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Friday, March 10, 2023

Michael Wittmann with His Tank Commanders


Panzer ace Michael Wittmann with his men from 2.Kompanie / Schwere SS-Panzer-Abtailung 101 during training in Northern France, May 1944. From left to right: SS-Unterscharführer Kurt Kleber (Tiger "232"), SS-Hauptscharführer Hans Höflinger (Tiger "213"), SS -Oberscharführer Georg Lötzsch (Tiger "233"), SS-Obersturmführer Michael Wittmann (Chef 2.Kompanie. Tiger "205"), SS-Unterscharführer Karl-Heinz Warmbrunn (Tiger "214"), and SS-Unterscharführer Balthasar "Bobby" Woll (Tiger "212"). They were all tank commanders in the second company and - with the exception of Kompaniechef Wittmann - all of them wore camouflage uniforms of the new SS-Erbsenmuster type (pea-dot pattern). The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Scheck of PK (Propaganda-Kompanie) 698.



From left to right: SS-Obersturmführer Michael Wittmann (Chef 2.Kompanie / schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101. Tiger "205"), SS-Unterscharführer Karl-Heinz Warmbrunn (blocked by Wittmann, Tiger "214"), SS-Hauptscharführer Hans Höflinger (Tiger "213"), SS-Oberscharführer Georg Lötzsch (Tiger "233"), SS-Unterscharführer Balthasar "Bobby" Woll (Tiger "212"), and SS-Unterscharführer Kurt Kleber (tidak terlihat disini, Tiger "232").


Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2012/08/album-foto-michael-wittmann.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-299-1802-05,_Nordfrankreich,_Michael_Wittmann,_Panzersoldaten.jpg

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