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Re: Dietrich Peltz - the missing (post-war) years
Simon,
Many years ago (1980s), I wrote to Peltz at an address in Spain – I seem to recall. I received a brief letter from his wife telling me that her husband no longer corresponded with researchers.
I have read that in the lead-up to operations over England Peltz visited crews of KG 40 and KG 100. There is also the well-known sequence of photos of him visiting a Gefechtsverband – was it KG 6? Chris…?
There are also photos of him inspecting a Ta 152, possibly of JG 301, and looking decidedly unimpressed.
Like you, I was intrigued by the reference to FO 1038/166 and have a copy of it, but was generally disappointed by its contents when I got to read it. However, I seem to recall one document stating that while Peltz ‘disappeared’ from Prague(?), his adjutant fell into Soviet captivity.
I agree that that a biography – ‘if’ it could be done – would be fascinating.
BTW – talking of ‘disappearers’ and a slight change of topic: I seem to recall some years ago an (Irish?) researcher was attempting to write a biography of Kammler. Anyone heard anything of that?
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