SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Gustav Lombard.
I should have known, Paul.
It wasn’t the most imaginative try, I thought you would be the one Flame. For those who don’t know, Lombard was the Commander of 31st SS for it’s short existence. Sep 44 to May 45.
I allow myself to continue. How about him?
Easy peasy - only one famous Frenchman who flew for the RAF in WW2!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Clostermann
Cela est naturellement la réponse correcte, Monsieur pdfvingt-sept.
I thought this would be more difficult than Max Schmeling…
You should have done the guy in your signature, that would really have bamboozled me.
Right, next person to guess.
The person is shown as a junior naval officer during WW1. Who is he and what was his role during WW2?
Haha, this thread would have been blocked for eternity or at least until some elderly german member got lost to the thread.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046671/
pdf27, seems like another hint wouldn’t hurt…:neutral:
I didn’t know Prince Charles was that old!
(and yes i’m being stupid, sorry!)
OK. At the time he was known as “Bertie”. Although as far as I know he didn’t have a butler named “Jeeves”.
Oh, and he held extremely high office during WW2.
It is King George VIth to be.
Correct - it’s King George VI. Navyson1 you were actually pretty close - Prince Charles is his grandson!
The resemblance is pretty close. Darn it, shouldn’t have been playing around, might actually have got one.:roll:
The Bertie clue gave it away. If the uniform had been a bit clearer I might have gone for Heydrich or Canaris !! I’ll find a photo later and post it.
SS-Sturmmann Hans Joachim Katschinski, an assault gunner in the 12. SS-Panzer-Division “Hitlerjugend”
After unsuccessfully hitting the books I tried surfing the net and…bingo!
Is there anything special about him I don’t know yet, Paul, or is just his “one-button model of the M1943 field cap with two-piece insignia”?:lol:
Correct of course. There is actually next to no info I have found apart from what you quoted. I was struck by his youth and resemblance to the lead singer of Green Day (which makes him more of a hero).
Very true, the resemblance is undeniable! Maybe we should start a thread about “Lookalikes of celebrities in the german Wehrmacht” for we already encountered Billie Joe Armstrong, Bruce Willis, Ray Liotta and some others! (damn inane prattling again)
P.S. Will post a new mystery man by tomorrow morning!
(damn inane prattling again) Quoted from FTG
Yeah, you need to watch that prattling! Seems to get you in hot water:D!
…that’s what my teachers said!
Anyway, who is this?
