Luftwaffe Air Gunner Soldbuch ObGef Gregor Schygullla KG77 & KG26 North Africa/ Normandy/ Courland

Original Luftwaffe Soldbuch and grouping including license, photos and wartime as well as post war documents to Obergefreiter Gregor Schygulla. Schygulla joined the Luftwaffe as an air gunner August 1942 aged 18. First assigned to Flg.Rgt.72 and later Flg.Rgt.71 he completed training in Germany and France. In November 1942 he was posted to North Africa and served here until June 1943. He then went for retraining at 9./Bordschützenschule where he learned to use aerial torpedoes between September 1943 to January 1944. From March, he was stationed in the south of France and was tasked with attacks on US army convoys in Algeria until May. In June he was assigned to Kampfgeschwader 26 who were stationed in northern france. He was involved in attacks on allied troops who had just landed on the beaches at Normandy. By the end of the month, KG26 had lost half of its aircraft and in August they were sent back to Germany to rearm with JU88A-3 aircraft. This involved further training until October. In December 1944, KG26 was reassigned to Gardermoen in Norway. The unit continued attacking Allied naval convoys until February 1945. From February some of the unit was sent to defend the Reich, however Schygulla was assigned to rescue troops from the Courland pocket through the last weeks of the war. KG26 surrendered at Gardermoen and Trondheim on the 9th May 1945. After the war Schygulla was kept in employment with the Royal Air Force from late 1945 into 1946. This is noted in his Soldbuch.

Included with his Soldbuch is Schygulla’s Luftwaffenbordschützenschein which was an air gunners qualification license. As well as this there is a reasonably large group of photos of him in fleigerblouse and flight uniform. He can be seen wearing his gunners badge which is noted as awarded May 1944. There are several other wartime and post war documents to both him and his wife.

A superb group to a talented air gunner who saw extensive service across Europe over many campaigns. Not often encountered.

Code: 1634