Group pilot Fahnenjunker pilot Zerstörer Geschwader ZG1 1944

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Erich Banschbach, NCO Candidate Officer (Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier) Luftwaffe Pilot.

1) Shooting result booklet, 1943. Results entered shooting with K-98 carbine.
2) Luftwaffe pilot license, 1.10.44. With uniform pass photo.

3) Pilots Badge, 1.11.44. Signed by the Airforce War Schools High Commander, Generalleutnant Josef Brunner.

Born 1924 in Witzenhausen-Kassel. He was 15.10.44 transferred from the Luftkriegsschule 1 in Dresden tot II./Zerstörer-geschwader 101 (ZG1), a Fighter-Bomber training unit based in Germany (Wünstorf, Aibling).
The life expectancy of inexperienced pilots during this late stage of the war was one operational sortie!