Ysselstyn War Cemetery

[David P. Williams]

I am shortly to visit the German War Cemetery at Ysselstyn in Holland, does anyone have a listing of those buried there and where they are actually buried within the cemetery. I am particularly interested in Night Fighter pilots and their crews. If no such list is available is there an organisation i can contact to assist me with my search. Many thanks in advance.

[Jaap Woortman]

Dear David,

The best way to prepare your visit is:
- make a list of the names all the persons you want to see the headstones of.
- check to grave location of these persons at http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/
- I have added a lay-out of the cemetery at Ysselsteyn with the codes of the plots.
You have to remember that about 6% of the information in the website of the VDK is not correct.
For local assistence you can check the books in the building left of the entrance. And if that is not enough you can ask the man in the office, if he is present. You can also find a lay-out in the flyer of the cemetery in the same building.

If you have more question please ask.

Jaap Woortman
Secr. dutch Studygroup Airwar 1939-1945.

[fran]

Just two records I have:
You can find Hptm. Wolf-Heinrich Freiherr von Houwald Gruppenkommandeur III./JG52 since 1-3-40. KIA 24July-1940 Margate coast shot down by por F/L Ellis RAF 610Sq.
(Block:BH Row:5 Grave:101)
and Fw.Josef Bauer of 7./JG3, wingman of W.Oesau with the L.Condor. KIA 9Sept-1940 in the Channel aboard Bf109E-4 WNr.5351
(Block:BB Row:4 Grave:81)

Regards
Fran

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Jaap, I have a question regarding Ysselsteyn war cemetery. The Volksbund site lists the men buried there, but doesn't give the place of death, or the unit of the casualty.

Are this informations available to searchers contacting the cemetery or not ?

Thanks in advance

Laurent

[bill norman]

I note that some Luftwaffe crews lost over the North Sea were eventually buried in Ysselstyn, which (I believe) is c. 150 miles from the coast. Was there some kind of post-war consolidation of burials, as at Cannock Chase?

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Originally Posted by bill norman

I note that some Luftwaffe crews lost over the North Sea were eventually buried in Ysselstyn, which (I believe) is c. 150 miles from the coast. Was there some kind of post-war consolidation of burials, as at Cannock Chase?

Almost all German buried in Netherlands were reburied after the war in Ysselstyn, the same way they were gathered at Cannock Chase in Great Britain. AFAIK there are some tens of German wargraves in UK that remained untouched and this is probably the case also in Netherlands but probably 99% of the Geramn graves in this country are in Ysselstyn.