Missing Wingcommanders

[Dennis Peschier]

The CWGC replied with a letter, dd.24 February 2006.
Te letter is not just about the possible wingcommander, I had some questions about other headstones aswell.

Having checked our records for these casualties I have been unable to find any documentation or correspondence to suggest that their ranks may be incorrect. The details that we record for them were verified following exhumations that took place by the military authorities in 1946 and were taken to be correct at the time. As a result of this, we would be unable to make any changes to our records but if you are able to provide us with suitable documentary evidence we would of course be willing to consider this. Please forward all copies to me by post at the above address.
You also asked for a copy of the records for No.2 Missing Research and Enquiry Unit for Noordwijk General Cemetery. Unfortunately, we do not have these and our policy is not to supply copies of our own documents to the public so I am unable to help in this respect.


It looks as if the CWGC is not in a position to help any further. They do not have the record of the unit. I have made an online search at the NA, but they don’t have the document either. The only paper trail is a letter from the town hall to the cemetery stating that some changes needed to be made to the text on some of the crosses. These changes came from No.2 Missing Research and Enquiry Unit, after they had exhumed the graves and investigated the remains.

I’m open to suggestions as I don’t think this letter will be enough.

Or perhaps he was no wingcommander?

Dennis