This is the rather quixotic, strange gaggle of folks who make up this fictional Afrika Korps battalion. The list is by no means complete… changes will be made as I get my hands on issues of “Desert Peach” that I haven't read yet! :-)
- Oberst Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel, comdg.
- Major Alemar Rauschling, XO
- Hauptmann Giloit (issue #7, “Spoiled Fruit,” one of the 3 officers for whom Major Rauschling shouts)
- Lt. Kjars Dagobert Winzig
- Lt. Thomi Jungfrau (Owner of the teddy bear… #19, “Self-Propelled Target”)
- Lt. Hecht (#15 “Triangle Trade”, wheeler-dealer assigned to Feldbischof Stange; also appears in #16, “Plight of the Phoenix”)
- Lt. Zachs (#7, “Spoiled Fruit,” and #19, “Self-Propelled Target”)
- Lt. Heiner Horowitz (#15, “Triangle Trade”, and #22, “Lady Luck”—Zilli's “problem”)
- Oberleutnant Melvin “Rosen” Kavalier, hotshot Stuka pilot and Pfirsich's lover
- Captain Jeff Holz, USA—official camp POW (KG--kriegsgefangener)
- Semyon Bryonovitch Givsonov, Cossack Liason (#4, “Is There a Nazi in the House?” and #6, “A Day Like Any Other”)
- Lt. Matheson, a British soldier & spy hiding out now at the 469th's camp: #10, “Two Timers”)
- Feldbischof Wipprecht Stange, Chaplain
- Hauptmann Zeichner von Drachenberg, Pfirsich's pilot
- Oberstabsarzt (Surgeon Major) Doktor Viktor Eddsel (first appears in #6, “A Day Like Any Other”)
- Korpsman Rabe (#7, “Spoiled Fruit”; referred to in other places)
- Gefreiter Friedrich Krüger (cook, called Franz by Pfirsich in #6, “A Day Like Any Other” and by Winzig in #10, “Two Timers”. Called Friedrich in #22, “Lady Luck”)
- Hauptfeldwebel Dünne (Sgt. Major) (the one ordered to oversee the “1 metre to the left” shift in #19, “Self-Propelled Target”)
- Feldwebel Mögen, supply staff sgt. and horse trainer, #16, “Plight of the Phoenix” and #19, “Self-Propelled Target”)
- Feldwebel Dichter (motorpool chief?) (#4, “IsThere a Nazi in the House?” and #13, “Nobody”)
- Gefreiter Udo Schmidt, Pfirsich's orderly
- Gefreiter Heinrich Dobermann, munitions “expert”
- Gefreiter (?) Arnold _______, the one with Indian blood, who wears feathers.
- OberSchütze Kristof Falbe, radioman
- OberSchütze _______ Friede (#4, “Is There a Nazi in the House?”)
- OberSchütze _______ St ückler , camp clerk (#19, “Self-Propelled Target”)
- Schütze ______ Alexander (the one in the kilt)
- Schütze ______ Bastler (working on the bridge in #19, “Self-Propelled Target”)
- Schütze ______ Hahnentritt (working on the bridge in #19, “Self-Propelled Target”)
- Schütze Walther _______ , the one with the Aussie hat
- Schütze Abdhul ________, formerly of the French Colonial Army
- Schütze ______ Maultier, the tale-telling creep in #17, “Culture Shock” also in #19, “Self-Propelled Target”)
- Schütze Cäcilie Glück (Zilli), Nachrichten Helferin (female radio asst.) (#22, “Lady Luck”)
- Schütze Werner Gespunt (pissed off at Zilli…) (#22, “Lady Luck”)
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