Today i was with my friend in his mothers house and we searched for some news.
Unfortunately we have found no more Pictures of the 177 yet. Only one of a belly landed Do 217 and a badly crashed He 111.
But nevertheless we found very useful informations
I have "discovered" a case with LOTS of Felpost Letters...
I have to sort them, because this letters are from 4 men (brothers)..
A Panzergrenadier (died 1944 in Italy), a Tank crew member (missed in Stalingrad) and two of the airforce.
During the first view i found two letters who discovered a lot of the "177 crewmwmber". A Letter to his father from his squadron leader about his shooting down on Feb. 2 1943 southwest of Orel and a letter from 1948 from a surviving crewmember after his return from Russion POW...
I will scan this letters tomorrow and show them here...
The Unit was Kampfgeschwader 4, "General Wever"
The Name of The Crewmember: Hans Wilhelm Schneidewind
Function: Kampfbeobachter (Observer)
40 Feindflüge
Number of his ID Tag: 214651/100
Crew:
Pilot: Uffz Karl Heinz Fedrowitz ID Nr.: 214651/42
Radio Operator: Obergefreiter Leonhardt Koppold (survived ! ) 55538/112
Gunner1 : Uffz Rudolf Dröttboom 214651/28
Gunner2 : Gefreiter Willi Holzhauser 214651/59
Observer : Uffz Hans Wilhelm Schneidewind 214651/100
Tomorrow MAYBE i will receive a Luftwaffe Soldbuch which one is from H.W. Schneidewind. This will give all answers.....
Sorry for this long post, but i think the informations are useful