Original private portrait of
Unteroffizier d.R. Ferdinand Roos
3./Pionier B. 6
RK 16.08.1943
Kursk Battle (Operation "Zitadelle")
Pionier Roos crawled, alone, 300 m in front of the German lines in order to explode a bridge over the Kroma River. He was continuously under enemy fire sustaining 3 shrapnel wounds in his left hand and face. Whilst still 250 m away from the bridge he was shot through the lung. Still he did not give up. Once at the bridge he blew a mine he carried as well as 5 others which a pioneer team had left there. Roos then crawled back. Weak from the loss of blood he was taken to hospital, recovering finally in the Homburg hospital where he received his RK. This portrait was taken by a photographer in Homburg.
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Unteroffizier d.R. Ferdinand Roos
3./Pionier B. 6
RK 16.08.1943
Kursk Battle (Operation "Zitadelle")
Pionier Roos crawled, alone, 300 m in front of the German lines in order to explode a bridge over the Kroma River. He was continuously under enemy fire sustaining 3 shrapnel wounds in his left hand and face. Whilst still 250 m away from the bridge he was shot through the lung. Still he did not give up. Once at the bridge he blew a mine he carried as well as 5 others which a pioneer team had left there. Roos then crawled back. Weak from the loss of blood he was taken to hospital, recovering finally in the Homburg hospital where he received his RK. This portrait was taken by a photographer in Homburg.
WJW
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