Monday, December 30, 2013

Major Heinrich Gerlach

Heinrich Gerlach (as a Hauptmann) playing with a swine / pig. He was the glider pilot who fled Mussolini out of his confinement at Gran Sasso in 1943, and received Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes for that feat

Source:
Akira Takiguchi photo collection
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5617990&highlight=gerlach#post5617990

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