Captured fourteen year old boys who were members of the "Air Guard."

Captured Air Guard

Several high ranking German officers at a meeting at General Paulus' HQ near Stalingrad. August, 1942. (Bundesarchiv, Bild 169-0946)

Commanders' meeting

Original description from German Propaganda unit, 1941: &quot;Oberfeldwebel (~Staff Sergeant) Nicolas Balanowski -just like many of his fellow countrymen- fights in special Cossack units against their former oppressors, the Bolsheviks. True to the Cossacks' tradition he's dressed with the Cossacks' hat.&quot; (Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1975-099-16A)