At the beginning of this year I was infected with the dangerous blue fever and now I have another relapse and ended buying a wonderful Flak Soldbuch.
As our moderator said the best way to keep this forum alive is to show our pieces so here I go with my last acquisition, hope you like it as much as I do.
Our friend Michael Gschossmann was born in Munich on December 12th, 1.916.
Prior to the war he enlisted in the LW and was posted to a unit serving in his area, Flak Regiment 5, more precise to its 5th Battery.
There he has a quite time till May 1.940 when he was tasked to protect the units from the II Armeekorps while taking a stroll into the French country.
After some time enjoying the pleasure of France his superiors decided that the unit need a change and sent them to a different climate area, Bodö, Norway where he served from October 1.940 till the beginning of the Russian campaign that pit and end to his peaceful time in the north and puss him and his comrades to fight in Norway and Finland till July 1.942 when change strike again and the unit was moved to the South of Russia. there he fought till mid January 1.943 when he was evacuated and taken to Reserve Lazarett Kaplitz on January 19th with some problems with congelation and was discharged on February 9th and sent to Ersatztruppen. Interesting he served with a light flak unit in Belgium and France prior to being sent to be retrained in searchlights.
Looks like he changed the action of shooting planes to discovering planes so other can shoot at them and start serving with Flak Scheinwerfer Abteilung 578 (o) defending the industrial area of Heydebrech which had a concentration of fabrics important for the synthetic oil industry so it was bombed as part of the Oil Campaign starting in June 1.944.
Now start my problems to date his movements as he was transferred to the Heer, he started his service with the above mentioned unit on July 10th, 1.944 but no date given to his transfer to the Heer.
Some clues:
- Security Check on September 1st, 1.944 was done by 2./Flak.Schw.Abt. 578 (o)
- He received equipment on September 21st from Marsch Kompanie Pz.Gren.Ers.Btl. 13
- He was promoted to Stabsgefreiter on December 1st, 1.944 by II./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 30
Apart for that we know he served with:
- v.Kp. II./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 30
- Kraftl.Pk.Ausb.u.Ers.Abt. 8 Breslau
- gem.Art.Ers.u.Ausb.Abt. (mot) 757 Kömerstadt
- Stab I (mot) A.R. 1548
Not a bad resume for a brave soldier.
Due being a replacement I can only guess that he was promoted to Gefreiter on October 1st, 1.939 as he was changed in page 19 his paying grade.
Despite suffering frostbite he never received the Wound Badge in Black, maybe not severe enough thanks for him.
During his career he received the next decorations,
Iron Cross 2nd class on September 5th, 1.941
Kampfabzeichen del Flakartillerie on April 10th, 1.942
Ostmedaille on August 12th, 1.942
Erdkampfabzeichen del Luftwaffe on March 25th, 1.943
The first three were stamped by L00792 (5./Flak Regiment 5)
For curiosity he received for a short time a French M16 rifle with bayonet an ammunition on August 8th, 1.944 and returned it on the 29th of the same month to his unit at that time L62867 (Flakscheinwerfer Abteilung 578 (o))
As another curiosity you can see that the soldier decide that best way not to loose his driving license was to glue it to his Soldbuch so we have two documents in one.
Hope you like it and any comment or additional info is welcomed.
Angel
As our moderator said the best way to keep this forum alive is to show our pieces so here I go with my last acquisition, hope you like it as much as I do.
Our friend Michael Gschossmann was born in Munich on December 12th, 1.916.
Prior to the war he enlisted in the LW and was posted to a unit serving in his area, Flak Regiment 5, more precise to its 5th Battery.
There he has a quite time till May 1.940 when he was tasked to protect the units from the II Armeekorps while taking a stroll into the French country.
After some time enjoying the pleasure of France his superiors decided that the unit need a change and sent them to a different climate area, Bodö, Norway where he served from October 1.940 till the beginning of the Russian campaign that pit and end to his peaceful time in the north and puss him and his comrades to fight in Norway and Finland till July 1.942 when change strike again and the unit was moved to the South of Russia. there he fought till mid January 1.943 when he was evacuated and taken to Reserve Lazarett Kaplitz on January 19th with some problems with congelation and was discharged on February 9th and sent to Ersatztruppen. Interesting he served with a light flak unit in Belgium and France prior to being sent to be retrained in searchlights.
Looks like he changed the action of shooting planes to discovering planes so other can shoot at them and start serving with Flak Scheinwerfer Abteilung 578 (o) defending the industrial area of Heydebrech which had a concentration of fabrics important for the synthetic oil industry so it was bombed as part of the Oil Campaign starting in June 1.944.
Now start my problems to date his movements as he was transferred to the Heer, he started his service with the above mentioned unit on July 10th, 1.944 but no date given to his transfer to the Heer.
Some clues:
- Security Check on September 1st, 1.944 was done by 2./Flak.Schw.Abt. 578 (o)
- He received equipment on September 21st from Marsch Kompanie Pz.Gren.Ers.Btl. 13
- He was promoted to Stabsgefreiter on December 1st, 1.944 by II./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 30
Apart for that we know he served with:
- v.Kp. II./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 30
- Kraftl.Pk.Ausb.u.Ers.Abt. 8 Breslau
- gem.Art.Ers.u.Ausb.Abt. (mot) 757 Kömerstadt
- Stab I (mot) A.R. 1548
Not a bad resume for a brave soldier.
Due being a replacement I can only guess that he was promoted to Gefreiter on October 1st, 1.939 as he was changed in page 19 his paying grade.
Despite suffering frostbite he never received the Wound Badge in Black, maybe not severe enough thanks for him.
During his career he received the next decorations,
Iron Cross 2nd class on September 5th, 1.941
Kampfabzeichen del Flakartillerie on April 10th, 1.942
Ostmedaille on August 12th, 1.942
Erdkampfabzeichen del Luftwaffe on March 25th, 1.943
The first three were stamped by L00792 (5./Flak Regiment 5)
For curiosity he received for a short time a French M16 rifle with bayonet an ammunition on August 8th, 1.944 and returned it on the 29th of the same month to his unit at that time L62867 (Flakscheinwerfer Abteilung 578 (o))
As another curiosity you can see that the soldier decide that best way not to loose his driving license was to glue it to his Soldbuch so we have two documents in one.
Hope you like it and any comment or additional info is welcomed.
Angel
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