Militaria Archive

Luftwaffe Ground unit, Audembert, North France 1940 - PMD Collection

Approximately 150 pictures from a man who served in Reichsarbeitsdienst and later a Luftwaffe ground crew at Audembert, North France (Pas De Calais) beginning with his Hitler Youth days & continuing through Reichsarbeitsdienst service (from 1st April 1940 to 10th October 1940) & through to his time with a Luftwaffe ground unit. Included are pictures of his RAD service at the West Wall, pictures taken in the North Calais aftermath of an Air raid which cost 5000 lives. Also pictures of the construction of the camouflaged barracks of Adolf Galland's Messerschmitt Bf 109F squadron at Platz Audembert in 1941 & 5cm PAK 38 in service by the Luftwaffe ground unit. Vehicles include airfield steamrollers and refuelling trucks, jeeps and halftracks. Parade ground Photos of the Regimental Commander of Fliegerausbildungs regiment 22 (which in November 1942 became Luftwaffen-Jäger-Regiment 28 & then absorbed by the 3. and 5. Fallschirm-Jäger-Divisions on 9.9.44). These pictures appear to have been taken at the town square in Marienburg Ostpreussen. Also shown here are pictures of firing party at funeral & Luftwaffe ground crew & LW cammo uniforms. This album begins with many civilian and family pictures and includes locations such as Hamburg, Mosel, Wildeshausen, Waldeck, Westwall, Calais, Dunkirk, Audembert, Marquise and others. This album is from the P.McDonnell Collection.