Luftwaffe pilots saluting at improvised gravesite, February 1941
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Photograph. German Captain Walter "Gulle" Oesau and two other Luftwaffe pilots saluting at improvised gravesite of downed enemy. Translation of official German caption on photo reverse: "Successful fighter pilots after the large air battle of 6 February 1941. Captain Oesau pays his chivalrous last respects to the 40th enemy downed in air combat. No location, 7/2/41." Europe. 7 February 1941
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02/07/1941
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Collection consists of 270 photographs from Germany, taken as propaganda photos to demonstrate the might of the German military.
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Military air pilots--German--Europe
Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of--Allied--Europe