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RMP Sgt.(?)...well........hummmmm.....
A Luftwaffe officer is escorted down the gangplank of a hospital ship to exercise on the quayside at Newhaven,. He was one of a number of wounded German POWs awaiting repatriation in a prisoner exchange which was abandoned days later when negotiations broke down. England. October 5th 1941.
© IWM (H 14474)
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'avin a larf!
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By the look of his right hand, his flying days must have been over (hence his name being on a repatriation list?)
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I reckon that is an Intelligence Corps cap badge - so Field Security and not CMP who would have a red top to his SD Cap and an MP arm band.
Tim
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The term ... 'Fat Knacker' comes to mind !!
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That image will go a long way towards validating todays obese reenactors.
Rgds, Thomas. |
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It must be wonderful to be perfect.
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Seen that before. It looks like the Luftwaffe guy has an artificial right hand/arm. He looks quite contemptuous of the fat Field Security guy who has obviously been eating someone else's rations as well!
David |
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Field security section Catering Corps
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"Your name vill also go in ze book!"
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He's also a lot smarter!
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You know how it is! Your kit always shrinks in your locker
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A man who most likely volunteered to serve his country and would never have thought that over 70years on he would be subject to ridicule on a forum
Paul |
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Spot on.
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Agreed, I would think a pre war regular enlistment, moreover, I dare say, he might well have been very exceptional at his particular job, doubtless his size would have been rather intimidating to a great many POW's.
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