German website with lots of photos

**matt56** · 11-09-2014 10:28

I was stumbling around Google this morning looking for Kagohl stuff and came across

www.buddecke.de/fotos

which is a neat site with lots of period photos of all sorts of units. And for those who don't speak German, the various icons on the site come up translated into English. They seem to be primarily crew/pilot/mechanics pictures, with every now and then planes used as backdrops. Perhaps not exactly everyone's cup of tea, but I really love seeing pictures of the people associated with these crates!

As a military figure modeler, I love the mix of uniforms and various appearances of the German personnel.

And with 11 November looming ahead, I think it's a good thing to remember the people involved whenever we have the chance.

All the best,
Matt Materne

**matt56** · 11-09-2014 10:32

I clicked on the link to make sure it worked and it didn't!

Try www.buddecke.de/fotos.htm

It should get you there...

All the best,
Matt Materne

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 11-09-2014 11:19

That is on heck of a lot of useful archival material Harry.
Good find.
You should get that put.into a sticky somewhere.
Rob.

**matt56** · 11-09-2014 12:13

I'm not sure I know how to put it in a sticky, Rob. But if someone else thinks it's worth doing, have at it! I'm looking forward to looking through the site when I have more time to spend - there DO seem to be a boatload of neat photos there.

All the best,
Matt Materne

**Biggles downunder** · 11-09-2014 21:13

Wow - what a treasure trove of images! Is there an equivalent for the RFC?

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 11-10-2014 03:23

Originally Posted by matt56

I'm not sure I know how to put it in a sticky, Rob. But if someone else thinks it's worth doing, have at it! I'm looking forward to looking through the site when I have more time to spend - there DO seem to be a boatload of neat photos there.

All the best,
Matt Materne

I am trying to get this established Matt.
Rob.

**grumpybear** · 11-10-2014 05:41

Great find, I'm going to need a lot of time to go through this one. Thanks for the find

**matt56** · 11-10-2014 11:36

I'll look around for an RFC equivalent, Wayne - I would be surprised to find ONE site that has a similar wealth of photos, but who knows? I just looked briefly this morning before I came into school, and there seem to be a number of sites usually set up by squadrons rather than a generic assembly like the German one above. But half the fun is in the hunt, so maybe we'll turn something up!

All the best,
Matt Materne

**Captain Chum** · 11-10-2014 14:20

Was hoping to find a pic of Helmut Lange but still a great site worthy of a bookmark.

**matt56** · 11-17-2014 06:07

I've had some time to look through the site a bit, and there really is some other interesting stuff here besides the initial page with all of the units listed (which the link takes you to). If you look at the menu on the upper left of the screen, you see a number of icons for other cool tidbits.

The "Quellen & Literatur" icon takes you to a book list of 200+ titles - some common and some obscure - which run the gammut from just post-WWI publication to today. The title is there (often in German), along with author and publication date.

If you click on the ""Flieger & Luftschiffer" icon, you're taken to a page with a number of pilots' names on the left as icons, with a lovely black-and-white of Buddecke resplendent in his Turkish uniform as the main illustration. If you scroll over a pilot's name, you find a drop-down box that pops out to the right with choices.

"Lebenslauf" is the pilot's biography.
"Fotoalbum" or "Bildergalerie" is a picture album (sometimes just one or two images, sometimes quite a few) containing pilots, planes, airfields, interior and exterior photos of billets and chateau - in one case, a picture of the wardrobe in which fancy hats were stored which could be worn by pilots in the mess on various special occasions

"Erlebnisbericht" is an after-action report.
"Grabanlage" is the fellow's burial site.
"Quellen" identifies sources of the information.

All text on these pages to which the links take you is in German. If there is anything special you'd like translated from it, let me know and as time permits I'll do that for you.

I look forward to delving deeper into this stuff. What I have seen so far is REALLY cool stuff.

All the best,
Matt Materne