ??
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Re: Maj Gerhard Merten

There was a Paratrooper officer named Gerhard Merten(s), who I think was involved in the rescue of Mussolini, but he was wounded in action in 1945.
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Re: Maj Gerhard Merten

Hi,

the paratrooper is Gerhard Mertins, + 1993 in Florida
Hilfegemeinschaft Kameraden der WaffennSS, postwar weaponexporteur BRD( selled north american F86 to Pakistan) Colonia dingidad, are some few parts in his live after the war.
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