WW2 GERMAN LUFTWAFFE BATTLE OF BRITAIN FIGHTER PILOT GROUP TO FELDWEBEL KARL WILHELM

German WW2 Battle of Britain Bf 109 Fighter Pilots Group to Feldwebel Karl Wilhelm.

German Second War Luftwaffe Battle of Britain Bf 109 fighter Pilot’s Group, and related archive to Feldwebel K. H. Wilhelm, 3/Jagdgeschwader 77 (Ace of Hearts) Fighter Wing, who shot down three aircraft during the Battle of France and was himself was shot down and captured at Waldron, Sussex, on 20 October 1940 during the Battle of Britain.

The Group includes: German Second World War Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge, maker’s mark ‘JMME’ for Imme & Sohn, Berlin, with original pin, hook and hinge.

Original certificate for his Pilot’s Badge dated ‘1 April 1940’. Original promotion document from Unteroffizier to Feldwebel whilst a member of Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG77), dated 31 May 1940, this just prior to the Battle of Britain. A detailed letter dated 30 October 1940 from a fellow pilot, who was flying with Wilhelm when he was shot down. This sent to Wilhelm’s family, describing how he was shot down over England and confirming capture. Complete with its addressed envelope, stamped ‘Feldpost’ ‘15.11.40’.

A wartime prisoners of war sent postcard photograph of German prisoners held in a British Prisoner of War camp. Wilhelm at the extreme right of the photograph still wearing his flight blouse with full insignia and rather surprisingly, still wearing his Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge.

The postcard is stamped ‘Examined by Censor Prisoner of War Mail’ sent to his parents in Oldenburg, Germany. This has been removed from an album with traces of where removed to reverse. A post-war letter/envelope from Gemeinschaft der Jagdflier, Jagerkreis Nord (Association of Fighter Pilots) to the recipient, dated 11 November 1992. A post-war plaque for the Association of Fighter Pilots (Jagerkreis Nord) with his named label to the reverse side dated 1990.

A small quantity of photographs, one portrait of Wilhelm in uniform wearing his pilot badge; six being of Luftwaffe interest showing a high ranking Luftwaffe officer exiting a JU52 and shaking hands with Luftwaffe personnel, plus three pre-war photographs, which are images of the unit within the Condor Legion in Spain.

Karl-Heinz Wilhelm served as a pilot of 3/Jagdgeschwader 77 during the Battle of France, and is confirmed with aerial victories over two Morane 406s North West of Dinant on 13 May 1940, and a third in the same area on 15 May. During the Battle of Britain, on 20 October 1940, Wilhelm - flying Bf109 Wk Nr 4007/Yellow 11 - was shot down and baled out over Waldron, Sussex. He was captured unhurt and would remain a prisoner of war for the duration. After the war, he visited the Museum where his Bf 109’s remains were displayed; three photographic images of him visiting the crash site forming part of the collection.
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