Kradschützen Truppen - The Wehrmacht on two wheels!

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Motorrad BMW R20 - RAD:

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Kraftfahrer mit Motorrad BMW R 52:

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Kradmelder an Motorrad DKW und Victoria:

[Wilhelm Saris]

Not army, but a very rare occasion:
a customs-employee, photographed in early 1941 near
Krosno. The indication ZOLL (customs) is clearly visible.
With a motorcycyle this employee was driving around
and looking for best possible spots for landing with a
customs "Storch".

The photo I used in an article about customs-pilots in
the German magazine "Militaria" from March 1992.

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He looks cold, wet and miserable Wim! With all that mud and what looks to be a water logged field, don't think he found a place to land that plane

[Wilhelm Saris]

It was not fun, especially in the cold season, I was told during an interview
with another assistant. They had a hard time there. Only once such plane crashed.

It was Wittmann's job and of course he looked for the best spots. He was aboard
of the Storch along with Scheiber. Later he became a pilot himself. Krosno was
near to Krakow and Slowakia.

Not the subject of this thread, but surely interesting:
first photo Wittmann at right when being a pilot; second photo, the cold weather
stuff is being worn.



Not much is known by collectors about this customs sub-department. I did write
articles about it, many years ago, for German magazines (a) and the US magazin
"Military-Advisor" (b).

a) "Militaria" - Zollflieger des Zollgrenzschutzes, 1941-1945: nr. 3 from March 1992;
"Internationales Militaria-Magazin", Zollflieger des Zollgrenzschutzes: Nr. 132 March/April 2008;
b) "Military Advisor", Pilots of the Customs Border Security, 1941-1945: nr.1 winter 1990/1991

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Wow! interesting information there, from little known events, thanks Wim!

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