He was Erich's cousin and was a nightfigher pilot. Nothing to do with your father but I noticed the war ended for them on the very same date.

Regarding your father. If he was captured after an air raid, he also could have picked up directly on the water by a British patrol. The British obvioulsly knew where the boats were sunk and his position could have been signaled by the aircrews.

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Hello all,
Not been on for a while but think I may have finally got somewhere.
Through everyones help it has come to light that I have relations in Germany who knew my father, the WASt have supplied more information and have recieved a roll of microfilm from NARA that covers the specific unit and dates that my father served. So I have booked an afternoon at the library to sit and scour said microfilm and hopefully get the answers I have longed for.
Will keep updating as and when.
Many thanks for all help given.

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izi.

"GOTT MIT UNS"

www.darkner.eu

All right Izi. This is talking! Please keep us informed. Your story is quite interesting.

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I suscribed all your words, Skipper67.

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excellent Izi, please keep all of us informed and very glad Jurgen answered your call with some informations.

Skipper forget about looking for my night fighter cousins remains, his were removed as several of the graves in Speyer as I heard this several days ago from my night fighter ace friend Herr Spoden who was there recently on a day/night fighter get together. where Hans is now ........ I have no idea, my relatives in the east side of Germany are all gone

Hi all.
The microfilm supplied by NARA has no relevant info on it regarding my father's unit, so I will try them again.
If anyone is interested in Kompanies 5. 6. 7. 20. 242. of the Marinebordflak then please let me know as I have this microfilm going spare.
Does anyone know of any detailed books that may cover this subject?
Once again thanks for al help.

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"GOTT MIT UNS"

www.darkner.eu

I am very interested Izi as I am still trying tom find the exact Flak unit my friend in the KM was in at Kiel and then later on the Ost front. not that the film would mention it but still it would give some idea of the information held in

write me a private if you would please

Erich ~

Sorry all
Forgot to say I have found my Father's I.D. No.
It is 0.59711/42
Is there any way of using this to refine my searches?

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izi.

"GOTT MIT UNS"

www.darkner.eu

The I.d. number is quite a find actually. You can know try the archives again with some precise information. I believe nara has personnal files for most German soldiers based on names and /or ID numbers.

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