Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Thats great Matt, have sent you a pm with my e-mail address, your offer is most appreciated!

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

I would just like to thank Joe Potter, Tony Kearns, John Vasco and Matthew Smaldon for all their offers of help. Have already recieved grave photos from Joe Potter and John Vasco, so thanks alot chaps for sharing.

Regards,

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

As far as I am aware there are ten Luftwaffe graves in England that have been officially confirmed by the Deutsche Dienststelle that are still awaiting named headstones, the VDK very short of funds, so if anyone is feeling benevolent, pick a grave.

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Thanks for that Joe, wish I could help but I am still searching for a job, so my funds are very slim to say the least. Hopefully some of our forum members might have a few pounds spare that they could share for the graves of our former enemies.

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

How would you go about that?

All the best

Andreas

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Andreas,
Thanks for your interest, the contact at the VDK is Frau Beate Kalbhenn, email
beate.kalbhenn@volksbund.de Tel 0049-561-7009-197.

The graves are;

Uffz Rudolf Marchlowitz, 8/KG2, 05.07.1940, Folkestone New Cemetery,
Block 0, Grave 11.

Gefr Karl Holzapfel, 7/JG26, 06.09.1940, Folkestone New Cemetery,
Block 0, Grave 28.

Hptm Wilhelm Enßlen, StabII/JG52, 02.11.1940, Folkestone New Cemetery,
Block 0, Grave 404.

Uffz Bruno Mittelstädt, 6/KG2, 16.05.1943, Hylton Cemetery,
Block D, Row 2, 736.

Lt Herbert Riegel, 3/JG 53, 02.09.1940, Cannock Chase,
Block 1, Row 5, Grave 152.

Oblt Heinz Weber, 2/KFG506, 10.11.1941, Thornaby-on-Tees Cemetery.
Section 0, Row L, Grave 10.

Lt Gunther Beubler, 2/KG66, 02.10.1943, Hull Northern Cemetery,
Section 202, Grave 82.

Uffz Albert Fischer, 2/KG66, 02.10. 1943, Hull Northern Cemetery,
Section 0, Grave 83.

Oblt Horst von der Groeben, Stab II/KG2, 13.08.1940, Whitstable Cemetery,
Unmarked Grave.

Oblt Gerhard Müller, 8-KG2, 13.08.1940, Whitstable Cemetery,
Unmarked Grave.

I was told several years ago that it was possible to make a donation for a specific purpose, ie, Grave Marker, latest price is around 300-350 Euro, each!

Thanks

Joe

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Joe,

Thanks for this. I was not aware that Lt Beubler and Uffz Fischer of I./KG66 (the unit I'm investigating) had their graves at Hull Northern Cemetery, not to mention the fact that they don't even have a headstone...(Wonder why their relatives - if they have any, of course - couldn't help out here..) BTW, do you know where the other members of Beubler's crew (Beobachter Uffz Heinz Urban and Bordschütze Uffz Erwin Pausch) were buried?

Regards,

Marcel

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Hi Marcel,

Pautsch & Urban also rest in Hull Northern Cemetery, Grave Ref: Comp 202 Graves 80 & 81. Hope that helps.

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Hi Melvin,

It certainly does! Thanks for your support for my project (now and in the past),

Marcel

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

No problem Marcel, always happy to help if I can! How is the project going?

All the best,

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk