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Experiences of a Luftwaffe Radio Operator

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posted on 2024-06-05, 19:46 authored by Their 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.

Record ID

107842 | BOG081