Looking for Officer KIA Crete

[WJW]

I only have his first names. No last name, no unit.


Hans Theo -maybe short for Theodor-


Are there list of FJ Officers who were KIA in Crete?

Thank you for any information.

WJW

[Trebes]

Are there list of FJ Officers who were KIA in Crete?

Yes, there is.
http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/misc_l...rdh_wk2_gr.htm

Hans Theo -maybe short for Theodor-

The only officer I can find there is
Hauptmann Theodor Hofmann (18.9.1909–20.5.1941)

Trebes

[David Lenk]

Oberleutnant (Posthumously Hptm.) Theodor Hofmann
I.Stabskompanie/Luftlande-Sturmregiment

Do you have a photo of this man?

Regards
David

[Ypenburg]

Oberleutnant (Posthumously Hptm.) Theodor Hofmann
I.Stabskompanie/Luftlande-Sturmregiment

According to EKM-Verzeichnis 15.8.1939 Oberfeldwebel 1./Fsch.Jäg.Rgt.1

According to EKM-Verzeichnis 29.4.1940 Oberfeldwebel 17./Fsch.Jäg.Rgt.1


Eric Queen once posted a nice 1936 picture ("the very first class to go through Stendal") with him as Uffz.

[WJW]

Fj

Gentlemen, thank you for your replies.

Not sure if this is the chap. Some information fits such as him being a very early Infanterie FJ and the date of the death. He also was an Unteroffizier at one point. On the other hand the date of birth does not fit.

One of the parents wrote-
My loving only son, Hans Theo, born on 2 September 1918 and fallen as an active FJ Officer on 20 May 1941 during the mission on Crete.

In the photo he is still Unteroffizier but with the same black ink the parent blackened the silver braid of the NCO on his collar and shoulder boards.

WJW

[Trebes]

There is only one Hans Theo Hof(f)mann in the database of the German War Grave Commission, but he was born on another date and died in Russia.
Strange, the Crete KIAs should be there.

Name:
Hofmann
Vorname:
Hans Theodor
Dienstgrad:
Schütze
Geburtsdatum:
10.06.1921
Geburtsort:
Würzburg
Todes-/Vermisstendatum:
05.09.1941
Todes-/Vermisstenort:
Sanko.2/10 mot. Smetneff

Trebes

[David Lenk]

Perhaps it would be easier if you show the photo, front and rear on the forum so we can investigate this further.