Lets see your Panzer crew member Soldbuchs

[Panzer Rob]

Very nice Soldbuch, Jim... Quite a listing of promotions on page 01! And of course, nice "wrapper" photo

Thanks for sharing it with us.
Rob

[PzV]

Rob, thanks, you will laugh but I picked this up on the same day that all the other ones were picked up (the GD group and Pz Afrika Korps group)! Naturally this is nothing in comparison to your new acquisition'!

Jim

[Alex Stefanut]

This is a more peculiar document lot, a Romanian Soldbuch and Wehrpass set (actually the Romanian equivalents) to a Romanian Tank Commander.

1st Lieutenant Sotir Gheorghe was a Renault R35 Tank Commander from the Romanian 2nd Tank Regiment. He was a platoon commander in the battles for Bessarabia in June to July 1941, and he went even to participate in the first stages of battles for Odessa.

On the day of July 23rd, while his R35 platoon was engaged in an armed recon mission near the village of Plateievca, his tank took three direct hits, alongside a second tank from his platoon. Unfortunately, both 1st Lieutenant Sotir and his crewman/driver Sergeant Major Nicolae Nedov (a Romanian volunteer from Bessarabia) died in the flaming tank.

For his actions, he was awarded the highest Romanian military order for bravery, Michael the Brave third class.

[Alex Stefanut]

[Alex Stefanut]

His CO, and an image from the memorial service held by his unit and his comrades.

[Panzer Rob]

This is a more peculiar document lot, a Romanian Soldbuch and Wehrpass set (actually the Romanian equivalents) to a Romanian Tank Commander.

1st Lieutenant Sotir Gheorghe was a Renault R35 Tank Commander from the Romanian 2nd Tank Regiment. He was a platoon commander in the battles for Bessarabia in June to July 1941, and he went even to participate in the first stages of battles for Odessa.

On the day of July 23rd, while his R35 platoon was engaged in an armed recon mission near the village of Plateievca, his tank took three direct hits, alongside a second tank from his platoon. Unfortunately, both 1st Lieutenant Sotir and his crewman/driver Sergeant Major Nicolae Nedov (a Romanian volunteer from Bessarabia) died in the flaming tank.

For his actions, he was awarded the highest Romanian military order for bravery, Michael the Brave third class.

Absolutely fascinating, Alex! This is the very first Romanian "Tanker" Soldbuch I have ever seen and the info you have on his unit, career and especially the info on the battle in which he perished makes it all the more impressive. Thank you very much for sharing it with us.

Rob, thanks, you will laugh but I picked this up on the same day that all the other ones were picked up (the GD group and Pz Afrika Korps group)! Naturally this is nothing in comparison to your new acquisition'!

Jim

Thanks, Jim

Rob

[christof]

Yes very nice and rare pay book, I'm jalous

[nonameno]

Hi Alex,
Wow! What a wonderful and rarely seen historical grouping!
Thank you for sharing it with us,
Curtiss

[Alex Stefanut]

Hi Alex,
Wow! What a wonderful and rarely seen historical grouping!
Thank you for sharing it with us,
Curtiss

Curtiss, Rob,

Many thanks for the kind words gentlemen. I was after this group for a long time, and now it is mine, and I am very proud for it.

My very best to you all,

Alex

[Panzer Rob]

Thought I'd bring this one back up to the top!
Anyone else have any Panzer/StuG/AFV crew IDs they'd like to share?

Rob

[Admiraal]

Just stumbled upon this thread again due to searching more info about a Sturmgeschütz Brig. 667 Soldbuch i got.. lets post something to get this thread going again, for Rob

Its not as great as the other ID´s shown here, but here is a Panzerjeager soldbuch of a Schütze who climbed up to become a Sturmgeschütz Leutnant
He did fight (and got wounded) as a trained Sturmgeschütz Leutnant, but till now its unknown to me in which unit. Probably in one of the many kampfgruppe formed from the panzer schule.

[Admiraal]

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[Panzer Rob]

Its not as great as the other ID´s shown here, but here is a Panzerjeager soldbuch of a Schütze who climbed up to become a Sturmgeschütz Leutnant
He did fight (and got wounded) as a trained Sturmgeschütz Leutnant, but till now its unknown to me in which unit. Probably in one of the many kampfgruppe formed from the panzer schule.

Rick,

I had a look and cannot find any entries in the pages shown that confirm he served as a StuG crew member/commander..... Which entries lead you to believe he was?


Rob

[Admiraal]

Rick,

I had a look and cannot find any entries in the pages shown that confirm he served as a StuG crew member/commander..... Which entries lead you to believe he was?


Rob

Somewhere in 1943 he started his officer training.
After that he went to Panzer-Lehrgänge Oldebroek (Netherlands).
And after that he went to 4. Panzerjäger-Sturmgeschutz-Lehr-Kompanie at Panzertruppen-schule Bergen (Germany).

Panzertruppenschule Bergen
Lehrtruppen-Abteilung
Stab (1.6.44) (101107a)
Panzerjäger-Sturmgeschütz-Lehr-Kompanie (7,5cm StuK) (101149 1.5.44)
Panzerjäger-Lehr- und Versuchs-Kompanie (101143 1.6.44)

I´ll attach some pictures: