SPANISH CIVIL WAR; CONDOR LEGION.

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Pair of Luftwaffe photograph albums, soldbuch (pay book), and log book belonging to Leutnant Konrad Ellermann. An exceptional and unusually complete archive documenting the career of Leutnant Konrad Ellermann, a decorated airman who served with the Condor Legion in Spain and later in flying-boat operations on the Eismeer Front. Centred on two meticulously compiled photograph albums and augmented by scarce supporting documents, it offers a rare, coherent visual record of theatres where comprehensive personal archives seldom survive.The first album charts his Condor Legion service, beginning with 43 tourist views of Spain and 25 informal images of squadron life, followed by sequences showing Heinkel 59 flying boats in preparation and in flight, with aerial views of enemy positions and bomb damage. Ellermann dedicates a page to comrades killed in March 1938, almost certainly the crew of the HE 59 downed near Cambrils, and records their funerals and repatriation. Additional images include Condor Legion fighters (He 51, He 112, Bf 109), long-range raids from Portbou to Oropesa, and bombed railway lines. A section headed "Einiges von den Taten!" depicts two merchant vessels sunk by his unit - the British SS Jean Weems and the Danish SS Edith - alongside further action shots. The album closes with off-duty scenes and high-quality aerial photographs of Pollença, Tangier, and Portbou.The second album covers northern service. It opens with trials of the Dornier Do 26 flying boat in lat

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