Help Identifying SA Officer

[JoeW]

Would anyone recognize this SA officer looking at the photographer who accompanied Lutze on a trip to Italy in 1939? Unfortunately he is wearing an overcoat that conceals a good deal of his insignia. Thank you in advance.

[laurens]

Hi Joe,

It's Obersturmbannführer Willi Körbel.

Best,
Laurens

[JoeW]

Thank you Laurens. Do you know if he was an adjutant to Lutze or a senior member of his staff?

[Michael Miller]

Just did a bit of googling and found that he was, for a time, Hauptschriftleiter of "Der SA-Mann. Kampfblatt der Obersten SA.-Führung der NSDAP".

https://www.zvab.com/servlet/BookDetail ... k%25F6rbel

And this snippet:

"Willi Koerbel, German journalist.
Born: July 20, 1910, Habsheim [/Elsass]
Died: June 11, 2000"

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Will ... e&ie=UTF-8


Best wishes,
~ Mike

[JoeW]

Thanks Mike for the direction. So he was probably accompanying Lutze as a news representative of SA Mann.

[laurens]

Found this on Wikipedia :
Er gehörte zu den ersten deutschen Soldaten, die 1940 Paris erreichten. Später war er Verbindungsoffizier der deutschen Luftwaffe zur italienischen Luftwaffe in Rom.[4] Über diese Zeit schrieb er 1997 eine Mussolini-Biographie. 1941/43 war er Soldat in Nordafrika.

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Koerbel-Habsheim

[JoeW]

Thanks Laurens. Without dates, it is difficult to put the succession of promotions and offices in a proper time line. I suppose there will be an SA file on him in NARA.

In searching for more info on Willi Körbel, I found him mentioned in this thread https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic ... %C3%B6rbel that possibly shows him in other photos supplied by member LadyHunter. But the links seem to have been corrupted. Did anyone save these photos from 2014? Thank you.