Luftwaffe - Air Base Fire Fighters WWII

[Luke]

See: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=37114

for images and description.

See also: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=18189
for description.

[Luke2]

* A = Military officials with officer rank 1935-1940
* B = Civilian employees
* C = Military officials with officer rank 1940-1945

Military officials 1935-1940
* 1 = Hauptbrandmeister (Oberleutnant)
* 2 = Oberbrandmeister (Oberleutnant)
* 3 = Brandmeister (Leutnant)
* 4 = Unterbrandmeister (Stabsfeldwebel)

Civilian employees
* 5 = Löschmeister as Beamtenanwärter (officials candidate)
* 6 = Löschmeister (Oberfeldwebel)
* 7 = Oberfeuerwehrmann (Feldwebel)
* 8 = Feuerwehrmann (Unteroffizier)

Military officials 1940-1945
* 9 = Hauptbrandmeister, Oberbrandmeister
* 10 = Brandmeister
* 11 = Unterbrandmeister
The pipings of the collar patches for 9 and 10 should be checkerad as 11, since they belonged to the mittlerer Dienst (middle service).

[Luke2]

Sonderführer O, previously Löschmeister

Civilian fire fighting employees that were fit for field duty became soldiers in 1942. The others became soldiers in 1944; Oberbrandmann appointed Sonderführer G, and Löschmeister Sonderführer O.