Luftwaffe over Scapa Flow

[Joe Potter]

Hi Dave,
For info on Kolberg see The Blitz then and now, Vol 1, page 57, as with all bodies found at sea, or washed ashore, the date of death is usually given as when they were found, Fritz Hekert was a soldier, possibly a POW.
Regards
Joe

[odybvig]

10.5.1940
1 Do 18 from 1./406 shoot down by 3 british aircraft (north sea)
Oblt.z.S. Hans Ulrich Herman (died after rescue on RN ship)
Oblt. Rüdiger Wiethoff MIA
Ob,Feldw. Otto Broock POW
Uffz Kurt Momerte POW

Cant find your Do 18 from 15 may 1940, but this is likely the same


Best
Olve

[ISLANDER]

Thanks Joe & Olve,

Joe, I noticed re Fritz Heckert that you spelt his name without a `c` Hekert, yet on his headstone it is Heckert, could this be another man? or is the grave spelt wrong?

Olve, Looks like you could be right with that Do.18 and all I have at the moment so thanks for this, do you know the name of the RN ship by any chance that Oblt Herman died aboard?

Regards.
Dave.

[Joe Potter]

Dave,
I think the grave of Heckert is spelt correctly, its the same on the VDK website, its just my CWGC list of all known German burials in the UK that has spelt it wrong.
I notice that a Oblt Hans-Ulrich Hermann, born 29.01.1914-10.05.1940, is listed on the U-Boat memorial at Kiel, if this is the same man, he must have been buried at sea by the RN.
Joe.