RARE WWII German documents KC Holder Luftwaffe POW HORST SCHILLER MIA KIA

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Rare offering here, wartime documents pertaining to missing Luftwaffe war hero and Knights Cross holder Horst Schiller. The letter is to his family from the German Military and it states Horst and 9 other comrades were taken prisoner, 2 of the captured soldiers escaped and they searched all hiding places for the gang responsible, and remain hopeful they will be found alive, the 2nd part of the document gives Horst a promotion. Part of a collection from the Schiller estate, many items being listed, all related to Horst Schiller and family. (Gabler, Messerschmidt) Horst Schiller was awarded the Knights Cross, and Deutsche Kreuz in gold. From other documents I have tell us his crew was seen successfully bailing from their burning airplane but unknown if he survived. Some final documents sadly tell us he was killed in the Ukraine June 2nd 1943. Awarded in recognition of his 466 sorties as a ground attack pilot. During this time he inflicted the following materiel losses on the enemy... - 1 destroyer - 2 supply ships - 17 tanks - 1 armoured train - 1 coastal battery(X series)

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