October 27, 20214 yr Beware of my dad! 😏 Like so many others of his age in 1944 he was requested to leave school at the age of 17 to man a German 8,8 Flak (1./290) as a "Luftwaffenhelfer" at Wiener Neustadt, one of the most heavily air-raided towns in Austria because of its aircraft and locomotive factories. They scored quite a few hits ... Intel core i5-12600KF, ASRock B760-H2/M2, Kingston DDR5-4800 32 GB, Asus Geforce RTX 4060 TI 16GB, Samsung SSD 980 1 TB M.2 SSD, Lexar NM790 SSD 2TB
October 27, 20214 yr Author 7 hours ago, duesenwerni said: Beware of my dad! 😏 Like so many others of his age in 1944 he was requested to leave school at the age of 17 to man a German 8,8 Flak (1./290) as a "Luftwaffenhelfer" at Wiener Neustadt, one of the most heavily air-raided towns in Austria because of its aircraft and locomotive factories. They scored quite a few hits ... The gent who became my step-dad was a crewmember on one your dad missed.
October 27, 20214 yr 16 minutes ago, olderndirt said: The gent who became my step-dad was a crewmember on one your dad missed. I´m happy he missed him! On the other hand, one gun-emplacement of this heavy flak battery received a direct bomb hit and four of his classmates were among the dead gun crew. Terrible times then with many lives wasted on all sides. Intel core i5-12600KF, ASRock B760-H2/M2, Kingston DDR5-4800 32 GB, Asus Geforce RTX 4060 TI 16GB, Samsung SSD 980 1 TB M.2 SSD, Lexar NM790 SSD 2TB
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