German Luftwaffe Graves, Dyce.

There are ten German graves in Dyce Cemetery. It is assumed that all of them relate to Luftwaffe personnel.

They are the crews of three aircraft which failed to make it back after missions over Aberdeen.


Heinrich Alexander Bieroth 31:5:1916 - 3:7:1940 Aged 24	Fritz Rabe 15:1:1918 - 3:7:1940 Aged 22



Herbert Huck 18:9:1918 - 12:7:1940 Aged 21	Georg Kerkhoff 15:7:1919 - 12:7:1940 Aged 20	Paul Plischke 5:4:1915 - 12:7:1940 Aged 25	August Skokan 21:12:1915 - 12:7:1940 Aged 24

Possibly the crew of a Heinkel 111 shot down by Spitfires of 603 Squadron after raiding Aberdeen Harbour.


Walter Both 19:9:1920 - 5:9:1941 Aged 21	Werner Drexhage 30:1:1917 - 5:9:1941 Aged 24	Karl Löffler 23:12:1917 - 5:9:1941 Aged 23	Herman Zeitsch 17:6:1920 - 5:9:1941 Aged 21

Aberdeen was the most frequently bombed city in Scotland. It was attacked 34 times and 178 people were killed.

The heaviest attack was on 21st April 1943. In a pre-planned air raid 25 Dornier 217s of the Kampf-Geschwader Group 2 swept into Aberdeen from the north of the city as dusk fell causing damage in the Woodside, Hilton, Cattofield, Kittybrewster and George Street areas. The toll was heavy : 98 people were killed and a similar number seriously injured.

These men died in the performance of their duty to their orders.

They deserve to be remembered amongst the honourable dead of World War II.