Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Hi Guys,

I am wondering if any forum members can help with my request of help.
Due to redundancy I lost my job as a delivery driver a couple of years ago. When I was working I was very active photographing Luftwaffe graves in England, nowadays, due to the cost of fuel etc my excursions are limited to say the least!

So I thought I would put the feelers out to see in any forumites might have some in their collections. Or maybe you live near to a burial site where pictures could be taken. If you are interested in helping or can help, please send me a pm with your e-mail address and I will get back to you.

In anticipation,

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

I will email the few that I have from the VDK, all are from Cannock.

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Melvin,
Do you need any from Ireland even though we are not in the UK ? I can organise some from the German Cemetery at Glencree near Dublin.
Regards
Tony K

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Hi Joe & Tony,

Your offers of help are very much appreciated. Look forward to recieving your pics Joe, thanks. Tony, your offer is gladly taken, I believe I have some casualties to tie up in that cemetery.

Thanks again chaps,

Oh Tony, do you want me to send you my e-mail address by pm?

Regards,

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk

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Yes please Melvin.
Tony K

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Melvin,
I've got photos of all the Erprobungsgruppe 210 men re-interred in Cannock Chase if you would like them.
Also some photos of the graves of other Bf 110 men buried there.

Happy to provide you with copies of all should you so wish. Just let me know.

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Hi Melvin, I sent you an e mail but it came back, having trouble?
Tony K

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Hi Tony, I was also having trouble earlier but everything seems alright now, I have sent a couple out which have been recieved. Today it has been very stormy, halestones, thunder & lightning and heavy rain, dont know if this has anything to do with it!!

Melvin

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Very much appreciate your kind offer John, I have sent you a pm.

Regards,

Melvin

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Hi Melvin

Please let me know which graves you are looking for? I am happy to send copies of any photos that I have.

Matt

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Hi Melvin,

Still going strong. I'm sitting on a goldmine of info (with too little time to process it) and new data is still pouring in. In fact, thanks to this thread and Joe Potter, I got some new exciting material! :)

Regards,

Marcel

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

The names of Oblt Gerhard Müller, 69646/4, 8 Staffel III/KG2, and Oblt Horst von der Groeben, 69644/37, Stab III/KG2, both lost 13 August 1940 have recently been added to those buried at Cannock Chase, they share a grave, Block 9, Grave 49, with Oblt Hans-Jürgen Brandenburg, 68209/88, 3/KG2, lost 16 August 1940.

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Thanks for the update Joe, much appreciated!

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Hi Melvin,

Some needed from cemeteries in Belgium by chance?
If so, please let me know. I can get Some.
Kind regards,

Dirk

Re: Luftwaffe Graves UK
 

Dirk, That is very kind of you, will get back to you when I have something for Belgium!

Kind regards

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk