Wehrpass with entrys Fighting of Festung Tobruk

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Hello

Here is a new Wehrpass from militaria Börse in Flonheim today .Very nice is the entry 26 Flights of Festung Tobruk , english Air Force and other on Westegypt

Regards Thomas

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[Larry deZeng]

01.08.1942
Die Gruppe ist schon früh unterwegs. Etwas 9 Besatzungen bomben zwischen 03.40 und 07.45 Uhr den Bahnhof von Kropotkin, einen wichtigen Eisenbahnknotpunkt an der Linie von Tichorezk nach Armavir im Vorfeld des Kaukasus. Im Zielgebiet kommt es zu Luftkämpfen mit Yak-1 der 16. GIAP (Gwaardeiskij Istrebitel'naja Awiatsionnaja Diwizija). In dem Luftkampf rammt die Besatzung Ofw. Helmut Grubert eine andere Maschine. Ihre L1+BS stürzt ab, die Besatzung bleibt vermisst.

8. Staffel/Lehrgeschwader 1
Ju 88 A-4 (L1+BS) Wk.Nr. 144092, 100%.
FF Ofw. Helmut Grubert, VM
BO Ogefr. Hans Becker, VM
BF Uffz. Georg Schelshorn, VM
BS Fw. Ernst Hochreuther, VM.

Source:
Taghon, Peter. Die Geschichte des Lehrgeschwaders 1: Dokumentation über Aufstellung, Ausrüstung, Einsatz und Ende eines Kampfgeschwaders der Luftwaffe, Zusammengestellt aus Kriegstagebüchern, Dokumenten und Berichten. Band II (Zweibrücken: VDM Heinz Nickel, 2004). Seiten 130 u. 508.

Herr REDVIPER: was Obergefreiter Becker taken prisoner by the Russians and then returned to Deutschland after the war, or was he killed on 01.08.1942?

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[Ian Jewison]

Nachname: Becker
Vorname: Hans
Dienstgrad:
Geburtsdatum: 13.03.1919
Geburtsort:
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 01.08.1942
Todes-/Vermisstenort: Krim Halbinsel Raum / Nikolajew Gebiet/

Nach den uns vorliegenden Informationen ist die o. g. Person seit 01.08.1942 vermi******223;t.

http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche...7ED1D07BAED1E6

[Larry deZeng]

So, Becker was killed, probably when his plane went down since no 'chutes were observed.

That raises the question then as to how his Wehrpaß went from the possession of his Staffel into the collector's marketplace. Was it common practice after the war for the West German government to gather up all these documents of the killed and missing and dump them on the market? Or were they returned to surviving relatives during or after the war and then they later sold them? It seems like it must be the latter.

[peter u]

Hello,

This is one of the many MIA wp/sb groups that came on the market in the early 90's.
Most of them where just split up by the dealers.
The origin of these wp/sb's is the German archive for MIA luftwaffe air crews.
That archive was liberated from his material in the 90's.
I leave it to your own imagination how they left the archive.....
If you have trouble with your conscience; you better don't collect MIA aircrew wp/sb's.

Cheers,
Peter

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@Ian & BHS1956 Thank you very much for your information that was a fantastic help for me

I buy it from a photo collector the have allways only photos ( but I think he is any from the bigest collectors in germany for photos ) .And the funny is that a friend tell me before 1 hour that this Wehrpass was in his collection and he give it up to Mister Berkel and from this comes of any mystery way to the photo collector .But I was happy that I can buy for my collection

Regards Thomas