The Snapshots in Time Collection

American Servicemen Inspecting Uniform Insignia of Captured Luftwaffe Airman, WWII Germany

American Servicemen Inspecting Uniform Insignia of Captured Luftwaffe Airman, WWII Germany

American servicemen examine the uniform insignia of a German Luftwaffe airman, identifiable by the woven breast eagle badge on his tunic. Scenes like this were common in the final weeks of the war in Europe, spring 1945, as Allied forces processed the growing numbers of German military personnel captured or surrendering as the Third Reich collapsed. Project: 218380