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Old 6th July 2012, 01:06
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Re: Kohlhoff, Dietrich Lt III/JG-54 Fw 190A-8 Werk# 961619

Kris,

from the VBL, LJ 512, II./ZG 76, 4. - 6.Staffel:

Name/name: Kohlhoff, Dietrich
Beruf/occupation: Berufssoldat
Geburtsdatum/born: 22.05.1916 in Kolberg/Pommern
Dienstgrad/rank: Leutnant
Letzte Meldung/last message from: Jakobshagen, 03.1945

The informations for the VBL were providet by the famlies of the missing- these were often not up-to-date regarding units and/or the dates and loctions of the last known message.

About "We looking for next pilot:"

AFAIK the registriatrion of German gravesides in eastern Europe is still far away from beeing complete - if there ever was any registered burial place.

So there are some options regarding the fate of the Luftwaffe personal still listed as missing:

-They were never recovered
-they were recovered and are buried as unknown
-they were pronounced dead
-they were mentioned in the VBL, but returned from captivity or were recovered later

In the VBL of the JG-, ZG-, NJG-, SG- and NSG-units only there were around 350 persons listed as missing or sent a last message from nowadays Polish territory in 1945.

The following link may be helpful about this subject, even if not related to the Luftwaffe only:

http://www.vbgo.de/index.php?cccpage=startseite

Regards

Heuser
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