He111 Hs of KG55 on a night raid to the UK, note the randomly applied black mottling over the fuselage and upper wings
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And the Corgi model of HE111 E from the above photo.Comment
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An oxygen bottle From He111 G1+FA of the stab staffel KG55 which was shot down by six Hurricanes during an attack on Portsmouth on the 12th July 1940, the Heinkel crashed landed near the "Horse and Jockey" Hipley, outside Portsmouth. Oblt. Kleinhanns obeserver was killed, but the four other crew survived the crash.Last edited by jim murray; 06-05-2011, 09:33 AM.Comment
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Photo 1. Feldwebel John-Christian Mohn was the pilot of G1+FA when it was shot down on the 12th of July 1940.
Photo 2. He111 G1+FA at "Horse and Jockey".Comment
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A slection of aerial photos from III gruppe KG55 taken by Hapt. Weber on the 10th July 1943 in southern Russia. (showing 4 of 10 photos taken at the time)
Note the explosions on the first photo.Last edited by jim murray; 06-05-2011, 05:14 PM.Comment
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The back of two of the photos, one has the gruppe stamp and the other has printed details attached to the back of the photo.Last edited by jim murray; 06-05-2011, 05:15 PM.Comment
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This is the first of the Honour Goblets I have to members of KG55. It was awarded to Unteroffizier Erich Knoll a bordmechaniker (flight engineer) with 5th staffel KG55. The group consists of his honour goblet, award documents, soldbuch, flugbuch, a presentation photograph of Hermann Goring dedicated to Erich Knoll for his completion of 100 combat flights and signed by his stkpt. Willie Antrup, KC winner 13/11/42 and 28 of his combat photos of 5th staffel.
Erich Knoll flew 128 combat flights between 21/12/1940 and 5/6/1942 when he was injured when his He111 crashed on its return flight on his 128 mission. His first two combat flights were when he was still at flight school and were raids to London.
Erich Knoll was awarded the EKII, EKI, the Frontflugspange in bronze, silver and gold. He was awarded the honour goblet on the 10th July 1942 and according to his soldbuch he was awarded the Krim, Cholm and the Narvik shieldsLast edited by jim murray; 06-06-2011, 05:40 PM.Comment
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The first pic. shows the presentation photograph of Hermann Goring. (the frame is not original to the photograph).
The second pic. shows a photo of Erich (on the left) beside Oblt Robert Seib KC winner 9/10/1943.Last edited by jim murray; 06-06-2011, 05:01 PM.Comment
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Pic. one shows the presentation photograph of Hermann Goring dedicated to Unteroffizier Erich Knoll for his completion of his 100th mission.
Pic. two shows a close up the dedication and the signature of Willie Antrup.Comment
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Erich Knoll's Soldbuch and the page that shows his awards, note Krim, cholm and Narvik shield entries.Comment
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Erich Knoll's Flugbuch, shows the entries of his flights to LondonComment
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Erich Knoll's Bordmechaniker badge and EKII documents and his Frontflugspane in Bronze and Silver documentsLast edited by jim murray; 06-06-2011, 05:31 PM.Comment
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The original photo of Erich Knoll and Robert SeibComment
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