I got this message this morning.
I was expecting it.
Last year we were given an envelope which held a shoulder strap with the following written on the front.
Sgt Major Günther Kramer was a Messerschmitt pilot shot down over Kent. He was taken as a POW. He was one of five billeted out on Chivers Farm Aldreth near Ely (Cambs).
He gave me his pilots shoulder strap as a souvenir when he returned to Germany, we called him Jack, he had been a school teacher before being called up, he came from Altenburg, he wrote a few letters when he returned home.
I have done some research to try and find any descendants so that we could return these items but without success and wondered if you might be luckier.
I look forward to your reply and if you would like a picture of the shoulder strap I will attach one when we next communicate.
With Thanks,
I did reply…
So here is the shoulder strap.
Any information is be more than welcome.
Thanks Pierre, I knew I could rely on you to give it a go. I hope there is someone out there who can help.
So nice of you to try to assist in the re-location. Any ideas?
Nothing so far. I posted this on this forum.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/index.php
An excellent forum to try on! Hillary will be thrilled.
I am, though this is all very third hand. I met the seekers of information, a local historian and his wife, after he had given a lecture at my old college. I eavesdropped on a conversation about WWII airfields and then they told me about their quest. It is a small world now.
If we don’t look for information, we won’t find anything.
My virtual meeting with you, and then with Marcus Bicknel, shows us the path to follow.
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