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A super little group I recently picked up on the estand. It's to a Feldwebel Ferdinand Ruhr of 10th and 4th staffels. The group consists of his Pilots badge, EKII, EKI, Frontflug-Spange bar in bronze, a number of wartime and postwar pins and tinnies, his Wehrpass, Pilots licence, Third Reich ID and some other paperwork.
Ferdinand Ruhr joined 10th staffel of IV gruppe KG55 on the 26th of June 1943 after completing his pilot training, IV gruppe was the training gruppe of KG55 and was based in Dijon in France, he was there untill the 26th of October 1943 when he transfered to 4th staffel KG55 in Russia, he served with 4th staffel till 16th of April 1945.
During his time with 4th staffel he was awarded the Findflug-Spange bar in Bronze on the 18th of May 1944, the EKII on the 31st of May 1944 and the EKI on the 31st December 1944. When 4th staffel along with the rest of II Gruppe converted to fighters on the 1st of October 44 (II/ KG (J)55) Ferdinand Ruhr qulified to fly Me. 109s as you will see from his pilots licence. He survived the war and became a primary school teacher. Ferdinand Ruhr died on the 11th October 1989 at the age of 67.Last edited by jim murray; 08-02-2011, 06:18 PM.Comment
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Couldn't agree more. I love paperwork!Originally posted by jim murray View Post
I just stumbled across this thread and must say that it is fantastic. Keep up the good work.
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Pic 1. Feldwebel Ferdinand Ruhr's Pilots badge and his Frontflug-Spange bar in bronze.
Pic 2. His EKI and EKIILast edited by jim murray; 08-02-2011, 06:19 PM.Comment
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Hi Jim,Originally posted by jim murray View Post
Any chance Knoll's Flugbuch shows his flights to Cholm? And was he with KG55 at the time?
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His Pilots licence, note the Me. 109s qualification.Comment
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A close up of the Me. 109 qualification.Comment
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His Wehrpass.Comment
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Pages from his Wehrpass showing the units he served with and his awards.Comment
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Document comfirming his award of the frontflug spange bar in bronze.Last edited by jim murray; 08-02-2011, 06:10 PM.Comment
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Document to update his Wehrpass.Comment
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A close up of his Pins and Tinnies and a photo taken in 1959 showing Ferdinand as a teacher with his class.Last edited by jim murray; 08-02-2011, 06:31 PM.Comment
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This group is to a Lt. Erich Werner a pilot with the Stab staffel KG55 he was a holder of the Honour goblet awarded on the 1st of November 1943 and the German Cross in Gold awarded on the 16th of January 1944. He flew 212 combat flights with KG55. The group consists of His Flugbuch, his Flugzeugfuhrerschein, five original photographs in their original frames and two booklets of the postwar KG55 veterans assocation which has lists of all it's members (very handy for research on other groups).Last edited by jim murray; 08-10-2011, 04:56 PM.Comment
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