WWII Luftwaffe Wehrpass – Unterarzt i.d. Flak & Sanitäts-Zug (Sudetenland Medal)

Original WWII German Luftwaffe Wehrpass belonging to Gustav Rudolf Johannes Lähne, born on 23 May 1910 in Leipzig, Germany. Profession listed as Arbeiter (worker). A highly interesting and extensively filled Wehrpass documenting long-term Luftwaffe service from the pre-war period through the later years of WWII.

Lähne entered active military service on 26 October 1936 after being declared fit for service during his Musterung in Potsdam. He was assigned to 12./ Flak-Regiment 12, making this an early pre-war Luftwaffe Flak Wehrpass.

The Wehrpass contains numerous wartime entries, unit transfers, training notations, promotions, operational notes, official stamps, and signatures throughout the document.

Early training entries record instruction on the:

• 8,8 cm Flak 18

The document later records extensive medical and specialist Luftwaffe training, including: “2. Sanitäts-Offizier-Anwärter Lehrgang” from January to February 1940.

Additional service and training entries reference:

• Luftverteidigung
• defense of “kriegswichtiger Anlagen” (war-important installations)
• homeland war zone service
• enemy air attacks and air defense operations

Several wartime entries specifically refer to the protection of strategically important installations inside the Reich during Allied bombing operations, giving the Wehrpass strong historical context tied to Germany’s homeland air defense network.

Recorded units and formations appearing in the Wehrpass include:

• 12./ Flak-Regiment 12
• Sanitäts-Zug-Luftwaffe-Kommando 7
• Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 146
• Reserve-Flak-Abt. 511

The Wehrpass also records promotions including:

• Unteroffizier d.B.
• Unterarzt d.B. (des Beurlaubtenstandes (reserve / inactive reserve status))

A decoration entry confirms award of the: “Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1.10.1938”
(Sudetenland Medal)

The document is especially attractive due to the large amount of handwritten wartime content, official Luftwaffe stamps, operational annotations, and its combination of Flak, Luftschutz, and medical service history.

A very solid and researchable Luftwaffe Wehrpass showing the evolution from early pre-war Flak service into later wartime homeland defense and medical support duties during the increasingly defensive phase of the war.

Condition

Overall good original condition with normal age wear, handling traces, period stamps, signatures, and attached portrait photograph. The Wehrpass remains well preserved and displays very nicely.