JG1 on 27 December 1944

[hanshauprich]

Hello,
this battle was fought over the Motor Racing Aera Nürburgring, for both sides an well known landmark in the Eifel. Most of the 190 crashed in that aera.
Ltn. Eduards Millers (he was one of the few none german pilots!) was wounded and used his parachute. He spent the rest for the war in an hospital. In the 1970's he lived in Venezuela. Most of the fallen Flugzeugführer rest at Adenau War Cemetary. I'm for sure that no of the JG 1 ever reach the Dinant aera!!
h.

[canonne]

Thank you for your additional information. So Dinant seems to be out as location. We have to study carefully that day : giving with 2 columns/entries like a face-to-face : losses / victories.

Please, do we know altutide and hour of the fall of Uffz Helmuth Riehl ?

Thanks for all.
Philippe

[hanshauprich]

Helo,
there is an Loss-List from the Fliegerhorstkommandantur Niedermendig. They handle four of the cases:

Fw. Oswald Wolf, crashed 100m W of Tribüne Nürburgring Race Center

OLtn. Walter Porsch, Ltn. Gottfried Just and Fw. Heribert Mehl crashed very close together in the "Bränke Kopf" District.

Niedrmendig know the personal details of of Flugzeugführer, but give order to the burrial as unknown Airmen! Very strange.

There fate was cleared in 1997 and the WASt conformed their names.

h.

[TigerTimon]

Correction:

Not a prisoner of war, but instead Unteroffizier Adolf Schiller was killed and rests at Adenau military cemetery; grave Grab 59

Kind regards,

Timon

[John Manrho]

Are we sure the grave of Lt. Gottfried Just was identified? Would like to see confirmation and that Niedermendig report. I have a couple of nice pictures of him during his tome with 2./JG 1 late 1944.