Adel Luftwaffe KIA- Info needed

[FrankieS]

... so not only "von" but also "zu" ...
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinric...n-Wittgenstein

[DB601E]

Hi, i did some research about the missing fighter Pilot:

Bentheim und Steinfurt, Alexis Prinz zu
KIA/MIA the 2. december 1943 mediterranean sea near Marseille-
His first combat flight in Jagdgruppe Süd (Training unit for JG27).

Regards

Lino

[kaki3152]

Hi Lino,

His body was identified many years after his death from an unknown grave on an island.

[VtwinVince]

Don't forget Volprecht Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach.

[Khorat]

Here´s another one:

Leutnant Oswald Ritter von Rittersheim, KIA January 14th 1945 with 2./KG 51
If you got´m sorry..

khorat

[DB601E]

Originally Posted by kaki3152

Hi Lino,

His body was identified many years after his death from an unknown grave on an island.

Yes, you are right. The body was found by chance by a archaeologist in 1965 on the island and was classified as possible "medieval turk", died in the siege of Marseille. Close to the island, we did some research about a sunken german DB601 Engine, so the body was interesting for us again. About 2006 Luc Vanrell located the remains again, now in the US, and we initiated together a DNA research to compare the DNA with the brother of Alexis, also a former JG27 fighter pilot. The result was succesfull.

Regards

Lino

[kaki3152]

Lino,

Just a quick question, was this the DB601 that was found near the remains of De Expury's F-5 wreckage?


Carlos

[ClinA-78]

Lt. Adolf Freiherr von Böselager - 1./JG 21

Born 24/07/1917 - Burg Peppenhoven
MIA 13/05/40 - Belgium
Recovered 15/09/2002 - Leuze (Namur)
Buried with honour 6/12/2002 Burg Peppenhoven

A portrait of him exists, even if wrongly captioned, in H-E BOB's memoirs. Both flew together in Poland.

Best regards

[DB601E]

@Carlos
Yes, the engine was found in the same area.

@CinA-78
The Böselager recovery story was also very interesting.

Regards
Lino

[Luc Vervoort]

Hi,

Raimond Zhuber v.Okrog was killed in the crash of He177A-3 w/nr. 535680 of KG 40 near Evere airfield, Belgium during a training flight. He is presently buried at the German War Graves cemetery at Lommel, Belgium.

Best regards

Luc