Uffz Heinz Mellmann, 4/JG 27, Lost 23.07.1944.

[Joe Potter]

This guy is clearly identified in A.D.I. (K) report 421/1944 as being lost at Pont Hebert, Normandy, 2115 hrs on 23.07.1944, I cannot find any record of his burial, or even that he is listed as MIA?
Any further info would be helpful.
Joe

[GrafWolf]

Hello Joe!

My source: Jagdgeschwader 27
Die Dokumentation über den Einsatz
an allen Fronten 1939-1945
Hans Ring/Werner Girbig
Motorbuch Verlag
ISBN 3-87943-215-5

23.07.1944 Uffz. Heinz Mellmann 12./JG 27 vermisst Westen

He is also listed with 2 claims.

Herzliche Grüsse aus Oberschwaben,

Wolfgang

[Joe Potter]

Hi Wolfgang,
Thanks very much, the report also mentions his F.P.N. L.38013 and date of birth 03.Nov, 1921.
He may have been buried by the US Army who had a burial tag ID system, the VDK have many unnamed graves in Normandy with these numbers, but the relevant records were never handed over to the WASt or VDK.
Regards
Joe

[Archéavion]

Hello,


Luftwaffe against the Allied landings.

Mellmann Heinz Uffz. Driver 12./JG 27 of 27 IV./JG.

On 23 July 1944, during a mission strafing a transport column, Bf 109G is affected by DCA. The driver crashed with his machine flame at 21.15, just over a km north of Pont Hebert northwest of St. Lo.
The Futelaye buried near Saint André de l'Eure Normandy.

Greeting.

[Joe Potter]

Hi Archeavion,
Thanks very much, it is a very long way from Pont Hebert to Saint Andre-de-I'Eure for a burial ? what is the source of this information?
Regards
Joe

[Archéavion]

Hello,
My information Burial of Uffz. Heinz Mellmann are false. No trace of his tomb in the cemetery of Champigny-La Futelaye. Excuse me.

Bonjour,
Mes informations concernant le lieu d'inhumation du Uffz. Mellmann Heinz sont fausses. Pas de trace de sa tombe au cimetière de Champigny-La Futelaye. Excusez-moi.