  In this paper we study the approximate controllability of fractional partial
differential equations associated with the so-called Hilfer type time
fractional derivative and a non-negative selfadjoint operator $A$ with a
compact resolvent on $L^2(\Omega)$, where $\Omega\subset\RR^N$ ($N\geq 1$) is
an open set. More precisely, we show that if $0\le\nu\le 1$, $1<\mu\le 2$ and
$\Omega\subset\RR^N$ is an open set, then the system \begin{equation*}
\begin{cases} \D^{\mu,\nu}_tu+Au=f\chi_{\omega}\;\;&\mbox{ in
}\;\Omega\times(0,T),\\ (I_t^{(1-\nu)(2-\mu)}u)(\cdot,0)=u_0 &\mbox{ in
}\;\Omega,\\ (\partial_tI_t^{(1-\nu)(2-\mu)}u)(\cdot,0)=u_1 &\mbox{ in
}\;\Omega, \end{cases} \end{equation*} is memory approximately controllable for
any $T>0$, $u_0\in D(A^{1/\mu})$, $u_1\in L^2(\Omega)$ and any non-empty open
set $\omega\subset\Omega$. The same result holds for every $u_0\in D(A^{1/2})$
and $u_1\in L^2(\Omega)$.
