A Tragic Soldbuch

[Sensei]

Wanted to share a few pics of a Luftwaffe Soldbuch I recently added to the collection.

Paper items is not something I usaully don't buy but this one really got to me.

This very interesting and tragic soldbuch was issued to Friedrich Peters, an Unteroffizier-anwärter (Non-Commissioned Officer Canditate) who started his military career in October 1941 with a Signals Company in Norway where he was stationed until 1942 when he was sent to Semlin (Zemun, Serbia) to train as a Bordfunker. He was then sent of to the 8. Staffel of Transportgeschwader 2 where he served as a Radio Operator aboard a Junkers Ju 52 where he flew transport missions from Brindisi, Italy to Corsica and was awarded to Radio Operators Badge.

Friedrich met a tragic end on September 24th 1943 when his Ju 52 was shot down above Corsica. On the last slide you can see the last entry in this soldbuch: ”Gefallen am 24.9.1943 Im Luftkampf Vor Korsika” or ”Fallen on September 24th 1943 in air combat off Corsica”. He was just 20 years old.

Thanks for looking, Tobias.

[TabsTabs1964]

Nice adition & tragic story behind.

Regards
Santi

[Sensei]

Nice adution & tragic story behind.

Regards
Santi

Thanks Santi!

Tragic story indeed

Best regards, Tobias

[Willmore]

Hi Tobias.

Thank you for sharing this with us.

Here is Friedrichs casualty card.

Name: Friedrich Peters
Rank Gefreiter Bordfunker Aktiv
Birth Date: 21 March 1923
Birth Place: Hagen, Westfalen
Military Unit: 8./Staffel Transportfliegergeschwader 2
Death Date: 24 Sept 1943
Death Place: Flugstrecke Pisa-Borgo,/Korsika Feindflug
Father: Fritz Peters





Kind regards,

Will.

[Sensei]

Hi Tobias.

Thank you for sharing this with us.

Here is Friedrichs casualty card.

Name: Friedrich Peters
Rank Gefreiter Bordfunker Aktiv
Birth Date: 21 March 1923
Birth Place: Hagen, Westfalen
Military Unit: 8./Staffel Transportfliegergeschwader 2
Death Date: 24 Sept 1943
Death Place: Flugstrecke Pisa-Borgo,/Korsika Feindflug
Father: Fritz Peters





Kind regards,

Will.

Thank you very much!

Regards, Tobias

[BlackCat1982]

Very emotive Soldbuch Tobias, maybe now you understand why others find them interesting to acquire as well?

[Sensei]

Very emotive Soldbuch Tobias, maybe now you understand why others find them interesting to acquire as well?

I absolutely do. There is nothing more intersting then having a piece of history like this.

Best regards, Tobias

[hucks216]

The 24th September 1943 was a bad day for the transport units - 15 aircraft were lost over the southern front from TG-1, TG-2 & TG-4 with TG-2 losing nine of those.
Along with Peters was the pilot, Unteroffizier Negele who was killed and the Bordschütze Obergefreiter Jäger who was wounded. The aircraft was a Ju-52/M with the Werk Nr 10018 and the reason is given as Bordwaffenbeschuß (Fiendbeobachtet). The Allied units involved were 39, 272 & 603 Squadrons RAF, all of which were equipped with Beaufighters.

[Sensei]

Thank you both Hucks and Willmore for the great info

Regards, Tobias