Location of place called 'Mittelfüssen' (?), 25 km NW of Düsseldorf (noted in late 1943 Nachtjagd claim)
 

Dear all,

I'm trying to identify a place name called 'Mittelfüssen' (?), situated some 25 km NW of Düsseldorf, which is mentioned in a Nachtjagd claim from late 1943. I can't find it on any map I've studied. Who can help?

Cheers and thanks, Theo

Re: Location of place called 'Mittelfüssen' (?), 25 km NW of Düsseldorf (noted in late 1943 Nachtjagd claim)
 

could you post the original document's name writing please.

Re: Location of place called 'Mittelfüssen' (?), 25 km NW of Düsseldorf (noted in late 1943 Nachtjagd claim)
 

Thanks for you reply Egbert, but I don't have the original source at hand anymore, this were the OKL/RLM microfilmed and handwritten Nachtjagd Abschussmeldungen that I studied/transcribed some 10 years ago for the research of the Nachtjagd Combat Archive series. In a recently discovered Nachtjagd Flugbuch, the location of this NJ claim was noted as '25 km NW Düsseldorf'.

Cheers, Theo

Re: Location of place called 'Mittelfüssen' (?), 25 km NW of Düsseldorf (noted in late 1943 Nachtjagd claim)
 

If you have a date/name for the claim we all can look what we have in our files....:-)....

Re: Location of place called 'Mittelfüssen' (?), 25 km NW of Düsseldorf (noted in late 1943 Nachtjagd claim)
 

I feel that you may need to consult a 1940 period map. The city must have expanded a lot post-WW2, so many neighbouring villages and small towns likely became suburbs/districts of the city of Düsseldorf. There were three amalgamation/expansions of the city from the late 19 century, the last was in the year 1975.

I have an old map, so I will take a look to see whether I can find it.

Re: Location of place called 'Mittelfüssen' (?), 25 km NW of Düsseldorf (noted in late 1943 Nachtjagd claim)
 

The map is in 1:1 000 000 scale (lage südwest). I was not able to find the location on it.

Regards,
Sinisa

Re: Location of place called 'Mittelfüssen' (?), 25 km NW of Düsseldorf (noted in late 1943 Nachtjagd claim)
 

Hey Theo,
I don’t know if this is means anything, but when I put Mittelfüssen into Google Earth, it goes immediately to Middle Hesse (coordinates 50.590078 8.819160)
Respectfully,
Steve Sheflin

Re: Location of place called 'Mittelfüssen' (?), 25 km NW of Düsseldorf (noted in late 1943 Nachtjagd claim)
 

The following, in German, shows that the ss in the name should be written as follows: Mittelfüssen“ ist eine andere Schreibung von Mittelfüßen, die in der Schweiz und in Liechtenstein.

Re: Location of place called 'Mittelfüssen' (?), 25 km NW of Düsseldorf (noted in late 1943 Nachtjagd claim)
 

Hello


Maybe these cards will help.

https://www.tim-online.nrw.de/tim-online2/


Click on the blue field at the top left with an angle "Kartenauswahl". Then " topographische Karten", then "historische topographische Karten" and then a hook at "1936-1945 topographische Karten 1:25000". Go to your search area and scroll. It changes from the new card to the chosen.


"Mittelfüssen" is not a typical place or name in the area on the Rhine.


Rene

Re: Location of place called 'Mittelfüssen' (?), 25 km NW of Düsseldorf (noted in late 1943 Nachtjagd claim)
 

Coming from the vicinity of that area I second that statement. Never heard of such a place close to Düsseldorf/Krefeld.