Was there a Luftwaffe airfield fireservice in North Africa (DAK)???

[Guenter Braun]

Hello!

Since several years I'm researching about the airfield firefighting service of the Luftwaffe. Usually the firemen were not soldiers but civilian employees. In pre-WW2 time they had a special firefighter uniform. After the beginning of the war the most of the firemen became soldiers to protect them by the international war regulations. All firemen received a new uniform based on the pattern for Luftwaffebeamte.

The regulation LDv 5 says, air traffic is only allowed if fire service is available.

I checked many books and many pictures but found no indication that there was a Luftwaffe fireservice in North Africa.

Are there any information about or pictures showing firemen in North Africa?


Thanks in advance for all answers!


Regards
Guenter


P.S.: Please see two of my pictures at http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=489856

[SIS 5]

Hi Guenther,

in the book "Blitzkrieg" by Ian Baxter I think I have found a pic of a Henschel type 33 as a so called Flugplatz-Tankspritze TS 2,5 on an airfield in Northern Africa.
If You want, I can send You the scanned pic by E-mail. My adress: b.nold@t-online.de

Regards

Bertram

[Guenter Braun]

Hi Betram,


thank you for this information!

Until now I did assign Blitzkrieg only with Poland and France and not with North Africa.

An email is on the way to you.


Regards
Guenter