Helmuth Hirth

Also known as Hellmuth Hirth in this wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmuth_Hirth , Hirth (1886-1938) was a famous airplane designer and flyer.  This postcard shows him with his Iron Cross presumably during WWI.  He was killed in a plane crash in 1938.

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You know it's one reason I share them here--digitization allows access to the image without having to actually be holding the piece of paper.
One draw back is that digitizing may miss something. I may be sharing what you all can't come and actually touch and feel but I'm filtering my collection through my choice of interests or what I think others may find interesting.  Who knows what I'm overlooking and failing to scan and post here?!?
Slowly but surely I'm getting more and more items scanned and posted.