Karl Wacha, training pilot?

[Jos L C]

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[Jos L C]

In the plane..

[François SAEZ]

in the pilot licence

[Ian Jewison]

Thats an interesting entry, it does state that Fw. Wacha is a flight instructor and also that he had large experience in Alpine flying!!!???

Looks like he was an instructor with Flugzeugführerschule A/B 14 Klagenfurt.

That is a very nice group, particularly for the rare licenses....the Austrian Glider Pilots license I have never seen before.

Nice to see that through his training he kept each license....normally these get split and/or thrown away!

Austian Glider license, "C" Glider membership card, Civil Glider license and Flugbuch, Luftwaffen Pilots License.
Also noted that he completed his "Blind flying" on AR 96, Bf 109 and FW 190!

The other items are interesting, binoculars and compass/equipment pouch....well worthy of further research!!!

Interestingly he appears to be an instructor from 1939 until 1944? I wonder if he went into combat in 1945?

/Ian

[François SAEZ]

Thanks all for the contribution

Here is the unit emblem (in color) as it appears in the books

[François SAEZ]

link on the unit

http://www.ww2.dk/air/schule/ffsab14.htm


Interesting to note that at the end of the war :"Disbanded 15.3.45, and was used to activate the 10. and 11. Fallschirm-Jäger-Divisions."