3rd Flak Division

The 3rd Flak Division was a major combat unit of the German Air Force in World War II .

history

Hamburg Air Defense Command

In July 1938, the Hamburg Air Defense Command was set up.

Air Defense Command 3

With the formation of Luftgaukommando XI ( Hanover ) at the end of 1938, Air Defense Command 3 in Hamburg was formed from the Air Defense Command Hamburg and subordinated to Luftgaukommando XI. The main task of Air Defense Command 3 was to secure the airspace in the greater Hamburg area and the north-western coastal area. The exceptions to this were those coastal areas that were exclusively assigned to the anti-aircraft units of the German Navy . From 1939 to 1940 it was placed under Air Fleet 2 .

3rd Flak Division

On September 1, 1941, Air Defense Command 3 became the 3rd Flak Division . With the surrender of Hamburg to the English troops without a fight, the division went into British captivity .

Outline 1944

Flak Regiment 16 (from 1943 also known as Flak Group Hamburg-Süd)
Flak Regiment 51 (from 1943 also referred to as Flak Group Hamburg-Nord)
Flak Regiment 60 (from 1943 also referred to as Flak Group Hamburg-Ost)
Flak Regiment 66
Flak Headlight Regiment 161

Commanders

Major General / Lieutenant General Ottfried Sattler : from the establishment until January 15, 1940
Major General Wolfgang Rüter : January 15, 1940 to March 1, 1940
unknown: March 1, 1940 to September 1, 1940
Lieutenant General Theodor Spieß : September 1, 1941 to July 1, 1942
Colonel / Major General Walter von Hippel : July 1, 1942 to May 1, 1944
Colonel / Major General Alwin Wolz : May 1, 1944 to April 2, 1945
Major General / Lieutenant General Otto Stange : April 2, 1945 until dissolution

Famous pepole

Karl-Heinz Barthel: Aircraft precision mechanic sentenced to prison in 1939 for degradation of military strength by the field court of the commander of the 3rd Flak Division, later executed

Ascan Klée Gobert : as a captain in the air defense command
Otto Wilhelm von Renz : briefly entrusted with the management of the air defense command in September 1938

literature

Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (2007). German Order of Battle. Volume Two: 291st - 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books, pp. 326 + 327, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .

Individual evidence

^ Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945: Wehrkreise XVII, XVIII, XX, XXI and bes areas East and Southeast . Mittler, S. 197 ( google.de [accessed on February 24, 2020]).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Georg Tessin: Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in the Second World War 1939-1945: Edited on the basis of the documents of the Federal Archive Military Archive . Biblio Verlag, 1980, ISBN 978-3-7648-1111-2 , p. 468 ( google.de [accessed on February 24, 2020]).

[1] Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945: Wehrkreise XVII, XVIII, XX, XXI and bes areas East and Southeast . Mittler, S. 197 ( google.de [accessed on February 24, 2020]).

[:0-2] Georg Tessin: Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in the Second World War 1939-1945: Edited on the basis of the documents of the Federal Archive Military Archive . Biblio Verlag, 1980, ISBN 978-3-7648-1111-2 , p. 468 ( google.de [accessed on February 24, 2020]).