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    Walther Siegel Luftwaffe.

    A am interessed in Pictures of Walther Sigel,he was killed in a Aircraft accident in Norway in 1944.A friend in Trondheim have a pistol in holster belonged to Walther Sigel,his father was living in the crash area and the gun was found before german help crews found the wreckage in 1944. Interessed in information ,Pictures and of course very interessed in Pictures there Sigel carrying gun Best regards from Norway


    Walter Sigel (12 January 1906 – 8 May 1944) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Walter Sigel died on 8 May 1944 after crashing his Fieseler Storch into the Trondheimfjord.

    Sigel was the commanding officer of Sturzkampfgeschwader 76 during the Junkers Ju 87 dive bombing demonstration at Neuhammer, present-day Świętoszów, Poland, on 15 August 1939.
    Last edited by ayf; 05-20-2014, 04:47 PM.

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    A nice portrait of Walter, with writing on the back by his wife. She writes "Drontheim" instead of "Trondheim."

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      #3
      Visited the crash site a few years ago.
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      Collecting German award documents, other paperwork and photos relating to Norway and Finland.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Simon O. View Post
        Visited the crash site a few years ago.
        Wow, how did you locate the site?

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          #5
          Any chance of seeing this holster?

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