Stalingrad ID 295 Soldbuch u Wehrpaß

[erichcraciun]

Here is yet another borring Soldbuch / Wehrpaß combination.

Sanitäts Feldwebel Georg Puppe from Leipzig, born in Leipzig in 1913.

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Puppe fulfilled his (prewar) military duty with IR 102 then after the beginning of the war spent the majority of hs time with famous 295. ID

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On 21. Januar 1943 he was wounded by "infanteriegeschoß Durchschuß link. Hüfte" (left hip) and was lucky enough to be flown out of the Kessel.

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His bettle record speaks for itself....all the major actions of the 295. ID.: Westfront, Ostfront - Stalingrad and Norwegen.

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Throughout al lthe campaigns, Puppe proved his bravery on numerous occassion.

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After recovering, Puppe took part in the rebuild of the division in Norway and ended the war there.

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The entire grouping...

[hennep11]

Nice grouping

[christof]

Yes for sure nice group, I'm jalous

[walter1010de]

Soldbuch und Wehrpass

Perfect!

Wish I had something like this

[Ian Jewison]

Very nice Erich!!!

He must have been one of the last to be air lifted out!?!?!!?!? Are there any entries to reflect this on page 12-13?

/Ian

[Panzer Rob]

A wonderful Soldbuch and Wehrpass set to a true Stalingrad veteran.

I'm very impressed.

Thank you for sharing it with us.
Rob

[erichcraciun]

Hello Ian

Nothing specific about being flown out, Stalingrad, bei der Truppe geblieben usw.

However, this piece of paper from the Reservelazerett Meschede from 30. March 1943. It just says that he was wounded in Stalingrad (underlined). I think it shows the importance of Puppe being wounded in Stalingrad and one of the last flown out.

Flughafen Pitomnik was captured on 16.1.1943. Was this the last airport in German hands. Who can tell me when Gumrak fell?

[FCG]

Very nice. After the loss of Pitomnik, the main airfield was Gumrak. The last landings at Gumrak were on January 21, 1943. After that, there were a few landings at Stalingradski, a landing strip of very poor quality. Stalingradski was lost on January 23.