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Attachment 10970Have I spelled the man's name incorrectly? ..should it be Ademeit? I apologize if I have. It's looks like Ademeit was a bit of an outsider when it came to the hierarchy of JG54 aces, as this picture shows, maybe because he was a 'young gun' on his way up? Adameit is at the back, 4th from the left.
Don

Re: HORST ADAMEIT LAST FLIGHT?
 

Good evening Gentlemen,

was Horst Ademeit flying a Bf109 or an Fw190 in Mar/Apr1943 and on 6Aug1944, respectively ?

Cheers,

Michael

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Dear Harrison,
If you have so much information about Horst Ademeit, do you perhaps happen to know if he was married?

Thank you very much in advance.
Teresa

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Hello Teresa,

do you want to locate his possible widow ?

Michael

No, I don't think his widow would be still alive, even if he had actually been married. The problem is that I love fighter pilots in bulk (as you know, I love Friedrich Rupp the most, but other pilots fascinate me too) and I feel a bit uncomfortable if I have a crush on a pilot and it turns out he was married.
Maybe I should fall in love with a cucumber? Cucumbers are better than men because you'll never find out a cucumber is married.

Maybe I should consider buying this book https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/6060...n-man-becaouse

By the way, what if Horst Ademeit had been a cucumber... :-)

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Hello Teresa,

I think in many cases it's difficult to find out if an ace was not married.
You might identify the bachelors among those who were KIA if you have their obituaries.

Have a nice Tuesday,

Michael

Re: HORST ADAMEIT LAST FLIGHT?
 

Western European countries have been recording births, deaths and mariages for over a century, either through churches or government departments, as well as in censuses. There are huge online resources where this kind of information can be sought and exchanged.

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Dear Nick,
The problem is that with the new EU data protection law I can't have access to such databases. Even some websites have been turned off.

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Dear Michael,
Thank you for your answers. This is one of the things I am hoping for. If someone has his obituary or Verlustmeldung, it will be clear whether, for example, his parents or his wife (if he had one) were informed about his death. I have already got such answers for Friedrich Rupp, Hans Beisswenger and Joachim Wandel.

Best regards,
Teresa

Re: HORST ADAMEIT LAST FLIGHT?
 

The EDPR is more often cited than read, I suspect. It applies in the UK and sites such as ancestry.com and findmypast.co.uk have categorically not been turned off, anymore than have the dedicated resources of the National Archives (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/...family-history). Marriages are formally recorded by the state and by religious institutions, they are announced publicly via newspapers etc. and usually mentioned when deaths are announced and in obituaries. There are also trade directories, old telephone books and newpspapers. If you wish to establish the marital status of a person born in (say) the 1920s then numerous sources remain open to you beyond this forum.