A byf 41

Powdercrank · 01-24-2005, 08:20 PM

If I did this right, attached are two photos of my godfather's captured byf 41. He was a Tank Commander for General Patton in Africa and Europe. He seldom would talk about the war, I think he was still traumatized from it when he passed on a couple years ago. I only heard this story a time or two about twenty years ago, but here goes... He said he took this piece from a German officer who was surrendering his unit somewhere in Germany. He had already handed over the pistol and his men were lined up at attention. Then one of the men broke and ran for the woods. Before anyone else could react, the officer snatched back his Luger and shot his own man in the back of the head. He handed the pistol back and said, "Nobody in MY unit runs!" Rather cold was my thinking.
The pistol is all matching, down to the ventilated firing pin. The grips appear to be two different colors, but both are stamped with an 86 inside. One magazine matches the gun and has P.08, fxo and a 37 under an eagle in two places on it. The holster reads FR & K VOEGELS KOLN-DEUTZ 1936. Also WaA387 under somesort of bird. The stitching is solid and was obviously white. Other photos will follow in another post.

01-24-2005, 08:20 PM	#1
Powdercrank User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North Central Indiana Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	A byf 41 If I did this right, attached are two photos of my godfather's captured byf 41. He was a Tank Commander for General Patton in Africa and Europe. He seldom would talk about the war, I think he was still traumatized from it when he passed on a couple years ago. I only heard this story a time or two about twenty years ago, but here goes... He said he took this piece from a German officer who was surrendering his unit somewhere in Germany. He had already handed over the pistol and his men were lined up at attention. Then one of the men broke and ran for the woods. Before anyone else could react, the officer snatched back his Luger and shot his own man in the back of the head. He handed the pistol back and said, "Nobody in MY unit runs!" Rather cold was my thinking. The pistol is all matching, down to the ventilated firing pin. The grips appear to be two different colors, but both are stamped with an 86 inside. One magazine matches the gun and has P.08, fxo and a 37 under an eagle in two places on it. The holster reads FR & K VOEGELS KOLN-DEUTZ 1936. Also WaA387 under somesort of bird. The stitching is solid and was obviously white. Other photos will follow in another post.