Kriegsberichter / war correspondend grouping

[beef_supreme]

Erich Wenzel served as war correspondent during WW2.
He absolved an air gunner training, to take part on flight missions, he later reportet.
There are hundrets of pictures and reports of his activities.
So he took part on air raids to London, Birmingham and Leningrad. He also took part on the last air raid to Paris.
In one mission his plane got shot down and the crew got back to the german frontier, by the help of estian and lituanian renegades.
Later he served as Adjutant of General Keller and was one of the war correspondends in Arnhem during operation market garden .
He survived the war.

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[H.W Plainview]

man this is highly impressive.

[peterm]

Wow!

[panzer1432]

wow, really cool collection !

[JUNGCO]

Nice large grouping for a Kriegsberichter with the little extras. Thanks for showing.

Jeff

[JeremyJ]

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Nice group and interesting history!!

[foundy]

Kriegsberichter Grouping

Hi

Thanks for sharing ,this is a fantastic Kriegsberichter grouping with some excellent photos of Wenzel himself and of his work.
If you ever decide to part with any photos I would be very interested.

Thanks

Andy

[Max Wünsche]

Very nice, many thanks for showing this grouping....

[VtwinVince]

Great and scarce PK-Berichter group.Looks like he was a member of Gerhard Baeker's crew at one time. And is that an autographed photo of the general?

[dragnet]

Very nice, enjoyed going through the thread. I found the close up shot of the Brit para prisoners interesting as the first fella seams to be wearing lanyards under each arm, not sure why that would be

[HPL2008]

Very nice grouping, congratulations!

As a side note, it also illustrates his career progression:

The first documents and photographs (up to April 1941) show him to be an Unteroffizier der Reserve.

After May 1941, he is a Sonderführer (Z) (i.e. equivalent to Leutnant). (Many war correspondents were appointed as Sonderführer for their civilian skills and qualifications as reporters, writers, photographers etc.)

The studio portrait and the 1942 Marschbefehl show that he was soon taken over as a Leutnant der Reserve. (Sonderführer were never intended to be a permanent institution and personnel of this status were expected to undergo further training until they were qualified to be appointed as regular reserve NCOs or officers.)

[beef_supreme]

Very nice grouping, congratulations!

As a side note, it also illustrates his career progression:

The first documents and photographs (up to April 1941) show him to be an Unteroffizier der Reserve.

After May 1941, he is a Sonderführer (Z) (i.e. equivalent to Leutnant). (Many war correspondents were appointed as Sonderführer for their civilian skills and qualifications as reporters, writers, photographers etc.)

The studio portrait and the 1942 Marschbefehl show that he was soon taken over as a Leutnant der Reserve. (Sonderführer were never intended to be a permanent institution and personnel of this status were expected to undergo further training until they were qualified to be appointed as regular reserve NCOs or officers.)

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