Thank you for clearing up the mystery behind the "Unqualified Air Gunner" badge: we now know WHY it existed--for "flying personnel" who could not pass the written part of the final exam!
Great pic of Kupfer !
I've the same picture in a book about Geschwader Jmmelmann,but it's not that clear.
It's a full shot with Kupfer's radioman behind him.
This "scarface"Pilot is one of my favorites.
As a former Army artillerieman he was still wearing his Army dagger in the Luftwaffe and kept his own horse.
Great guy.
After a while he had to sell his pig to the other guys on the next photo.
His Stuka was constantly in the diving mode when the pig was sitting on him !
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