| German Luftwaffe Unteroffizier (Sergeant), Aerial Gunner Killed In Action - Unknown Date Location: Kurland Pocket, Latvia |
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| German Luftwaffe Unteroffizier (Sergeant), Aerial Gunner Uniform, above photo. The uniform remains shown above were found in a swamp at the crash site of a German JU-88 aircraft in the Kurland Pocket, Latvia in the late 1990s. The uniform sections that remain include the collar with silver boarder tress for the Non-Commissioned Officer, yellow (flight) collar tabs with a single aluminum gul; Unteroffizier (Sergeant) shoulder boards piped in yellow (flight) with aluminum NCO tress; Luftwaffe (Air Force) breast eagle insignia; Aerial Gunner qualification badge; Luftwaffe shirt breast eagle insignia and Luftwaffe overseas hat. All of the individual stitching for the uniform components as well as the insignia have been eaten away by micro-organisms in the swamp where it was found, but the wool has been very well preserved. No other information for the crew member or aircraft are available at this time. |