Two pictures - any info would be great!

[Noor]

Hi all,

I got yesterday on the regular market some pictures. I dont collect pictures but I liked them, so I bought few.
When someone have any ideas about the uniforms, who they are, etc, it would be great. This one helmet looks old WW1 period M16 model to me. Also what Luft. truck it is in the next picture?

[jmark]

Is that von Kluge second from left?

[Larry deZeng]

Noor wrote:

Also what Luft. truck it is in the next picture?

It appears to be a garden variety Mercedes military troop transporter. I don't see anything about it that would suggest some special purpose nor any distinguishable markings that might indicate a particular Luftwaffe unit.

--Larry

[Noor]

On the left mud guard, looks like Luft eagle to me . But of course I am not 100% sure.

[Larry deZeng]

On the left mud guard, looks like Luft eagle to me . But of course I am not 100% sure.

Yes, I saw that, and the paint around it is probably yellow. If so, then it would indicate "Fliegertruppe" as opposed to Luftnachrichtentruppe or the Flakartillerie. That would make the unit the truck belonged to a flying unit or the numerous units that supported the flying units (airfield commands, aircraft maintenance units, supply units and related).

--Larry

[harmel]

Any info

Nice photo of the Generals etc.

Jason it is von Kluge,the Luft officer taking the salute
is General der Flieger Hans Halm as Cmdr of Luftkreis 1V(Munster)1935-38
he later in 1939 transferred to the Army.Kluge was at the time was Cmdr
of 6th Corps as well as Cmdr if Military District 4.
Harmel

[Larry deZeng]

The old "boy" was 60 when the war started.

HALM, Hans. (DOB: 24.02.79 in Rappoltsweiler/Elsass). 01.04.34 entry into the Luftwaffe with a rank of Gen.Lt. and appt Präsident der Höheren Luftamt Münster. 01.03.35 appt Befehlshaber in Luftkreis IV, Münster. 01.10.35 promo to Gen.d.Flieger. 31.03.38 retired. 26.08.39 recalled to the Heer (Army) and appt Kommandierender Gen. des stellvertreter VIII. Armeekorps und Bef. im Wehrkreis VIII. 17.04.40 promo to General der Infanterie. 01.05.42 available but without assignment. 30.06.42 retired. †09.10.57 in Kronberg/Taunus.

--Larry

[Noor]

I went to the market today as well and dig out some new pictures.
Any comment and info would be very nice, because I dont know almost anything

Picture 1 Zeppelin????



Picture 2 Crashed Junkers -52



Picture 3 Panzer guy with ......



Picture 4 Some guys again



Picture 5 Officers



Picture 6 Commander?

[jmark]

I went to the market today as well and dig out some new pictures.
Any comment and info would be very nice, because I dont know almost anything

Picture 1 Zeppelin????

Picture 1 shows a Zeppelin over Friedrichshafen on the Bodensee (Lake Constance). Friedrichshafen is forever associated with the airships because they were first built there by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. The first Zeppelin airship made its inaugural flight over the Bodensee in 1900. Today, there's an interesting museum dedicated to them.

Hope that helps
Jason

[Elwyn]

Thanks to Harmel who identified the first few officers, I can complete the rest:

Third from left: GenMj August Schmidt, Kmdr LuftgauKmdo X which was part of Luftkreis IV in Muenster -- these things are so confusing -- which then became LuftgauKmdo VI (now being consistent with the Wehrkreis number).

Second from left: GenMj Gerhard Glokke, Gen zbv VI Corp under v Kluge

First from left: GenMj Johannes Lentzsch, HoehererKmdr Flak, Luftkreis IV


Cheers
Elwyn

[Elwyn]

"left" in the previous reply should of course read "right"

Cheers
Elwyn

[S Ballantyne]

Truck

Hi there,

The first truck photo you posted is a Mercedes L3000.

Cheers
Steve

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Noor, the truck in pic 4 you posted tonight is a captured British Bedford OX impressed in German service post Dunkirk.

Cheers, Ade.

[Noor]

Thanks guys for a great information!

I dont collecting TR period and I am not collecting pictures, most of them are for a trade, if someone is interested.

[Noor]

And today as well I got in the market some pictures.
Agen, any info and comments would be great :jumping: .

Picture 7



Picture 8