SMGO-1240 Truppen Ausweis For Airman Karl Hauck Bomber flight engineer???

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Oil Cloth Truppen Ausweis are hard to find as they were replaced by Solbuchs.

Potential Flight engineer for He111 bomber shot down in England

The Man could be this same guy below. The crew picture is not clear enough to be decisive. The rank is listed as an Unteroffizier in feb 1940 on the Ausweis and a Feldwebel in this report. He could have got promoted, or this could be his final rank and not the rank at the time of being shot down. This could be a fun research project.  I was able to find this from Luftwaffelosses.com:

 

Mission: Attack on Honington Aerodrome.

Date: 19th June 1940

Time: 01.15 hours.

Unit: 4 Staffel./Kampfgeschwader 4

Type: Heinkel He 111P

Werke Nr. (not known)

Code: 5J + AM

Location: Fleam Dyke, Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire, England.

Pilot: Feldwebel. Wilhelm Maier.

Observer: Oberleutnant. Joachim von Arnim.

Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Paul Gersch. – Killed. CC 5/234.

Flt/Eng: Feldwebel. Karl Hauck. – Wounded.

REASON FOR LOSS:

Took off from Merville aerodrome to bomb Honington aerodrome.This aircraft was picked up by searchlights at 16,000 ft. and dived to 3,000 ft. to evade them. Attacked by a Spitfire at 3,000 ft. while being held by a searchlight but the rear gunner claimed to have shot it down. They were then attacked by another Spitfire and the crew bailed out. The crew had been together since the start of the war and flown 70 operational sorties.

1 Crew of 5J+AM L-R Karl Hauck, Wilhelm Maier, Joachim von Arnim and Paul Gersch
Crew of 5J+AM L-R Karl Hauck, Wilhelm Maier, Joachim von Arnim and Paul Gersch

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