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by finnwiking
Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:39 am
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Translation for Gefechtsruderganger.
Replies: 3
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Re: Translation for Gefechtsruderganger.

Hi. Thank you both for that translation. I would never have figured it out. John.
by finnwiking
Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:20 pm
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Translation for Gefechtsruderganger.
Replies: 3
Views: 3161

Translation for Gefechtsruderganger.

Hi. I have a death card/sterbebild for a Matrosen-Obergefr. in the KM. The photo shows him in Marine Artillery uniform. He was a Gefechtsruderganger bei 7. L.-Flottille. My military dictionary is no help. Any info on the 7. L.-Flottille would also be appreciated. Thanks, John.
by finnwiking
Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:34 pm
Forum: Kriegsmarine
Topic: Tirpitz in Norway.
Replies: 23
Views: 17969

Re: Tirpitz in Norway.

Thanks. Now I am wondering if Varangerfjord was a Medical Clearing Station for Altenfjord. It will probably be another unsolved mystery. Interesting all the same. Keeps my mind working.
by finnwiking
Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:11 am
Forum: Kriegsmarine
Topic: Tirpitz in Norway.
Replies: 23
Views: 17969

Tirpitz in Norway.

Hi. I am a new member that is into 'paper items'. I have a sterbebild/death catd for a KM sailor who died in Varangerfjord and is buried in Botn-Rognan, Norway. He was the holder of the High Seas Fleet War Badge. He died on 25 September 1944. The Tirpitz was attacked in an air raid on 15 September 1...