Info on Oberleutnant Alfred Veith (KG55)

[Douglas Jr.]

Hi,

I'm looking for any biographical information regarding the Oberleutnant Alfred Veith, who was awarded with the Knight's Cross on October 24, 1944 as a member of the 5./KG 55. Dates of birth and death, number of missions completed, awards and promotions are welcome.

Thanks in advance,

Douglas.

[RossGmann]

On the following website http://www.btinternet.com/~air_research/kg55loss.pdf

Veith gets a mention on 2 June 1940 and 4 January 1945

Kind regards Ross

[Douglas Jr.]

Thanks for your reply!
Anyone has any clue aout how many mission Vieth completed during his war career?

Douglas.

[John Manrho]

According to Georg Brütting's book nearly 400 by end of the war.

John

[Doug Stankey]

The bulk of this comes from Larry deZeng’s massive collection of Lw. Officer career notes:

Alfred Veith:

Born 25 April 1918 in Pomster/Adenau.

On 24 October 1944 as an Oblt. and observer in 5./KG 55, he was awarded the Ritterkreuz for destroying 24 planes on the ground, 16 tanks, 27 locomotives and 20 trains.

1 January 1945 he was promoted to Hptm.
He was credited with nearly 400 combat missions.

On 30 September 1976 , he retired from the Bundeswehr as an Oberst.

He has no known death date so he may still be alive.

[Douglas Jr.]

Originally Posted by Doug Stankey

The bulk of this comes from Larry deZeng’s massive collection of Lw. Officer career notes:

Where can I find this notes? Is it availabe in the Internet?

And thanks once more for the info provided!

Douglas

[Doug Stankey]

Larry deZeng's notes are currently not available except through me or Larry. We will not give out info in bulk, only requests for individuals if it appears we can help someone out. We hope to publish these in the future when they are adequately developed. Currently Larry's main file holds info on 23,805 Luftwaffe officers (995 pages of notes!). These cover those officers who either held a command, held a staff position or were at least of Hptm. rank or higher. Larry has about 10 more rolls of microfilm of position assignment orders (where most of his info comes from). I troll the published matter and websites for nuggets. We find useful info all the time. It just never ends. Larry estimates that it will take at least 5 more years to plow through the microfilms. As far as published matter is concerned, I am just about through everything.

Sorry, specific requests only.....

Doug

[Douglas Jr.]

Doug,

It is an amazing work!
Congratulations and good luck to you and Larry.

Douglas