Luftwaffe radio operators flying licence FW 200 ( POW)
Code: 11377
£370.00 Approx $490.07, €435.29
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A Luftwaffe Radio operators flying licence dated 8/11/1938 named to Unteroffizier Herbert Richter KG40 who was operating in a Focke Wulf FW 200 C4 Condor searching for American convoys when he was shot down on the 5th of August 1943, 50 miles north of Iceland by P38 Lockheed Lightings of the 8th USAF. The crew were picked up by an American vessel and were taken prisoner of war. The license is accompanied by a a Portrait photo of Herbert in uniform with decorations a combat report of the shoot down a German letter of condolence from commanding officer plus a number of postwar copy photographs of Herbert with American air crew and postwar images with an English family . This licence deserves further research .
