Figure 1.--The collar badges identify this group as a Luftwaffe unit. We note both officers as well as what looks like a group of new recruits. Many of them, but not all seem quite young. We are not sure what they are doing, but would guess that they are ground personnel, perhaps responsible for maintenance. The dog might mean that they were guards, but we don't see any weapons. |
Many of the photographs archived on HBC help to illustrate or explain the pages on which they are posted. We have found some interesting images that do not seem to relate to an issue discused on our site. Or in some cases we do not understand what is shown in the image. Perhaps our readers will better understand the image. Here are some of the Luftwaffe images that we have found. Our attitude is that these images provide insights into the Luftwaffe and Luftwaffe operations even if we do not fully understand it at this time.
The collar badges identify this group as a Luftwaffe unit. We note both officers as well as what looks like a group of new recruits. I do not recognize the badges on the officer's caps. They di not look like regular Luftwaffe badges.
Many of them, but not all seem quite young. We are not sure what they are doing, but would guess that they are ground personnel, perhaps responsible for maintenance. The dog might mean that they were guards, but we don't see any weapons. Note the dog has a whip in its mouth. It's not clear to me whatthe whip was far. This seems rather sinister. They might be on outside a Luftwaffe facility, but I'm not sure it is an air base. Perhaps it is a supply depot. It's not clear to me why a whip would be needed at a supply depot. We also do not know who the boy is. We would guess he has some assoiiation with the soldiers here. Perhaps his father is stationed here. I don't think he would have been included in the photograph if this was not the case. He seems to be a German boy, suggesting that the photograph was tken within the Reich. There are more children behind the soldiers. The photograph is undated, but we would guess was taken during the War, perhaps 1941-43.
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