Poland 1939: KIA German officers

[Mikedc]

Dr. Heesch Hermann, 24.10.1893, Hptm. d. R., Kdr. 10./I. R. 73, 19. Div., 25.09.1939 (Fort II a ostw. Janow v. Warschau), VB, O. v. Knobelsdorff, „Geschichte der niedersächsischen 19. Panzer-Division 1939 – 1945“

I've found the following.
Dr. Hermann Heesch
Born 24-10-1893
Member NSDAP: 351.482
Member SS: 88.199
Promoted to SS-Untersturmführer on 20-04-1938
Source: dws-xip.pl site

And also this:
Nachname: Dr. Heesch
Vorname: Hermann
Dienstgrad: Hauptmann der Reserve
Geburtsdatum: 24.10.1893
Geburtsort: Büsum
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 25.09.1939
Todes-/Vermisstenort: Fort II a ostw.Janow v.Warschau
Source: vdk-site

Greetings, Mike

[Njorl]

As far as this officer is concerned:

Janssen Armin, 04.11.1904, Hptm., -, -, 11.09.1939, VB

Hauptmann Janssen, Chef der 2./Pionier-Bataillon 27, was KIA exactly 75 years ago in Osiek. He was reported to have been killed on Osiek cemetery (he was later buried there).

Source: Ingolstaedter Pioniere im Feldzuge gegen Polen

Regards
MJU

[nimbuss]

Schilbach Kurt Felix, 13.03.1914, Oblt., -, -, 07.09.1939 (Kazanow), VB

According to Michał Huber article about german graveyard in Końskie (based on Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V. documents), he was an officer of 7./J.R.66. Exhumed to Końskie from Kazanów on spring 1940.

http://www.konskie.org.pl/2014/09/cment ... ich-w.html
(2014-10-03)

Leutnant Kurt Schilbach, ur. 1914, + 7.9.1939, 7./J.R.66

Probably posthumously promoted to Oblt.

[Njorl]

Wurst Richard, 18.03.1916, Lt. d. R., -, -, 12.09.1939, VB

According to diary of Oskar Weitbrecht, evangelic priest from Bad Mergentheim, quoted in THIS article, "Leutnant Richard Wurst aus Bad Mergentheim" must have been a Zugführer in III./I.R. 55.

Edit: he could have been in 10. Kompanie. From the same article:

Tatsächlich sind auf dem Friedhof von Solka Wielka neben 120 polnischen Soldaten 95 deutsche vom Infanterie Regiment 55 beerdigt. 76 gehörten zum Mergentheimer Bataillon, 56, also der überwiegende Teil, zur 10. Kompanie. Von diesen stammten 15 aus dem Kreis Mergentheim, fünf aus Bad Mergentheim, vier aus Elpersheim, je einer aus Edelfingen, aus Igersheim, aus Laudenbach, aus Pfitzingen, aus Stuppach und aus Weikersheim.

Scan of his obituary (below) comes from the same article (as per 2014-10-15).

Regards
MJU

[tigre]

Hello to all ; just a little complement......................

Grave of Joachim Hauck (Stab Pz. Abt. 65 - Se 19, 1939)

Source: http://odkrywca.pl/pokaz_watek.php?id=736157

Cheers. Raúl M .

[Bf110]

Hello,

Graeve Heinz, 19.04.1916, Lt., -, -, 12.09.1939 (b. A. 10 km südostw. Welun), VB

can one of you identify the (flying?) unit Lt. Graeve belonged to? Sorry, I dont have better a resolution.

regards,
Bf110

[nimbuss]

can one of you identify the (flying?) unit Lt. Graeve belonged to? Sorry, I dont have better a resolution

3/Fl Gr 12
probably = 3.(H)/12

[Diaspora1942]

Hugelmann Otto, 17.12.1918, Lt., -, -, 19.09.1939 (Winniki südöstl. Lemberg), VB

[Bf110]

3/Fl Gr 12
probably = 3.(H)/12

thx nimbuss, that's my guess too.

[Bf110]

Hello.

Wieninger Hermann, 26.08.1909, Lt. d. R., -, -, 17.09.1939, VB

As you can see, he was from 12./Gebirgsjägerregiment 100.

Best regards,
Bf110

[Heimatschuss]

Hello,

I've a new case from GHdA (2009, p.529) that isn't on the list so far:

Oberleutnant
Friedrich-Karl Ludwig von Watzdorf
* 10.11.1916 Rotental (= Czerwentzütz, County Ratibor, Upper Silesia)
+ 05.09.1939 KIA near Petrikau (Petrokow)*

*)
Petrikau = Piotrków Trybunalski, there was heavy fighting around this town that day involving Schützen-Regiment 1.
http://www.feldgrau.net/forum/viewtopic ... 30#p226920

Also Hans (123guderian) already had this about him:

Leutnant 01.04.37 von WATZDORF Friedrich-Karl 10.11.1916-05.09.1939 (Schützen Reg.1) Oberleutnant (01.09.39)

http://forum.panzer-archiv.de/viewtopic ... a46#203056

References:

Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
Vol.147; Verlag C.A. Starke; Limburg/Lahn; 2009

Best regards
Torsten

[nimbuss]

Oberleutnant
Friedrich-Karl Ludwig von Watzdorf

Good work Thorsten.

According to:
http://gliederungundstellenbesetzung.bl ... gt1-d.html
On 03.01.39 Leutnant von Watzdorf was a Zugführer in 5. Kompanie (schwere)

[nimbuss]

Albrecht Friedrich, 19.10.1888, Hptm., -, -, 11.09.1939 (Mszczonow) , VB

It seems it was he, who was the only KIA officer of le.Flak-Abt.83 in Poland.
It also seems that le.Flak-Abt.83 took part in quite known combat of Mszczonów.


source: http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum27/sdds.jpg

[nimbuss]

Ploth Gottfried, 17.11.1917, Lt., -, -, 16.09.1939 (am Waldrand 2,5 km westl. Debsk), VB

He was an officer of A.A.(mot.) 4 from 1. Pz.Div.

And there is another officer from this unit KIA in Poland: Lt. Frhr. v. Harthausen
MIA on 5.9.1939 by Sulejów, but his death was confirmed later.
Unfortunatelly no confirmation in VB database.

source: Scheibe, Römhild, Die Aufklärungsabteilung 4 in Polen

[Heimatschuss]

Hello,

a second officer killed near Petrikau (Piotrków Trybunalski) on Sept 5th, 1939:

Oberleutnant d. R. Dr. Kurt Voß

Kurt Voß.JPG

Source: Zeitungs-Verlag. Fachblatt für das gesamte Zeitungswesen of Sept. 16th, 1939; 40. Jahrgang; Nr.37; p.5
http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno? ... =5&zoom=48

He's not on our list and there's no grave registered for him at http://www.volksbund.de. Here's a Wikipedia entry for him: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vo%C ... rnalist%29 . According to Leonhardt (2009, pp.84 ) who quotes from a death notice published in a Hanover newspaper Dr. Voß served in a regiment commanded by an 'Oberst Neumann'. That should make it easy to find out at least the regiment of Dr. Voss.

References:

Leonhardt, Wolfgang
'Hannoversche Geschichten'. Berichte aus verschiedenen Stadtteilen.
Books on Demand GmbH; Norderstedt; 2009

Best regards
Torsten