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Centenary of "3 Squadron" AFC (Australian War Memorial)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Sep 2016
Sandy and Hughes successfully defended themselves for some minutes and shot down an Albatros piloted by Leutnant Rudolf Clausz ... Fying overboots of Leutnant Rudolf Clausz, Jasta 29, German Air Service. Leutnant Clausz RELAWM00668. Flying over-boots worn by Leutnant Rudolf Clausz of Royal Prussian Jasta 29, the pilot of Albatros D5390/17, shot down by Sandy and Hughes....

‘The roaring of the shells was diabolical.’ It was zero hour on the Somme

Edit The Guardian 19 Jun 2016
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore draws on diaries and letters from the front to reveal that on 1 July 1916 many German troops feared that this dawn would be their last ... The 121st Reserve Regiment’s Leutnant Beck was observing the enemy’s movements from a reinforced one man-observation tower in that sector, a short distance behind the front line ... Related ... Twitter ... Related ... “They are coming!” dissipated Leutnant FL Cassel’s lethargy in an instant ... ....

The “White Lily ” Lydia Litvyak, The Jewish Soviet Fighter Ace

Edit World History Online 06 Apr 2016
Lydia Litvyak was a Soviet flight instructor who had trained 45 pilots by the time the Germans invaded the Soviet Union. She began flying when she was 14 and performed her first solo flight at 15. Of course when Barbarossa broke out and the massive Wehrmacht was making its way into the interior of the country, she tried to fly for the Soviet Air Force ... Feldwebel Hans-Jörg Merkle of 1./JG.52 and Leutnant Hans Schleef, of 7./JG 3 ... ....

Capturing the Albatros (Australian War Memorial)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Dec 2015
(Source. Australian War Memorial). Wednesday 23 December 2015 by Amanda Rebbeck. No comments. Collection, Collection Highlights, Military Heraldry and Technology ... At approximately 2.15pm a two man RE8 aircraft, from No ... The German pilot of this aircaft, Leutnant Rudolf Clausz, landed Albatros D5390 intact in the lines of the 21st Battalion ... Epilogue ... Canvas and woollen fleece flying overboots belonging to Leutnant Rudolf Clausz RELAWM00668....

SAD: The Heroic German Officer Who Gave His Life Trying to Save an American in a Minefield

Edit World History Online 28 Oct 2015
My company leader, Lieutenant Friedrich Lengfeld has found eternal rest in grave No. 38 of the community cemetery in Düren-Rölsdorf. He was a company leader I could never forget; a true soldier, even in his dealings with the enemy ... It honors Leutnant Friedrich Lengfeld, a Company Commander in the German Army, who lost his life trying to save a wounded American Soldier ... John F ... ... ....

The German Aviator's Leg (Australian War Memorial)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Oct 2015
(Source. Australian War Memorial). Monday 26 October 2015 by Dianne Rutherford. No comments. Collection, Military Heraldry and Technology, First World War; Casualties; 47 Battalion AIF. Luck can sometimes be a researcher's most valuable asset ... RELAWM07698 The German pilot's artificial leg ... 2 Squadron AFC ... This is where the luck comes in ... Jasta 46 lost two men at Villers-Bretonneux that day, Witt killed and Leutnant Alois Weber taken prisoner....

The flying tank buster – Hans-Ulrich Rudel 2,000 targets destroyed including 519 tanks

Edit World History Online 21 Sep 2015
Hans-Ulrich Rudel was a Stuka dive-bomber pilot during World War II ... Rudel flew 2,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed; including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, 70 landing craft, nine aircraft, four armored trains, several bridges, a destroyer, two cruisers, and the Soviet battleship Marat ... He was promoted to Leutnant (second lieutenant) on that date ... Rudel was a teetotaler and non-smoker ... ....

German-Jews march for their Fatherland, against Islam

Edit The Examiner 31 May 2015
Among those belting out the words "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" are those of Jewish lineage and faith (see video). Leutnant Wilhelm Frankl of the Imperial Flying Corps, WWI ... ....
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