List of RKT deaths as complete as I know them just from 2001.

Here is as complete a list of RKT deaths as I know them, that are from only this year and until November 30th 2001. There are 43 of them

Not listed in order of dates of death.

SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Paul-Albert Kausch Died: 10-27-2001 in Ingelheim.

Hauptmann Wilhelm Rungler Died: 10-16-2001 in Arnsberg-Neheim.

Major Walther Peer Fellgiebel Died: 10-14-2001 in Frankfurt am Main.

Generalleutnant Anton-Detlev v Plato Died: 10-12-2001 in Luchow.

Oberst (BW) Rudolf Witzig (Oak Leaves) Died: 10-3-2001. in Oberschlessheim.

Oberstabsfeldwebel (BW) Helmut Ruffler Died: 9-21-2001 in Niederkassel.

Oberleutnant Max Diepold Died: 8-18-2001 in Amberg.

Oberstleutnant Hermann Haderecker Died: 8-5-2001 in ??

Feldwebel Eugen Steigelmann Died: 6-25-2001.

Unteroffizier Georg Pankow Died: 8-6-2001.

Fahnenjunker-Oberwachtmeister Heinz Scharf Died: 7-13-2001.

Bridadegeneral (BW) Dr rer pol Gunther Langer Died: 8-17-2001 in St. Augustin.

Generalmajor Dietrich Peltz (Oak Leaves) and (Swords) Died: 8-10-2001 in Munich.

SS-Brigadefuhrer Wilhelm Mohnke Died: 8-6-2001.

Major Martin Lenz Died: 8-05-2001 in Gummersbach.

Oberstleutnant (BW) Georg Petersen Died: 7-10-2001 in Lage/Lippe.

Hauptmann Hans Weik Died: 6-6-2001 in Heidenheim ad der Brenz.

Oberstleutnant Friedrich Lautz Died: 5-25-2001.

Oberleutnantlt Viktor Petermann Died: 5-19-2001.

Obermaschinest Heinrich Dammeier Died: 5-16-2001.

Hauptfeldwebel Josef Niemietz Died: 3-13-2001.

Oberst d.R. (Bw)Peter Frantz (Oak Leaves) Died: 3-11-2001 in Koln.

Major Walter Elflein (Oak Leaves) Died: 12-30-2000.

Major Alfred Wolf Died: 4-12-2000.

Hauptmann Karl-Erich Berg Died: 6-10-2001 in Hamburg.

Oberstleutnant (BW) Rudolf Donth. Died: 6-19-2001 in Hahnenklee.

Major Gerhard Overhoff Died: 6-18-2001.

Oberst (BW) Heinrich Starke Died: 6-13-2001 in Bonn-Beuel.

Major Dr. Johann Engelhardt Died: 3-4-2001 in Erlangen.

SS-Sturmbannfuhrer d.R. Josef Diefenthal Died: 4-13-2001.

Gotthard Essbach Died: 4-19-2001.

Hauptmann Rudolf Trenkel Died: 4-26-2001.

Hauptmann Bruno Thielbein Died: 5-2-2001.

Korvettenkapitan Kurt Fimmen Died: 5-6-2001.

Hauptmann Herbert Hensel Died: 2-17-2001 in Apolda.

Hauptmann d.R. Karl-Willi Lumpp Died: 3-31-2001 in Bad Soden.

Kapitanleutnant Herbert Panknin Died: 3-15-2001 in Langen-Sievern.

Hauptmann Willi Wechsung Died: 3-22-2001 in Osnabruck.

Kapitanleutnant Wilhelm Meentzen Died: 5-8-2001 in Emden.

Oberst (BW) Hans-Gotthard Pestke. (Oak Leaves) (and Bundeswehrverdienstkreuze) Died: 4-17-2001 in Celle.

Oberstleutnant Werner Ziegler (Oak Leaves and Swords) Died: 4-15-2001 in Oftersheim.

Oberst Jurgen v Goerne-Plaue Died: 2-3-2001.

Hauptmann (BW) Arnold Doring Died: 4-10-2001 in Dusseldorf.


Thats 20 from my list of addresses.


[ 01 December 2001: Message edited by: C.Evans ]

[ 01 December 2001: Message edited by: C.Evans ]

 

As you can tell--tis finished.

 

Carl,

I've just been told that apparently SS Sturmbannfuher Heinz Macher RK and EL Winner with 16 Pi Kompanie Regt "Deutschland" Das Reich Div passed away on 21/12/2001.Macher was one of the most well known combat soldiers of his Regiment,another sad day i'm afraid.

Paul

 

Paul :

You are sadly correct.......this has been confirmed by Waffen SS author Mark Yerger.

E

 

Paul, thank you for this information, and thank you Erich for the confirmation.

All I can say is that im glad some of us here are writing to these gents and have a growing collection of photos and writings from these men of history.

I NEED to get ny backside in gear--layoff collecting militaria for awhile and start writing to more of these men.

 

You are spot on the mark Carl,the time to be contacting these guys is NOW,while they can still tell us what we would like to know,so get writing everyone who wants to correspond with veterans or personally knows any WW2 veterans who can tell you of their experiences.This is one of my new years resolutions, to write to as many as i can and to keep writing regulary to those German and British veterans that i have known for some time.

Books are good but their is nothing better than the knowledge possessed by those who were there,

Happy new year everyone,

Paul

 

Sadly there will be a large amount of men passing away this year as well. We need to not delay in the lest bit. My letters out to two RK night fighter pilots go out this next week, and am in process of putting a little something together for U-boot kommandeur Rolf Thomsen of U-1202. He is 86 years old.......

Get with it guys !

E

 

I concur with both of you. The last piece of militaria I am allowing myself for awhile is a Bremen Hanseatic Cross, just to complete my Hanseatic Crosses collection.

Just last week I bought a combo collection of a Regimental badge to the 51st Infantry Division, with matching miniture stickpin. I couldnt pass up this set, they are enameled and are etched in real gold--not washed, and are mint.

Now, however, if I get lucky enough to sell off my comic book collection and reduce my debts, then I wil resume collection militaria (I have a weakness for collection Imperial German Crosses of all types) I think I now have about 15 Imperial crosses. I know--not much but--eh--im tryin'

The only clause I have is if I get offered a nice 1870 EK2, or a Shinkle EK2. Other than these and the Bremen Cross, I do plan to not but ant militaria for a few months--till I have at least another 10 or so signed RKT photos, THEN, I will resume buying a piece here and there.