Gerlach (LW RKT) picture from Soldbuch

[Daniele Tirelli]

Hello!
While putting some order to my photos, I found this one I had forgotten about. It's a small portrait of Hauptm. Gerlach, Student´s private pilot who won his KC for his part of the rescue of Mussolini during the Gran Sasso-raid, when bringing him to Rome aboard of his Fieseler Storch (with Skorzeny).

My guess is that this portrait has been taken off his Soldbuch.

Surely an impossible thing, I know, but does anyone know if his soldbuch has ever surfaced? Would make a sense to keep them together.

Thanks!
Daniele

[Ian Jewison]

Would be nice to put the two together again Danielle!

Definitely taken from the Soldbuch as the reverse (inverted!) bears the "10 Commandments of Warfare of the German Soldier", normally printed or a pasted in sheet to the inside cover.

/Ian

[JeremyJ]

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As noted it would be nice to reunite the photo with the Soldbuch.

Unfortunately not one I have ever seen surface. A shame because RKT to transportflieger are quite unique.

Nice photo.

Jeremy