Hello Theo and Dirk, I need your help.
Theo, you posted your question regarding the fate of “Lt. Heinz Eichhoff” of 2./JG 2.
Years ago, I received and transcribed (with the help of several native German speakers) a copy of the Kladde kept by Einsatzhafen I Großostheim. It documented flight operations at the airfield from 17 March to 25 March 1945.
Found within it, were the flights of an Oblt. “Eickhoff” of I./JG 2. His given name did not appear in the Kladde. His surname name, including his given name, Christian, also appears in Michael Holm’s “The Luftwaffe 1935 – 45” site (
http://www.ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg2.htm).
This begs several questions: Is this possibly the same person? If so, have we mistranslated his surname and/or listed an incorrect given name? If they are not the same, their being in the same Gruppe and having such similar surnames are an interesting coincidence.
I look forward to you input on these questions.
Steve Sheflin