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    Afrika Korps, Italy Flak Wehrpaß

    I picked up this interesting Wehrpass yesterday at the flea market of a Flak soldier who was in north Africa, wounded and then in Italy. What is interesting are the aircraft listing which were shot down to qualify for the Flak badge, many of which were Spitfires and Thunderbolts. Pages 1 to 3.
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    unit listing and Flak Richtkanonier function
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      #3
      promotions and decorations (German-Italian medal, wound badge in black and cuff title "Afrika")and places of actions pages
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        wound listing and Flak Badge entry
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          notation that he was in Africa from 21 July, 1942 through 25 Janauary, 1943 and listing of shoot-down entries (first one is a Mustang and the next 3 are Lightnings!). The next two pages list 6 Spitfires, 3 Thunderbolts, 1 Typhoonand a "Kittyhawk" all being shot down in Italy and listing the time and location.
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            the last page listing 2 "Kittyhawks" and two Thunderbolts shot down over Rimini and Cesena. This soldier was killed on 9 April, 1945 by a bomb hit and a letter from his former Zugführer is also with the group.
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              #7
              Great WP.
              Did you find it at the 2 days flea market at the "Dultplatz" in Regensburg?

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                #8
                no, at my local flea market and also picked up the following items and a bit more!- yesterday was great weather and very full
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                  #9
                  Nice WP.

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                    #10
                    very, very nice WP....

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                      #11
                      Man , I miss those flea markets!
                      Jeff

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                        #12
                        Very interesting WP...I live in Florence not so far from the little town of Rufina...a place in wich (according with the WP records of the shot down ariplant n.6) a spitfire was shot down on 17.08.44....

                        thanks for sharing

                        Alessio

                        ps: a dear friend of mine, a few years ago, found in an old barn Just in Rufina a very nice and camoed heer M35 dd...

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                          #13
                          That is the first time I have seen downed aircraft entered in a passbook. That is really a neat Wehrpaß. Congrats.
                          Last edited by Edward; 09-30-2012, 08:20 PM.

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                            #14
                            Jeff, the flea markets are not always that good, but this time it was. Edward, I have seen a seperate listing of shoot-downs, but also never one in the Wehrpass. I found it interesting that "points" were given for each shoot-down and this shows that the Flak badge did require some heavy action to be awarded. Alessio, those are the best finds!

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by alessio cammelli View Post
                              Very interesting WP...I live in Florence not so far from the little town of Rufina...a place in wich (according with the WP records of the shot down ariplant n.6) a spitfire was shot down on 17.08.44....

                              thanks for sharing

                              Alessio

                              ps: a dear friend of mine, a few years ago, found in an old barn Just in Rufina a very nice and camoed heer M35 dd...
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                              I noted this point too, Alessio!
                              Nice Wehrpass

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