Unteroffizer Hans-Joachim Melzer

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=200 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="168c8c00dvldtc.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="back"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kampfgeschwader"><U><B>BACK</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=60 BGCOLOR="#333300" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>Feldwebel Hans-Joachim Melzer</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" ><B> </B></FONT></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=420 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#444444" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><U>SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF PAGE TO VIEW ENTIRE GROUP</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="ae7fa4a0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="330" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Photo from Melzer's Soldbuch.</B></div> <div> <B>Born:</B></div> <div> 21 August 1919 in Marienburg (Sachsen) </div> <div> <B>Units:</B></div> <div> 23.05.43-31.08.43   V./ Kampfgeschwader 40, 15 Staffel</div> <div> 01.09.43-11.10.43   V./ Kampfgeschwader 40, Gruppenstab</div> <div> 12.10.43-06.08.44   I./ Zerostörergeschwader 1, Gruppenstab</div> <div> 15.08.44-12.01.45   Flugzeugführerschule (A) 1 Schülerkompanie</div> <div> 13.01.45-30.01.45   III./ Fallschirmjäger E.uA. Rgt 1, 11 Kompanie</div> <div> 31.01.45-07.05.45   I./ Fallschirmjäger Rgt. 27, 3 Kompanie</div> <div> <IMG SRC="ae902300.jpg" border=0 width="770" height="560" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Rank:</B></div> <div> 00.00.00   Unteroffizier</div> <div> 01.08.44   Feldwebel</div> <bR> <div> <B>Awards:</B></div> <div> 30.03.43   Beobachterabzeichen (Observer's Badge)</div> <div> 09.07.43   Frontflug-Spange für Kampfflieger in Bronze (Operational flying clasp in Bronze for bombers)</div> <div> 14.07.43   Eiserne Kreuz 2. Klasse (Iron Cross 2nd Class) </div> <div> 16.08.43   Verwundeten-Abzeichen in Schwartz (Wound Badge in Black)</div> <div> 04.10.43   Eiserne Kreuz 1. Klasse (Iron Cross 1st Class) </div> <div> 02.01.44   Frontflug-Spange für Kampfflieger in Silber (Operational flying clasp in Silver for bombers)</div> <div> 20.01.45   Erdkampfabzeichen Der Luftwaffe (Air Force Ground Combat Badge)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="aeb02330.jpg" border=0 width="770" height="819" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>History:</B></div> <div> <B>Under Construction</B></div> <div> <B>1943</B></div> <div> <I><B>30 March 43</B></I></div> <div> Unteroffizier Melzer completes his Oberserver training and receives the <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >Beobachterabzeichen</FONT> (Observer's Badge).</div> <div> <IMG SRC="adbc27b0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="635" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>23 May 43</B></I></div> <div> Unteroffizier Melzer is posted to his first operational unit, 15th Staffel of Kampfgeschwader 40 (V Gruppe), and is attached to the aircrew of V Gruppen Deputy Adjutant Leutnant Lothar Wolff. </div> <div> <I><B>1 June 43</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >The first victory (</FONT><B>1</B><B>st</B> victory<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >) while serving with Dep. Gruppenadjutant Wolff's crew is a Liberator (joint victory with Hptm Hans Morr) in the area of PlQ 14W/0857 at 1914 hours.</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>14 June 43</B></I></div> <div> (<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" ><B>2nd</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >victory</FONT>)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="e2cacea0.jpg" border=0 width="684" height="490" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="f8b937d0.png" border=0 width="403" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>8 July 43</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >(</FONT><B>3rd</B> victory<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >)</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="e302ce80.png" border=0 width="300" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>9 July 43</B></I></div> <div> Frontflug-Spange für Kampfflieger in Bronze<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" > (Operational flying clasp in Bronze for bombers)</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="addc2800.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="640" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>14 July 43</B></I></div> <div> Due to the success of Wolff's crew and with three victories to their credit Melzer recieves the <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >Eiserne Kreuz 2. Klasse</FONT> (Iron Cross 2nd Class).</div> <div>  <IMG SRC="adfc2840.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="644" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>18 July 43</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >(</FONT><B>4th</B> victory<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>27 July 43</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >(</FONT><B>5th</B> victory<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>1 August 43</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >(</FONT><B>6th</B> victory<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>2 August 43</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >(</FONT><B>7th</B> victory<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>16 August 43</B></I></div> <div> Verwundeten-Abzeichen in Schwartz<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" > (Wound Badge in Black).</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="ae1c27d0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="637" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>22 August 43</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >(</FONT><B>8th</B> victory<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>1 September 43</B></I></div> <div> Melzer is transferred to the Gruppenstab (staff flight) of V Gruppen Kampfgeschwader 40.</div> <div> <I><B>8 September 43</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >(</FONT><B>9th</B> victory<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >)</FONT></div> <div> <I><B>4 October 43</B></I></div> <div> Eiserne Kreuz 1. Klasse<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" > (Iron Cross 1st Class).</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="ae3c27f0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="639" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> <I><B>12 October 43</B></I></div> <div> The V Gruppen of Kampfgeschwader 40 is redesignated I./ Zerostörergeschwader 1. Melzer continues serving as a member of Wolff's crew in the Gruppenstab of V Gruppe.</div> <div> <I><B>19 November 43</B></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >(</FONT><B>10th</B> victory<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >)</FONT></div> <div> <B>1944</B></div> <div> <I><B>2 January 44</B></I></div> <div> Frontflug-Spange für Zerostörerflieger in Silber<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" > (Operational flying clasp in Silver for detroyers).</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="ae5c2870.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="647" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>1 August 44</B></I></div> <div> Melzer receives a promotion to the rank of Feldwebel.</div> <div> <I><B>15 August 44-12 January 45</B></I></div> <div> Feldwebel Melzer undergoes elementary flight training  with Flugzeugführerschule (A) 1 located in Görlitz for conversion to single seat fighters. Presumably due to the lack of fuel and/or aircraft and the pressing need for ground forces Melzer only receives four months of training before being redirected to the Fallschirmtruppen.</div> <div> <B>1945</B></div> <div> <I><B>13 January 45</B></I></div> <div> Melzer reports to the 11th Company, III Battalion, of Fallschirmjäger replacement and training Regiment 1. It would appear that this unit or elements were immediately thrown into action as evidenced by his being awarded the Luftwaffe ground combat badge one week later.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>20 January 45</B></I></div> <div> After taking part in a minimum of three seperate ground actions in combat Feldwebel Melzer receives the <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >Erdkampfabzeichen Der Luftwaffe</FONT> (Air Force Ground Combat Badge).</div> <div>  </div> <div> <I><B>31 January 45</B></I></div> <div> Melzer is posted to the 3rd company, 1st Battalion of the newly formed  Fallschirmjäger Regiment 27, part of the 9th Fallschirm Division. The 9.Fallschirmjäger-Division was one of the final parachute divisions to be raised by Germany during World War II. The Division was formed in December 1944 under the command of General Bruno Bräuer with many Luftwaffe personnel transferred to combat duties for which they had no experience; it was thus a parachute division in name only, with paratrooper training having ceased in mid-1944. In January 1945 two of the battalions were encircled by the 1st Ukrainian Front in Breslau where they were destroyed.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>February 45</B></I></div> <div> The 9th Fallschirmjäger Division is raised with its constituent 25th, 26th and 27th Fallschirmjäger Regiments and ordered to concentrate in an area to the south of Stettin on the Baltic.</div> <bR> <div> In late February 1945 II./FJR.25 and III./FJR.26 were flown into Festung Breslau and they were removed from the division. Both units fought to the end in Festung Breslau, those few survivors ending the war in Soviet hands. The rest of the 9.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division saw combat in the Stargard-Dramburg area along the Eastern Front.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>17 February 45</B></I></div> <div>       ??</div> <div> <I><B>6 March 45</B></I></div> <div>       ??</div> <div> <I><B>March 45</B></I></div> <div> The remaining elements of the 9.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division  are rested in the Prenzlau area. It was to have absorbed elements of the 2.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division by 23 March however this was apparently cancelled. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>7 March 45</B></I></div> <div>       ??</div> <div> <I><B>15 March 45</B></I></div> <div>       ??</div> <div> <I><B>16 March 45</B></I></div> <div>       ??</div> <div> <I><B>17 March 45</B></I></div> <div>       ??</div> <div> <I><B>April 45</B></I></div> <div> On 8 April 45 the 9.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division still had 11,600 men in the Berlin area. The division was then thrown into brutal and fierce combat in the region of the Order Front where it was pounded by the Soviet offensive. What was left of the Division was finally pushed into Berlin where it fought to the last at the Humboldthain Flakturm.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>14 April 45</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>16 April 45</B></I></div> <div> In the Battle of the Seelow Heights the 9th Division was positioned between Seelow and Neuhardenberg, they received the full force of the first days artillery bombardment by Marshal Georgi Zhukov's 1st Belorussian Front. Under this bombardment the 9th Division buckled. It rallied briefly on the morning of 17 April, when it was given some armoured support, but collapsed again shortly afterwards. Bräuer suffered a nervous breakdown and was relieved of his command at the request of Goering, angry at the collapse of one of his Luftwaffe divisions. Bräuer was followed in command by Colonel Herrmann. </div> <bR> <div> The SS Nordland Division rounded up some elements of the 9th Division and managed a temporarily successful counterattack and by the 19 April, the remnants of the 9th Division along with what remained of the rest of the LVI Panzer Corps were within the Berlin U-Bahn outer defensive ring. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>21 April 45</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>late April 45</B></I></div> <div> The 9.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division finally surrendered to the Russians when Berlin fell between April 30th and May 2nd, 1945.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>May 45</B></I></div> <div> During the attempted breakout on the night of 1/2 May a small group of the 9th Division stormed the tower of Spandau Rathaus (Town Hall) from which Soviet machine-gunners were decimating Germans attempting to break out of Berlin over the Havel using the Charlottenbrücke ('Charlotte Bridge'). By the end of 2 May the 9th Parachute Division had ceased to exist.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Victory claims</B></div> <div> <B><U> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="798" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333300 HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="78"><div> <B>Date</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333300 WIDTH="106"><div> <B>Rank</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333300 WIDTH="78"><div> <B>Unit</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333300 WIDTH="78"><div> <B>Cl #</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333300 WIDTH="78"><div> <B>Aircraft</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333300 WIDTH="78"><div> <B>Place</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333300 WIDTH="78"><div> <B>Time</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333300><NOBR><div> <B>Opponent</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#333300 WIDTH="78"><div> <B>Conf.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 30 WIDTH="78"><div> 01.06.43</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Unteroffizier</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> V./KG 40</div> <div> 15 staffel</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >*</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> Liberator</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> PlQ 14W/0857</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 1914</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 53 Sqn.?</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> Yes</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 45 WIDTH="78"><div> 14.06.43</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Unteroffizier</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> V./KG 40</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 2<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >*</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> B-17</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 90 kms NW of Cap Ortegal</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 2040</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 220 Sqn.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> Yes</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 30 WIDTH="78"><div> 08.07.43</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Unteroffizier</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> V./KG 40</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 3<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >*</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> B-24</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> PlQ 14W/0685</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 1725</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 53 Sqn.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> Yes</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 30 WIDTH="78"><div> 18.07.43</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Unteroffizier</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> V./KG 40</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 4<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >*</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Sunderland</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> PlQ 14W/0555</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 1314</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 204 Sqn.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> Yes</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 15 WIDTH="78"><div> 27.07.43</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Unteroffizier</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> V./KG 40</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 5<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >*</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Wellington</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> -</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> -</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> ?</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> No</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 30 WIDTH="78"><div> 01.08.43</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Unteroffizier</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> V./KG 40</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 6<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >*</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> PBY-5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 360 kms SW of Brest</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 1552 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> VP 63</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> Yes</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 30 WIDTH="78"><div> 02.08.43</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Unteroffizier</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> V./KG 40</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 7<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >*</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Hampden</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> PlQ 24W/1867</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 0840</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 1404 (Met)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> Yes</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 45 WIDTH="78"><div> 22.08.43</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Unteroffizier</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> V./KG 40</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 8<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >*</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Wellington</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 130 kms W of Cap Ortegal</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> -</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 304 Sqn.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> Yes</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 45 WIDTH="78"><div> 08.09.43</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Unteroffizier</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> V./KG 40</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 9<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >*</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> B-24D</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 240 kms W Brest</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 1647</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 4th Sqn. 479th Anti-Sub. Gp.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> Yes</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 30 WIDTH="78"><div> 19.11.43</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Unteroffizier</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> I./ZG 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 10<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Swis721 Ex BT" >*</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Wellington</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> NW Cap Ortegal</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 1105</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> 15 OTU</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> Yes</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></U></B></div> <div> *while Melzer was serving with Wolff crew</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10e602a50.jpg" border=0 width="770" height="677" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>