posted on 2024-06-05, 19:46authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
Sigrid offered a record of her Uncle Herman's wartime experiences as a radio operator in the Luftwaffe. The record is in the form of a book, which is based on Herman's diary and is entirely in German.
History
Item list and details
1. Book Cover
2. Fly leaf, Table of Contents, Foreword and Chapter 1 - Kriegsbeginn, Conscription, recruit in Augsberg (Page 1)
3. Chapter 2 - Student Company of the Air Intelligence School 4 (Pages 2- 29)
4. Chapter 3 - Student Company at Aircraft Flying School (Pages 30-51), Chapter 4 - Kothen and Saxony-Anhalt (Pages 52- 59), Chapter 5 - Gardelegen - Parachute Replacement Regiment/ March 1945 (Pages 60-73), Chapter 6- Scattered in the Chaos of the Russian Offensive (Pages 74-95), Chapter 7 - Prisoner in His Own Country (Pages 96-105), Chapter 8 - The Way Home (Pages 106-114)
Person the story/items relate to
Hermann Philipp
Person who shared the story/items
Sigrid Davey
Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
He was her uncle
Type of submission
Shared at West Meads Community Hall, West Sussex on 11 November 2023. The event was organised by Bognor Regis u3a.