OldGuy59
11-29-2018, 11:16
The stuff that walks through the door of a museum...
Like this document, that showed up Tuesday.
258703
258704258705
This is a cloth-bound folder, with a plain back. About 3.5" wide by 4" high, and almost looks too good to be authentic. Way too many stamps, including some embossed ones, so perhaps too much work to fake.
It appears to be a qualification for flying Me.262 HG II planes (High Speed II for the 35 degree swept wing version).
The pilot appear to be "Klaus Fritz Zanger". Under the photo of the right page, is the individual's signature, and although the "K" and the "F" are fairly legible, the rest of the name eludes my ability to decipher. It appears to start with "Za" but after that, I can't tell.
ID Numbers: L 1064 P88906
Date of the document: 8 February 1945
From the portrait, he wears the Knights Cross and at least an Oak Leaf cluster. He also has an Operational Flying Clasp and pendant. The pendant, as far as I can find, had numbers indicating 100, 200 and 400 missions. My photo isn't detailed enough to read the number.
There are stamps for 1./JG27, although I suspect he may have been a member of that squadron when he went on conversion training, not because JG 27 was flying the Me.262.
Another stamp is for: "Der Reichsminister der Luftfahrt und Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe - Nr. 375"
I can't find any Luftwaffe Officer online with that name, nor can I find any recipient of the Knight's Cross with the first names of Klaus Fritz, nor a last name of Langer, nor Zanger.
Words for which I have attempted translations:
hochgeschwindigkeit = high speed
heimatschutze = homeland protection
Anyone got anything on this pilot? It would be nice to see this document, if authentic, put into a display in an appropriate museum or with the family. As part of the Organization of Military Museums of Canada, this document will probably end up in Ottawa at the National War Museum, or the National Aviation Museum.
Like this document, that showed up Tuesday.
258703
258704258705
This is a cloth-bound folder, with a plain back. About 3.5" wide by 4" high, and almost looks too good to be authentic. Way too many stamps, including some embossed ones, so perhaps too much work to fake.
It appears to be a qualification for flying Me.262 HG II planes (High Speed II for the 35 degree swept wing version).
The pilot appear to be "Klaus Fritz Zanger". Under the photo of the right page, is the individual's signature, and although the "K" and the "F" are fairly legible, the rest of the name eludes my ability to decipher. It appears to start with "Za" but after that, I can't tell.
ID Numbers: L 1064 P88906
Date of the document: 8 February 1945
From the portrait, he wears the Knights Cross and at least an Oak Leaf cluster. He also has an Operational Flying Clasp and pendant. The pendant, as far as I can find, had numbers indicating 100, 200 and 400 missions. My photo isn't detailed enough to read the number.
There are stamps for 1./JG27, although I suspect he may have been a member of that squadron when he went on conversion training, not because JG 27 was flying the Me.262.
Another stamp is for: "Der Reichsminister der Luftfahrt und Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe - Nr. 375"
I can't find any Luftwaffe Officer online with that name, nor can I find any recipient of the Knight's Cross with the first names of Klaus Fritz, nor a last name of Langer, nor Zanger.
Words for which I have attempted translations:
hochgeschwindigkeit = high speed
heimatschutze = homeland protection
Anyone got anything on this pilot? It would be nice to see this document, if authentic, put into a display in an appropriate museum or with the family. As part of the Organization of Military Museums of Canada, this document will probably end up in Ottawa at the National War Museum, or the National Aviation Museum.