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WW2 German Unqualified Air Gunners/ Flight Engineer’s Badge (Fliegerschutzenabzeichen mit Schwarzem Kranz)

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On June 22, 1942, the Air Gunners and Flight Engineers Badge was instituted.The badge was worn by all Luftwaffe air gunners, flight engineers, and aircrew meteorologists, who completed two months training or had participated in five operational flights.The badge could be awarded sooner if the recipient was wounded during an operational flight.

The design of the badge was identical to the 1942 pattern, with the exception that the colors of the wreath were reversed - i.e.- a black wreath and a silver eagle. It is unlikely that the badge was ever produced in any other metals than zinc or kreigsmetal. No special presentation case was designed. However, unique award documents (while rare) do exist.

Award Document for Unqualified Air Gunner and Flight Engineer. Interesting to note that the recipient was an Oberleutnant. As gunners usually were Enlisted Men, it is conceivable that the recipient may have been an Officer in some other branch of the Luftwaffe (Signals, Administration, etc.), but was transferred into the Flight branch, who was in desperate need of manpower at this critical time of the war.

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