Lt. Karl-Heinz Kuntze MIA 1-8-1944

[Brian Bines]

Are there any details about the loss of the above airman please. The licence I have says he was born at Magdeburg on the 22-2-1920 , while the Luft. Officer Career Summaries has Lt. Karl-Heinz Kuntze born 22-2-1920 promoted to Ltn. 1-4-41 officially missing 1-8-1944 . There is an airman of the same name and rank which GQM of 10-1-42 shows as MIA Suchinitschi on 8-1-1942 while with 4(F)/11 . The Karl-Heinz I am interested in was shown on the licence as with Flugzeugfuhrerschule (C) 3 from 26-4-41 to 23-3-42. Despite the dates in the licence could it be the same Airman missing in 1942 with official notification being issued on 1-8-44 ?

Thanks
Brian Bines

[Doug Stankey]

The 01.08.44 is the date of an official listing of officers who were still considered missing. It is not a notification of MIA status. Thus, this does not conflict with your document. It may or may not be the same fellow.

LwOCS editor.

[Brian Bines]

Thanks Doug for the clarification, Matti has been good enough to confirm that the Lt.Karl Heinz Kuntze MIA 8-1-1942 while with 4(F)/11 was born on 22-2-1920 . This ties him to the entry in the Officers Career Summaries, the GQM entry of 10-1-1942 and the copies from his pilots licence which I have.

8-1-42 4(F)/11 F (Suchinitschi) unknown Ju 88 1127 6M+DM 100%

Ff Ltn Karl-Heinz Kuntze, B Ltn. Albert Bols, Bf Fw Herbert Radtke, Bs Ogef Rudolf Becker all missing