and Kurt Konefke grave at Futa Pass
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Always a Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 93, always a very Young pionier, but a soldbuch.... (Without gas mask)Comment
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Wilhelm Hartmann, born on october 1926! enlisted enrolled in March 1944 in Pio. Ers. Asb. Btl 33,
then form july 1944 in the Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 93 of the 26 Pz.Div.Comment
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On July 12, 1944, he receive his Kar98; on that date, the 26th Divi. fights in southern Tuscany, around Grosseto
(A post war stamp of the French military gendarmerie)Comment
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check of the 93Comment
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Wounded on September 13, 1944, one of day with most lermans lost days f on the Gothic line ...... from 00 am to 5 am of September 13, 1944, just under a thousand cannons fired incessantly to prepare the Aallied attack for the second battle Of Coriano, the resolutive one .. but it is a clear 31a: so a rifle bullet or Bren, or a Sherman Browning, then means after the bombing, and therefore almost certainly between 5 and 9 hours of the morning, exactly at Passano, the place of the 26 Panzer Division on Coriano line, against the Gurkha supported from the Queens Bays ShermanComment
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Wilhelm is evacuated in Germany and will stay in the hospital until the end of the war. It is a serious injury (silver badge) , and an Ek 2 was givenlate for five months by the Lazarett Officier where he had been hospitalized...Comment
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PassanoComment
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Passano it is a small village with few houses and a church, a place from large vineyards (Sangiovese Superiore) and olive trees...
From far away with San Marino in the backgroundComment
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Wilhelm was injured around the Church of PassanoComment
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the military driver's license of WilhelmComment
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and finally a special photo (two views of the same Panzer IV, with and without German prisoners) taken between San Savino and Passano on 13/14 September .......Comment
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super! the 26.pz div together with the 29.pzgren div is my favourite divisionComment
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Thank you Daniele!Originally posted by Daniele C View Post
I suppose your fondness for 26 and 29 Pz.Div. is mostly for their panzer IV (and then Panthers for the 26) .... I got one just these days (from a trade) with Panzerkampfabzeichen, and when I have a moment I'll add it here here
ciao amico mio
OrianoComment
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Nice additions Oriano ! Very interesting. I love Pz Pionier Batl. unit, but I have only one (Pz Pio. Btl. 86/9. Pz Div.)...
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