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German Bomber Crew –

and a Soldier of the Cyprus Regiment

Plot 18 holds six graves of German servicemen, five of whom (including four who are unidentified)9 are
the crew of a German JU 88 bomber shot down over Cyprus by 2 Spitfires of 154 Squadron on 3 February

1944, and one who died as a prisoner-of-war in 1947.10 An empty space indicates where a seventh has
been repatriated. Alongside them is the grave of Private H Ahmet, a Turkish-Cypriot soldier serving

with the Cyprus Regiment, who died on 4 September 1948, so he is not recorded on the Cyprus (Nicosia)
Memorial with its Second World War time limit.

German graves at Nicosia War Cemetery. Private Ahmet’s grave is on the right

9 The only identified crew member is 23 year old Lothar Rohrich, born 23 September 1920, died 3 February 1944.
10 Rudolf Miller, Luftwaffe, who died as a prisoner of war on 2 July 1947.

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