Oberstltn. Heinz Klamke Kom. I/TG30

[Brian Bines]

Seeking any details of the career and loss of the above officer ( KIA 13-04-1945 ),

Thanks

Brian Bines

[Doug Stankey]

Here is what we have concerning this fellow:


KLAMKE, Heinz.
01.04.40 Hptm., appt Staka 6./KG 4 (to ?).
01.11.41 promo to Maj.
13.07.42 appt Leiter Seenotbereichskdo. IV (to 14.07.42).
18.09.43 Maj.(Tr.O.), Kdr. Seenotbereichskdo. I, temporary duty to Lg.Kdo. Westfrankreich for training as Ia op 1.
00.43 Kdr. KGr.z.b.V. 5.
c.09.12.43 Maj., appt Kdr. II./TG 1 (to 26.09.44).
08.44 Maj., appt Kdr. Transportfliegergruppe 30 (to c. 15.04.45 †).
30.01.45 promo to Obstlt.


Tom Kracker has nothing about him.


We hope that this helps.

HLdZ
DGS

[Larry deZeng]

KLAMKE, Heinz. 01.04.40 Hptm., appt Staka 6./KG 4 (to ?). 01.11.41 promo to Maj. 13.07.42 appt Leiter Seenotbereichskdo. IV (to 14.07.42?). 18.09.43 Maj.(Tr.O.), Kdr. Seenotbereichskdo. I, ordered on temporary duty to Lg.Kdo. Westfrankreich for training as Ia op 1. 1943 Kdr. KGr.z.b.V. 5. c.09.12.43 Maj., appt Kdr. II./TG 1 (to 26.09.44). 08.44 Maj., appt Kdr. Transportfliegergruppe 30 (to c. 15.04.45 †). 30.01.45 promo to Obstlt.


He is believed to have been at Laupheim with 1. und 2./TGr. 30 on 15 April 1945, but there seems to be no information concerning his death. U.S. 9th AAF mediums and F-Bs were crawling all over those airfields east of Stuttgart on 15 April so perhaps he was killed on the ground by strafing P-47s.

HLdeZ/DGS

[Brian Bines]

Doug and Larry thanks for the info. I understand 2/TG30 lost a He111 north of La Rochelle on the 13/14?-04-1945 and was hoping to confirm if Klamke was on this aircraft. Other crew names for this loss included Oblt. Roth, Ofw Preuss and ? Rickert. I am afraid I have no luck with the Grave search site, is it known where Klamke was buried ? As far as I could see there was no N/F claim in the area that night,

Regards

Brian Bines

[Larry deZeng]

Brian -

The two named authors below, Hartmann and Schlaug, devoted years to piecing together the history of TGr. 30 and neither of them make any mention of Klamke's loss. He just seems to have disappeared as many did during the final 3 weeks of the war.

E.Hartmann 3-part Gruppe history article in Luftwaffen-Revue magazine, Heft (issue) 2/1993, 3/1993 and 4/1993; G.Schlaug article in Jet & Prop magazine 2/1996, pages 53-54; G.Schlaug letter to H.L.deZeng dated 25 May 1995.

[RT]

Klamke was lost on 13.April 45


TGr,30 F Pointe de l'aiguillon 1 km fern ganz vor Feindlinie A HE111 S3+FK

No luck as he seems he had very few flights with the groupe, at end of 1944 he just hv completed one flight to the enemy , could the 13. flight a special to recover some important material or...

Rémi