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Born:
Born 1914 living in Gladbeck.
Units:
00.00.00-00.00.00 Flak-Ersatz-Abteilung 33
00.00.00-00.00.00 Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 132
00.00.00-00.00.00 Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur Lippstadt
00.00.00-00.00.00 Stab/Jagdgeschwader 26 “Schlageter”
00.00.00-00.00.00 General der Luftwaffe beim Oberkommando der Kgl.Italienischen Luftwaffe
00.00.00-00.00.00 Wachbataillon der Luftwaffe Oberbefehlshaber Süd Nr.II
00.00.00-00.00.00 Flieger-Ersatz-Bataillon VII
00.00.00-00.00.00 Schwere Flak-Abteilung 234
00.00.00-00.00.00 Schwere Flak-Abteilung 705
00.00.00-00.00.00 I./Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 4
00.00.00-00.00.00 Fallschirmjäger-Ersatz-Bataillon
12.11.44-07.05.45 Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 3
Rank:
09.11.39 Sturmann (NSKK)
20.04.40 Rottenführer (NSKK)
00.00.00 Unteroffizier
01.01.41 Feldwebel
01.04.41 K.O.A
20.04.42 Scharführer (NSKK)
01.06.42 Leutnant
09.11.43 Oberscharführer (NSKK)
Awards:
01.05.37 NSDAP Parteiabzeichen (NSDAP Party Badge)
24.02.43 Verwundeten-Abzeichen in Schwartz (Wound Badge in Black)
00.00.00 Eiserne Kreuz 2. Klasse (Iron Cross 2nd Class)
03.10.44 Eiserne Kreuz 1. Klasse (Iron Cross 1st Class)
History:
1938
1939
3 July 39
Simon was awarded with a gold NSKK plaque during the “6.Sauerländischen Geländefahrt 1939”. Signed by the Gruppenführer of NSKK-Motorgruppe Westfalen.
1940
17 April 40
Promotion document stating Simon was on 20 April 1940 promoted to NSKK-Rottenführer.
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Fritz Simon, Nationalsozialistische Kraftfahrkorps NSKK-Oberscharführer.
1) NSKK service pass. With pass photo.
2) Promotion document, 17.4.40. Stating he was on 20.4.40 promoted to NSKK-Rottenführer.
3) RARE award certificate/card, 3.7.39. Stating he was awarded with a gold NSKK plaque during the “6.Sauerländischen Geländefahrt 1939”. Signed by the Gruppenführer of NSKK-Motorgruppe Westfalen.
Born 1914 living in Gladbeck. He served at least 1939-43 with NSKK Motorsturm 4/M 70 in his hometown Gladbeck of Motorgruppe Westfalen. He was promoted: 9.11.39 to Obersturmmann, 20.4.40 to Rottenführer, 20.4.42 to Scharführer, 9.11.43 to Oberscharführer.
NSDAP memberships card Ortsgruppe Gladbeck. Issued 1938 to Oberzahlmeister Fritz Simon, NSDAP member since 1.5.37.
(D21509B)
Waffenschein, weapon license, 7.11.39. With pass photo at the back. Issued to Fritz Simon living in Gladbeck for owning and wearing a pistol.
uftwaffe Flak, fighter squadrons, Luftwaffe upper command in Italy, Africa Corps security unit and Fallschirmjäger Artillery.
1) Soldbuch, 6.3.40. With uniform pass photo. Heavily used condition, some pages loose etc.
2) Wound Badge in Black, 24.2.43. Unit Wachbataillon O.B. Süd 2. Sigend by the CO of Reserve-Lazarett Gelsenkirchen-Buer. Awarded for his injury (shot through his right hand) on 21.12.42 in Africa.
3) Decorative DIN A4 promotion certificate, 1.1.41. For his promotion to Feldwebel. Signed by the commander of Fliegerhorst Lippstadt, Major. Used condition.
4) Promotion document, 8.7.42. Din A4. For his promotion to Leutnant. General der Deutschen Luftwaffe beim Oberkommando der Kgl. Ital. Luftwaffe.
5) Military tarin and travel ticket „Kriegsurlaubsschein” for vising his parents, 15.12.43. Fieldpost number L55592: 3./Flak-Abteilung 705(o).
6) “Führungszeugnis”, statement by the police in Gladback that he has no criminal records, 18.3.32. With pass photo. Issued for starting his service in the Reichswehr. DIN A4.
Born 1940 in Gladbeck. He served: Mar.40 with Flak-Ersatz-Abteilung 33 in Halle; Mar.-Aug.40 with Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 132 in Berlin; Aug.40-Jan.41 with Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur Lippstadt; Jan.-Feb.41 with Stab/Jagdgeschwader 26 “Schlageter” at that moment based in Abbeville-Drucat France; Feb.41-May 42 with III/Zerstörer-Geschwader 26 “Horst Wessel” home based in Trapani Italy active in the Mediterranean, Africa and Greece; Feb.42 one week in the Luftwaffe hospital in Athene Greece because he broke his nose; May-Oct.42 with “General der Luftwaffe beim Oberkommando der Kgl.Italienischen Luftwaffe” in Rome Italy; Oct.-Dec.42 with Wachbataillon der Luftwaffe Oberbefehlshaber Süd Nr.II (destroyed May 1943 Tunisia) active in Africa under the Africa Corps, Nov.42 active during the siege on Gabes Tunisia; marked in the Soldbuch “Seit 16.11.42 Einsatz in Afrika” and „Afrikazulage 16.11-25.12.42”, service on African soil Nov.-Dec.42; wounded Dec.42 in Africa when he was shot through his right hand; till Jul.43 for recovery with Flieger-Ersatz-Bataillon VII in Nagold; Jul.-Aug.43 with Schwere Flak-Abteilung 234 based in Essen; Aug.43-Mar.44 with Schwere Flak-Abteilung 705 in Friedrichshafen; Mar.-May 44 with the new formed I./Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 4 of the 4.Fallschirm-Division active against the allied invasion in Italy (Nettuno, Rome); May 44 wounded again (during the fiece battles for Rome when his unit was decimated) and in hospital in Luneville France till 23.6.44; till Jul.44 attached to Fallschirmjäger-Ersatz-Bataillon in Aschersleben; Oct.-Dec.44 with Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 3 of the 3.Fallschirm-Division active in Holland (Oct.44 refreshed in Oldenzaal, active at Kranenburg and Arnhem) and Dec.44 in the Ardennes durng the Battle of the Bulge; 11.12.44 wounded again (shrapnel or shot) and in several hospitals till the end of the war.
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