Color War Slides from Ian

[i.spring]

Happy New Year guys !!! Lots of good health in the new year !!


Ian










new addition for tonight:


German Bussing NAG G31 Kfz.77 radio truck. Unloading portable radio sets, Sicily May 1943.
https://pixpast.com/index.php?catalo...2&ctypes=photo

[Br. James]

Back at 'ya, Ian, with countless thanks for brightening up our days with your beautiful color slides! You are indeed a blessing here!

Br. James

[Chet Sowersby]

Ian,
Your color slides, and your willingness to keep posting them here on the forum makes you a true treasure to all of us. Many, many thanks!

Chet

[i.spring]

Thank you guys.


I do love the feedback... that lets me know that all the work I do for the pixpast archive is worth it


Think about how amazing pixpast will be when I get all my 33.000 color slides up there with good descriptions.. years of work but it will be a wonderful source of historcial photos and information for the future


Ian

[i.spring]

just back from a very long drive today.
Through a contact, I visited a family in West Germany on the border with France. So 6 hours drive and 6 hours back....


Result... there dad took 350 color slides from the Krim 1942 1943.. also more than 2500 black and white negatives and.....7 8mm private home movies from the russian front... including color private film of panzers and halftracks in snow camo ukraine 1942.


made the deal... got the goods


.... YIPPPEEEEE


the family actually were delighted some one was so interested in these old slides and photos. No one in the family wanted them any more and they were ending in the bin bag... if I hadnt been lucky and find them first


Ian

[H.W Plainview]

Wow ! Looking forward to see them.

[Lenny W]

just back from a very long drive today.
Through a contact, I visited a family in West Germany on the border with France. So 6 hours drive and 6 hours back....


Result... there dad took 350 color slides from the Krim 1942 1943.. also more than 2500 black and white negatives and.....7 8mm private home movies from the russian front... including color private film of panzers and halftracks in snow camo ukraine 1942.


made the deal... got the goods


.... YIPPPEEEEE


the family actually were delighted some one was so interested in these old slides and photos. No one in the family wanted them any more and they were ending in the bin bag... if I hadnt been lucky and find them first


Ian

Sounds like a great score and a fantastic thread as well

[stroh]

Ian,
Extremely pleased that you got to them before the garbage collector did!

Colour images from the war are rare to begin with, to lose any would be a crime.

[i.spring]

Thanks guys.


Im busy scanning the new collection at the moment.


Here is something a little different for the moment.
Two late war german publication magazines for the use and processing of photographical material for the military.
( Wehr-Photographische Mitteilungen )



I have 2 editions in my color photo publication library at home.


Really interesting to read.


Ian


Wehr Photographische Mitteilungen 1943 Heft 5


https://pixpast.com/index.php?catalo...6&ctypes=photo


Wehr-Photographische Mitteilungen 1943 Heft 4


https://pixpast.com/index.php?catalo...5&ctypes=photo





If anyone ever has any more of these, please get in contact with me. Id love to have a few more for my reference library


Thank you.
Ian

[i.spring]

Hi guys.


Here is a little information about the new war slide collection I acquired 2 weeks ago.


The photographer of the collection was a medical transport driver belonging to this unit:








Krankentransport-Abt. 562

Kranken-Transport-Abt. 562 * 26.08.1939 im Armeepaket "M" = Münster durch WK VI zu 3 später. 4 Kpn.
U: Armeetruppe: 5. Armee Niederrhein; 11.10.1939 6. Armee; 21.10.1939 12. Armee Eifel, Frankreich; 01.01.1941 17. Armee Südrußland (HGr. "A"); 1944/45 Italien OB "West"; 1. Kp. Eifel 5. Pz.Armee
E: 6 Iserlohn, WK VI



Nearlly all his 2500 negatives, 370 color slides and 7 8mm home movies come from his time in Ukraine 1941 to 1943. ( so 17. Armee )



End of 1943 his medical transport unit was sent to Southern France to refit and then 1944 was sent to Italy.


Does anyone have a map showing the path of movement of the 17th army in Ukraine 1941 to 1943 ?


Thank you.
Ian




ps. here is a map marking the locations I know he was in. Probably it dies show the path of the 17th army... but id like to me sure.

[i.spring]

Evening guys.


Here are the first color slides I got around to scanning from the new Krankentransport-Abt. 562 collection.


Ian

[NARVIK1940]

Ian, Please post any pictures you find of soldiers wearing medic helmets with red crosses if you run across any! Doubtful on the eastern front but maybe on the western front. Such pictures are very rare, and almost nonexistent in color.


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[R MICHAEL]

Ian,


Love these new additions! The scan #8 looks like a 38 ford. Love how he took a photo of the fender so we all know which unit!


All the best, Mike

Evening guys.


Here are the first color slides I got around to scanning from the new Krankentransport-Abt. 562 collection.


Ian

[i.spring]

Ian, Please post any pictures you find of soldiers wearing medic helmets with red crosses if you run across any! Doubtful on the eastern front but maybe on the western front. Such pictures are very rare, and almost nonexistent in color.


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I will keep my eye open. Im working through the new collection as we speak


Ian

[i.spring]

Ian,


Love these new additions! The scan #8 looks like a 38 ford. Love how he took a photo of the fender so we all know which unit!


All the best, Mike

Hi Mike.


What really makes this collection fantastic is that the family of the soldier who took the slides, negatives and film are telling me all the mans stories and helping me ID locations and extra info about the photos


I love my hobby


Ian