29th Flak Division

29th Flak Division
active	February 26, 1945 to May 1945
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	air force
Branch of service	Flak
Type	division
Butcher	Imperial Defense

The 29th Flak Division , also 29th Flak Division (motorized) was a major combat unit of the German Air Force in World War II .

history

The 29th Flak Division was set up on February 26, 1945 in Oslo from the staff of the 14th Flak Brigade .

Purpose was the air defense of occupied Norway. With the establishment of the staff of the 29th Flak Division, it also took over the leadership of all flak units in Norway with a total of 23 flak divisions, previously exercised by the 14th Flak Brigade . It consisted of 4 flak regiments with a total of three heavy, 17 mixed and three light flak departments. There were also four heavy batteries ( 10.5 cm ), 86 heavy batteries (8.8 cm), nine medium batteries (3.7 cm) and 36 light batteries (2 cm) assigned.

The total strength was 513 officers and 14822 soldiers. On May 8, 1945, the members of the division went into British captivity.

Its commander was Colonel Alexander Nieper , who led the division until the end of the war.

structure

Flak Regiment 83 ( Narvik )
Flak Regiment 92 ( Stavanger )
Flak Regiment 152 ( Drontheim )
Flak Regiment 162 (Oslo)
Air Communication Battalion 148

Individual evidence

^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 347 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2019]).
↑ Karl Otto Hoffmann: Ln-, the story of the air news troop: The long war. T.1. The flight reporting and fighter control service 1939-1945. T.2. Wire communication links, radio link 1939-1945 . Vowinckel, 1973, p. 26 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2019]).
↑ ^a ^b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 348 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2019]).

[1] Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 347 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2019]).

[2] Karl Otto Hoffmann: Ln-, the story of the air news troop: The long war. T.1. The flight reporting and fighter control service 1939-1945. T.2. Wire communication links, radio link 1939-1945 . Vowinckel, 1973, p. 26 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2019]).

[:0-3] Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 348 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2019]).