Informations about FJR6 member ????

[falls1944]

Hello,
I have this FJR6 soldbuch and i look for informations about Peter KASPERS during the Normandy battle ????????????
Thanks, David.

[Jonathan M]

http://www.ww2.dk/ground/fallschirm/fjr6.htm

some info on FJR 6

Jonathan

[Luft 76]

Nice soldbuch ! You can try to ask to the Deutsche Dienstelle (Wast) of Berlin (it has a web site, now). But I am not sure that it gives now information for such request. In the past, yes.

[Uncle Kurt]

Traditionsmützenabzeichen 1942 ?????

[falls1944]

Hi, Uncle Kurt

No, it's the Fallschirmschützenabzeichen (Jump badge) .

David.

[Uncle Kurt]

ups, wo is my brille

[Óscar G]

Hi everyone,
According to the Soldbuch, Kaspers belonged to the 5./FJR 6. Hauptmann Herrmann commanded the company, located at Lessay by the date of the invasion. The 5. Kompanie belonged to the II./FJR 6, under the command of Major Rolf Mager, which took up positions around Ste-Mère-Église on D-Day. The II./ received the order of moving forward along the road to Cherbourg in order to check if St-Mère-Église was already occupied. The battalion had to make always contact with the I./, on the right flank. Von der Heydte himself remembered that the II Battalion was under heavy fire at a crossroad 2 Kms. to the south of Ste-Mère-Église.Then, they had to go through Turqueville against "Utah" beach. The couldn´t advance as planned, being engaged in a bitter fighting around this area.

He also took part in the defence of Carentan until the remants of the regiment withdrew to the St Georges du Behon-Saintenny-La Moisentrie-Blehou line, to the south-west of Carentan, some days after being engaged in the fighting agains the American forces. Von der Heydte had ordered his men to withdraw to the new defensive line from Carentan at around 17:00 hrs on June 11th to avoid the regiment's capture by US forces moving rapidly to encircle the town. By June 11th, FJR6 was down to around a third of its effective strength. Members of the Stab./FJR6, II./FJR6 and III./FJR6 held the line. On June 12th, FJR6 counterattacked with the 17th SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen". Only II./FJR6 succeeded in entering the town, holding a position near the railway station for a few hours until evicted by American artillery and tanks. That night, FJR6 retreated further south to a new front line.
It also seems that Kaspers could survive the war.
You have a good source in Volker Griesser´s "Les lions du Carentan".
Hope it helps.
Óscar

[falls1944]

Hi, Oscar

Thank you very much for your help , nice job

David.

[Erwin L]

hello David

Here a nice shot from von der Heydte. This unit fought in my town as well in september 1944. Has your soldbuch Holland entries around this time?

regards erwin

[Óscar G]

Originally Posted by Erwin L

hello David

Here a nice shot from von der Heydte. This unit fought in my town as well in september 1944. Has your soldbuch Holland entries around this time?

regards erwin

The shot shows Von der Heydte after the last -disastrous- Fallschirmjäger jump of the war in the Ardennes. It was probably taken on 17 December 1944, around the Mount Rigi-Baraque Michel-Belle Croix area, while trying to gather as many paratroopers as possible.
As an aside, it must be commented that it´s been a widespread (in several webpages dealing with the Fallschirmtruppe, Wikipedia, etc.) belief (myth) to affirm that the man of the photo with Von der Heydte is the Kriegsberichter Oberleutnant von Kayser... But he´s not von Kayser. And this is not just my theory, but something confirmed by the relatives of v. Kayser.

Best regards. Óscar