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5 July 2009, 05:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Galloway Scout Pilot Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Arizona Posts: 426	Interesting Pour Le Merite Pilot? Photo on eBay Very interesting officer pilot? with Pour Le Merite (Original photo)? Who is he??? Looks a little like Max Immelmann to me???? Has anyone seen this photo before??? Original Foto Pour le Merite Träger - TOP Selten !!!! - eBay (item 370223242136 end time Jul-11-09 10:11:39 PDT) Ken

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5 July 2009, 06:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Gregvan Forum Ace Contributor Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St. Charles, Iowa Posts: 2,812	Hi Galloway, Yes, it's Immelmann. No, it's a new one to me! Greg __________________ Greg VanWyngarden

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6 July 2009, 08:34 AM

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Hi Galloway,

Yes, it's Immelmann. No, it's a new one to me!

Greg

Thanks Greg

I bet I have it somewhere in one of my books???

Ken

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7 July 2009, 04:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bulldog90 Scout Pilot Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 346	Nice pic. He looks kinda brawny in the photo. I usually think of him being slim. Bulldog 90

7 July 2009, 07:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gregvan Forum Ace Contributor Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St. Charles, Iowa Posts: 2,812	Immelmann was an accomplished gymnast, and very fit. Something of what we would call a "health nut" today, except he had a weakness for cake. __________________ Greg VanWyngarden

7 July 2009, 07:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
oldcrow Observer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, US Posts: 10	New ID Looks a lot like von Tutschek, nose, ears and chin are 'right'. FWIW Merrill

22 July 2009, 07:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
Lance B Observer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Buffalo NY Posts: 54	Hi everyone! It's definitely Max Immelmann. Though I haven't seen this particular shot, it was taken the same time as another of him standing on the same ladder and spreading his coat like wings (see attached). Regards, Lance

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Very interesting officer pilot? with Pour Le Merite (Original photo)? Who is he??? Looks a little like

Max Immelmann to me???? Has anyone seen this photo before???

Original Foto Pour le Merite Träger - TOP Selten !!!! - eBay (item 370223242136 end time Jul-11-09 10:11:39 PDT)

Ken

Mate,
Looks like Max to me, if not in a most undignified way. But its him.

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