NSFK Flugbuch (Flight Log Book) – Pforzheim HJ Bann 424 Sturm 8/15 – NSFK-Gruppe 3

A scarce and attractive original Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps (NSFK) Flugbuch belonging to Roland Mann, documenting his glider flight training from the late pre-war period through the Second World War.

The Flugbuch was opened on 9 September 1938 and belonged to Roland Mann, born on 7 June 1923 in Pforzheim, later residing in Hamburg. It retains the original portrait photograph, official NSFK ink stamp, handwritten signature, and numerous instructional entries covering several years of flight training.

Mann began his training on 4 December 1938, successfully passing his:

• A Glider Pilot Examination – 21 August 1940
• B Glider Pilot Examination – 15 May 1941
• C Glider Pilot Examination – 20 June 1941

The flight log contains over one hundred individual flight entries recording aircraft types, launch methods, flight durations, training exercises, and instructor confirmations. Flights were conducted with several well-known German training gliders including the Grunau Baby IIb, Grunau 9, SG-38 Schulgleiter, and DFS Zögling, providing an excellent record of NSFK glider instruction during the war years.

Of particular interest are official stamps from:

• NSFK Sturm 8/15
• NSFK Reichsgruppe Nord – Fliegerhorst Hamburg
• Segelfluggruppe des Fliegerhorstes Flensburg

The Flugbuch remains in very good original condition with normal period wear from use. The photograph, stamps, handwritten entries, examination records, and flight log are all well preserved, making this an excellent research document.

Original NSFK flight log books with photographs and extensive wartime flying records are becoming increasingly difficult to find and are highly desirable pieces documenting Germany’s pre-war and wartime pilot training system. This is an outstanding example suitable for collectors of NSFK, Luftwaffe training material, aviation history, and Third Reich documentation.