Hoyte
It was nice to read in your message that your older brother stated he captured his Luger from an enlisted man. You always seem to hear the "story" that the family Luger was taken from; an army general, a shot down fighter pilot, a tanker, a Gestapo agent, a high raking SS officer [only if chromed] or from the home of a high ranking Nazi party member.
There seems to be no "glory" in the Luger story unless it was captured from somebody important.
The vast majority were issued to the average combat man, not to high ranking officers, as they most often carried the smaller semi auto in .32 or .380 cal [check out period photos]. Also a Luger is a pretty big gun to carry in the tight quaters of the cockpit of a fighter plane, especially when your trying to bail out.
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