Karl Geyr

[Chris Goss]

Just been told that Karl, the pilot of the second Ju 188 to be shot down over the UK in October 1943 and a member of 1./KG 6, passed away in September. He was the last of my former WW2 Luftwaffe contacts and a friend of many, many years. So sad as with his passing, I no longer have any first-hand witnesses from that time. For me, very much an end of a chapter so to speak

[Marcel van Heijkop]

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

Just been told that Karl, the pilot of the second Ju 188 to be shot down over the UK in October 1943 and a member of 1./KG 6, passed away in September. He was the last of my former WW2 Luftwaffe contacts and a friend of many, many years. So sad as with his passing, I no longer have any first-hand witnesses from that time. For me, very much an end of a chapter so to speak

Chris,

He must have been quite old..Do you know old exactly? NB Completely understand your feeling, miss "my" veterans also very much..(Don't think there's anybody left..)

Regards,

Marcel

[Chris Goss]

Born 27 April 1924 in Munich, died in Munich. When I took him to the graves of his 3 crew for the first time, he went quiet, looked at me and pointed to the left of the first grave and said "I should be there". Apart from losing his boots, he suffered not even a scratch when he baled out

[leonventer]

Hi Chris,

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

When I took him to the graves of his 3 crew for the first time, he went quiet, looked at me and pointed to the left of the first grave and said "I should be there". Apart from losing his boots, he suffered not even a scratch when he baled out

Thanks for sharing that account. It helps put a more human face on all the clinical data we study and share on this forum.

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

So sad as with his passing, I no longer have any first-hand witnesses from that time. For me, very much an end of a chapter so to speak

It was always self-evident that such a day would come, but I still find it difficult to deal with the finality of that fact ...

Regards,
Leon Venter

[Edward L. Hsiao]

What did Karl Geyr did after World War II? So he was 100 years of age when he passed away. May Lord be with Karl up in Haeven!

Edward L. Hsiao

[Chris Goss]

He worked for major petroleum companies as well as becoming a quality practitioner

[Marcel van Heijkop]

Thanks for the feedback Chris. All this means that I'll cherish my Postlethwaite Print of Karl's "Flug zum Absprungplatz" even more! https://posart.com/product/flug-zum-absprungplatz/

Best regards,

Marcel

[Chris Goss]

Do you know that this was sort of designed by my wife (she chose the draft sketch that Mark produced) with advice from Karl. Karl then arranged for Hogeback and Dipberger to sign it but didn't sign it himself!

[Marcel van Heijkop]

Nice detail Chris, thanks for sharing.

Marcel

[Teresa Maria]

Rest in peace.