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WW2 Colourised Photos - This photo was taken in the Vinnitsa (Vinnytsia) area of the Ukraine in November 1943. The man at the wheel is SS-Hauptsturmführer Gustav Knittel, the commander of the 1st SS Aufklärungs-Abteilung LSSAH at the time. The number plate is 302098, and the vehicle is one of the original Porsche Vorserien Schwimmwagens (literally Floating/Swimming Car) assigned to the LAH in the middle of 1942. In the background are two Panzerkampfwagen V 'Panther' Ausf.A of I.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 / 1.SS-Panzer-Division LSSAH. After the war, Knittel was convicted of War Crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment in July 1946. In March 1948 a reviewing authority reduced his sentence to 15 years imprisonment. In May 1948 the War Crimes Review Board Nr. 4 rejected the claim that irregularities had occurred during the trial against Knittel but following the Simpson Report and the findings of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services his sentence was further reduced to 12 years imprisonment. Knittel was released from Landsberg Prison on the 7th of December 1953 following a Christmas Amnesty. Gustav Knittel died on the 30th of June 1976. (Colourised by Doug) http://www.colourisehistory.com/ | Facebook

This photo was taken in the Vinnitsa (Vinnytsia) area of the Ukraine in November 1943. The man at the wheel is SS-Hauptsturmführer Gustav Knittel, the commander of the 1st SS Aufklärungs-Abteilung LSSAH at the time. The number plate is 302098, and the vehicle is one of the original Porsche Vorserien Schwimmwagens (literally Floating/Swimming Car) assigned to the LAH in the middle of 1942.