Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps flight logbook with entries
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
Creator(s)
- Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps (Distributor)
Archival History
The logbook was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1987 by the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Flight logbook with many handwritten entries used by the Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps [NSFK: National Socialist Flying Corps] of unknown origin. NSFK was a paramilitary organization founded in 1937 and affiliated with the Nazi Party. It was primarily involved with training and civil air defense.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Logbook with a missing front cover and stained blue paper back cover. The existing front page is for recording medical information and has handwritten dated entries and an official Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps stamp with Reichsadler. There follow several sets of facing pages, left side has 6 preprinted columns, right page has 4 preprinted columns, both with German headings in black ink and 13 horizontal dotted lines creating spaces for pilot entries: Left side page: Nr. / Datum / Flugzeug / Startzeit / Flugdauer / höhe [Airplane, start time, flight time. altitude] On the right side page: Column 1: Windrichtung und Stärke [Wind direction and Strength] ; Column 2: Gelände [Terrain]; Column 3: Startart✽ (G, A, W, F) [Startup type] ; Column 4: Bemerkungen, Prüfungs Eintragungen des flugsch [Remarks, records of the flight]. Most of the pages have handwritten notations and several have purple stamped text with dates and signatures; the final pages have no entries.
Corporate Bodies
- Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps
Subjects
- Military paraphernalia--Germany--History--20th century.
- Paramilitary forces--Germany--History--20th century.
- Civil defense--Germany--History--20th century.
- Air defenses--Germany--History--20th century.
Genre
- Information Forms
- Object