Post by Aldebrando von Württemberg on Feb 14, 2010 1:32:50 GMT
Aldebrando was standing at the small airfield behind the NPEA that he personally patronized, and that his own entire unit attended. He had chosen to don his brown HJ uniform this day instead of his standard Waffen-SS uniform, due to his being on instructor duty all day. Unlike most of the Wermacht Officers who were assigned to work as NPEA liaisons who found the donning of the Instructor uniform was less honourable then intimidating the other faculty and the HJ by wearing their military uniform. Despite his wearing the HJ uniform, his lapels were adorned with his Sigrunes and SS-Obersturmführer about the lapel of his jacket, and his shoulder boards displayed his rank of HJ-Stabsführer. He had a few minutes before the lunch break ended and was enjoying a bowl of tobacco in his pipe, watching some SS-Sturmscharführer who obviously had some modicum of flight training, but the lack of quality in that regard showed through as he instructed Aldebrando’s IX-Unterbanne the boy’s of the HJ-Flieger (flight corps) shifted anxiously from foot to foot, and couldn’t keep eye contact with the instructor. Aldebrando knew this was because the boys likely knew more than this man who most likely didn’t even have his own wings. Aldebrando having had enough of this moved forward and smiled as all the boys’ straightened up and saluted.
“Heil Hitler! Herzog Stabsführer!” The instructor turned toward Aldebrando as the boys saluted and for a moment looked as if he was prepared to chastise the HJ administrator, but thought better of it when he saw the Sigrunes about his neck and the fact that the new man out ranked him by 2 full ranks. Aldebrando signalled for his boys to stand-at-ease, and then addressed the instructor.
“Sturmscharführer tell me what qualifies you to teach this elective?” Aldebrando asked, his voice showing his upset at the fact that he noted the SS man wore no wings.
“Umm... I have attended flight training & airplane maintenance courses, I have also logged...” He looked as if he wanted to continue but Aldebrando cut him off jabbing his pipe into the man’s chest.
“In other words you have no more training than half the boys here? Stammführer Laico Klien!” Aldebrando called out the boys name, and one of the oldest boys in the group stepped forward and saluted.
“Yes Herzog Stabsführer!” The boy said snapping to a salute. Aldebrando moved his pipe to point at the boy’s chest and softly tapped the boy’s wings. Laico served as Aldebrando’s personal pilot, though he rarely called upon the boy, unless he was going to head home for a weekend.
“See this Sturmscharführer, this means that this boy knows more about non-combat flight then you do, as such tell me what qualifies you to teach this course?” He turned to the boys and pointed at another handful of the senior boys and said, “Abelard, Emory, Lindberg all these boys have logged enough hours to earn their non-com wings, and another 12 boys are in the midst of working on those same hours. They come to you to teach them the things they don’t already know, and here you are stumbling over your words, and not understanding the basics of what you teach. Not to mention that you can’t seem to keep the attention of the boys. I would suggest that you depart this school immediately and hope that you are able to report to your superior before I get word to him.” The man saluted and bolted off the field, as it sunk into him to whom he was speaking. Aldebrando was known for 2 things amid the SS, his anger and his vengefulness, one of which he had just seen and the other he hoped to avoid. Aldebrando turned back to his personal pilot, the young man wasn’t even 25 yet, but Aldebrando trusted him more than any other pilot he had ever flown with. Due in no small part to the fact that he had overseen the boy’s training for most of his life.
“Laico, please take over teaching today’s lesson.” Aldebrando finished his sentence as a he heard the bell ring indicating the start of afternoon classes. He began to stride toward the school. He entered the building but instead of heading toward his class he instead strode into the office and without any formality walked into the Commandant’s office, he removed his hat, placing it under his arm and addressed the man.
“Herr Kommandant, I will be unable to attend this afternoon’s lessons. It seems that I have to find a new Flight Instructor for our little school.” Aldebrando and the Kommandant both knew that this meeting was merely a formality; Aldebrando wasn’t bound to the school as the other faculty & staff were, but the Kommandant was happy to have him.
“Understood Herzog Stabsführer, I hope you shall have a fruitful afternoon.” With that the Kommandant saluted Aldebrando and returned to his work as the man left. Aldebrando stepped out into the front office and grabbed the overhead speaker microphone and spoke.
“Gefolgschaftsführer Willis Köhler, please report to the front doors with Herzog von Württemberg’s car.” He then returned the microphone to the desk and headed to his office. He entered the room and placed his hat on the side table near the door; then began removing his HJ uniform, replacing it with his SS uniform. He then thought better of it and re-buttoned his uniform. He then went over to his desk and sat down, he reached into the papers pocket of his uniform and retrieved a little black book and shifted through some names before settling on one and picked up the receiver and tapped the carriage a few times till he heard a voice.
“Operator” The voice said,
“Please connect me to Sturmbannführer Hossfeldt of the SS-Race and Settlement Office.” The operator said something that was cut off in his enthusiasm, leaving Aldebrando with his thoughts. Aldebrando had attended an SS Officers dinner and had had the luxury of sitting next to the Herr Hossfeldt during the occasion and listened as the man raved about one of his friend’s sons, a Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe. The man sounded like the perfect person that Aldebrando wanted to speak to, those with SS friends tend to respond well when called upon to assist them. The phone clicked again and a voice came on the phone.
“Sturmbannführer Hossfeldt, whose this?” Aldebrando heard the man’s voice he sounded tired, most likely due to his being held up with the requirements of his office. Even Aldebrando whose work was far easier to palette he supposed then the works of the Race and Settlement Department.
“Herr Hossfeldt, this is Obersturmführer von Wurttemberg, SS-Liaison to the Reich Youth Office. We sat next to each other at the last officers’ dinner.” Aldebrando explained, hoping the man would remember him.
“Oh yes the Hitlerjungend man. What can the Race and Resettlement office do for you?” the man asked, remembering the charismatic young man. Though even without the lengthy explanation Himmler’s man within the HJ was known to all high ranking SS men.
“Herr Hossfeldt I was hoping that you could contact your Luftwaffe man, as I would like to have a meeting with him; seems that the local NPEA is in need of a new Flight Instructor.” Aldebrando explained.
“I see, well I am sure I can arrange a meeting. I shall return your call in a few moments. Where are you at?” Hossfeldt asked of the man.
“I am at the NPEA Berlin-Spandau.”
“Very well Obersturmführer, I shall return your call shortly.” Aldebrando gave the formal Heil Hitler farewell then hung up the phone. He graded a few papers while he awaited the man’s return call. His phone rang not even 5 minutes later, and Aldebrando answered.
“This is Obersturmführer von Württemberg.” He said as he picked up the phone.
“Von Württemberg this is Hossfeldt. I have spoken to Hauptman Rolf Jäger’s Secretary, he has an opening in his schedule for 1330 hours today.” Aldebrando looked to the mantle clock that he had in his NPEA Office, it read 1230 hours. “I have had her pencil you in.”
“Thank you Herr Hossfeldt, I owe you one.” He said, the Hauptman knew that he now had a favour with the SS-Liaison to the Reich Youth Office, and that was worth the phone call. So the two hailed Hitler again and then hung up their phones. Aldebrando got up and put one of his many leather portfolios into his satchel then retrieved his hat and placed it on his head. He knew it would take no less than 30 minutes to get back to Berlin, and then some more to get to the Hauptman’s office. He knew that he wouldn’t be late, but he still had to hurry. He stepped outside into the early afternoon sun, and was glad to see his vehicle already idling for him, with Willis Köhler waiting beside the open rear door. Aldebrando approached and when was half in the car he spoke to Köhler.
“Willis, please head to the Luftwaffe office in Berlin, and we have a little under an hour.” He then got fully into the vehicle and settled in for the long ride. The trip was rather uneventful, though Aldebrando made this trip at least once a week. The black Mercedes-Benz 770, bearing the flags of the SS and HJ pulled up to the Luftwaffe office in Berlin, 45 minutes after they left the NPEA, Köhler opened the door for Aldebrando to get out. Aldebrando pulled himself out of the car and turned to Köhler,
“Willis, you can go and get yourself some shaved ice, I shall be no less than half an hour. When you return go and park yourself with the other drivers, I shall call down for you when I am ready to leave.” He walked away before he got the thank you response from the boy. Aldebrando walked through the wrought iron gate of the Luftwaffe HQ, and then strode through the courtyard and entered the building. He consulted the list of occupants and then headed up to the office and knocked, entering the office and addressing the young woman who was sitting there.
“Greetings I am SS-Obersturmführer von Württemberg here for the 1330 appointment with the Hauptman.” His voice was charming and measured to accompany his stereotypical smile.
“Heil Hitler! Herzog Stabsführer!” The instructor turned toward Aldebrando as the boys saluted and for a moment looked as if he was prepared to chastise the HJ administrator, but thought better of it when he saw the Sigrunes about his neck and the fact that the new man out ranked him by 2 full ranks. Aldebrando signalled for his boys to stand-at-ease, and then addressed the instructor.
“Sturmscharführer tell me what qualifies you to teach this elective?” Aldebrando asked, his voice showing his upset at the fact that he noted the SS man wore no wings.
“Umm... I have attended flight training & airplane maintenance courses, I have also logged...” He looked as if he wanted to continue but Aldebrando cut him off jabbing his pipe into the man’s chest.
“In other words you have no more training than half the boys here? Stammführer Laico Klien!” Aldebrando called out the boys name, and one of the oldest boys in the group stepped forward and saluted.
“Yes Herzog Stabsführer!” The boy said snapping to a salute. Aldebrando moved his pipe to point at the boy’s chest and softly tapped the boy’s wings. Laico served as Aldebrando’s personal pilot, though he rarely called upon the boy, unless he was going to head home for a weekend.
“See this Sturmscharführer, this means that this boy knows more about non-combat flight then you do, as such tell me what qualifies you to teach this course?” He turned to the boys and pointed at another handful of the senior boys and said, “Abelard, Emory, Lindberg all these boys have logged enough hours to earn their non-com wings, and another 12 boys are in the midst of working on those same hours. They come to you to teach them the things they don’t already know, and here you are stumbling over your words, and not understanding the basics of what you teach. Not to mention that you can’t seem to keep the attention of the boys. I would suggest that you depart this school immediately and hope that you are able to report to your superior before I get word to him.” The man saluted and bolted off the field, as it sunk into him to whom he was speaking. Aldebrando was known for 2 things amid the SS, his anger and his vengefulness, one of which he had just seen and the other he hoped to avoid. Aldebrando turned back to his personal pilot, the young man wasn’t even 25 yet, but Aldebrando trusted him more than any other pilot he had ever flown with. Due in no small part to the fact that he had overseen the boy’s training for most of his life.
“Laico, please take over teaching today’s lesson.” Aldebrando finished his sentence as a he heard the bell ring indicating the start of afternoon classes. He began to stride toward the school. He entered the building but instead of heading toward his class he instead strode into the office and without any formality walked into the Commandant’s office, he removed his hat, placing it under his arm and addressed the man.
“Herr Kommandant, I will be unable to attend this afternoon’s lessons. It seems that I have to find a new Flight Instructor for our little school.” Aldebrando and the Kommandant both knew that this meeting was merely a formality; Aldebrando wasn’t bound to the school as the other faculty & staff were, but the Kommandant was happy to have him.
“Understood Herzog Stabsführer, I hope you shall have a fruitful afternoon.” With that the Kommandant saluted Aldebrando and returned to his work as the man left. Aldebrando stepped out into the front office and grabbed the overhead speaker microphone and spoke.
“Gefolgschaftsführer Willis Köhler, please report to the front doors with Herzog von Württemberg’s car.” He then returned the microphone to the desk and headed to his office. He entered the room and placed his hat on the side table near the door; then began removing his HJ uniform, replacing it with his SS uniform. He then thought better of it and re-buttoned his uniform. He then went over to his desk and sat down, he reached into the papers pocket of his uniform and retrieved a little black book and shifted through some names before settling on one and picked up the receiver and tapped the carriage a few times till he heard a voice.
“Operator” The voice said,
“Please connect me to Sturmbannführer Hossfeldt of the SS-Race and Settlement Office.” The operator said something that was cut off in his enthusiasm, leaving Aldebrando with his thoughts. Aldebrando had attended an SS Officers dinner and had had the luxury of sitting next to the Herr Hossfeldt during the occasion and listened as the man raved about one of his friend’s sons, a Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe. The man sounded like the perfect person that Aldebrando wanted to speak to, those with SS friends tend to respond well when called upon to assist them. The phone clicked again and a voice came on the phone.
“Sturmbannführer Hossfeldt, whose this?” Aldebrando heard the man’s voice he sounded tired, most likely due to his being held up with the requirements of his office. Even Aldebrando whose work was far easier to palette he supposed then the works of the Race and Settlement Department.
“Herr Hossfeldt, this is Obersturmführer von Wurttemberg, SS-Liaison to the Reich Youth Office. We sat next to each other at the last officers’ dinner.” Aldebrando explained, hoping the man would remember him.
“Oh yes the Hitlerjungend man. What can the Race and Resettlement office do for you?” the man asked, remembering the charismatic young man. Though even without the lengthy explanation Himmler’s man within the HJ was known to all high ranking SS men.
“Herr Hossfeldt I was hoping that you could contact your Luftwaffe man, as I would like to have a meeting with him; seems that the local NPEA is in need of a new Flight Instructor.” Aldebrando explained.
“I see, well I am sure I can arrange a meeting. I shall return your call in a few moments. Where are you at?” Hossfeldt asked of the man.
“I am at the NPEA Berlin-Spandau.”
“Very well Obersturmführer, I shall return your call shortly.” Aldebrando gave the formal Heil Hitler farewell then hung up the phone. He graded a few papers while he awaited the man’s return call. His phone rang not even 5 minutes later, and Aldebrando answered.
“This is Obersturmführer von Württemberg.” He said as he picked up the phone.
“Von Württemberg this is Hossfeldt. I have spoken to Hauptman Rolf Jäger’s Secretary, he has an opening in his schedule for 1330 hours today.” Aldebrando looked to the mantle clock that he had in his NPEA Office, it read 1230 hours. “I have had her pencil you in.”
“Thank you Herr Hossfeldt, I owe you one.” He said, the Hauptman knew that he now had a favour with the SS-Liaison to the Reich Youth Office, and that was worth the phone call. So the two hailed Hitler again and then hung up their phones. Aldebrando got up and put one of his many leather portfolios into his satchel then retrieved his hat and placed it on his head. He knew it would take no less than 30 minutes to get back to Berlin, and then some more to get to the Hauptman’s office. He knew that he wouldn’t be late, but he still had to hurry. He stepped outside into the early afternoon sun, and was glad to see his vehicle already idling for him, with Willis Köhler waiting beside the open rear door. Aldebrando approached and when was half in the car he spoke to Köhler.
“Willis, please head to the Luftwaffe office in Berlin, and we have a little under an hour.” He then got fully into the vehicle and settled in for the long ride. The trip was rather uneventful, though Aldebrando made this trip at least once a week. The black Mercedes-Benz 770, bearing the flags of the SS and HJ pulled up to the Luftwaffe office in Berlin, 45 minutes after they left the NPEA, Köhler opened the door for Aldebrando to get out. Aldebrando pulled himself out of the car and turned to Köhler,
“Willis, you can go and get yourself some shaved ice, I shall be no less than half an hour. When you return go and park yourself with the other drivers, I shall call down for you when I am ready to leave.” He walked away before he got the thank you response from the boy. Aldebrando walked through the wrought iron gate of the Luftwaffe HQ, and then strode through the courtyard and entered the building. He consulted the list of occupants and then headed up to the office and knocked, entering the office and addressing the young woman who was sitting there.
“Greetings I am SS-Obersturmführer von Württemberg here for the 1330 appointment with the Hauptman.” His voice was charming and measured to accompany his stereotypical smile.