30th Flak Division

30th Flak Division (E.Tr.)
active	April 3, 1945 to May 1945
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	air force
Branch of service	Flak
Type	division
Butcher	Imperial Defense

The 30th Flak Division , actually correctly called the 30th Flak Division (E.Tr.) , was a major combat unit of the German Air Force in World War II .

history

By renaming the former 5th Flak Brigade (E.Tr.) on April 3, 1945 under the command of Colonel Egon Baur, who was the former commander of the 5th Flak Brigade, the command staff of the 30th Flak Division ( E.Tr.) in Berlin-Lankwitz .

The E.Tr. (for railway transport protection) was retained due to the history of this newly established division. The division was responsible for all railway flak units as transport protection.

It was placed under the Reich Air Fleet until the end of the war .

On May 8, 1945, the staff and parts of the unit in Upper Bavaria went into American captivity.

structure

Flak Regiment 50 (E)
Flak Regiment 71 (E)
Flak Regiment 97 (E)
Flak Regiment 112 (E)
Flak Regiment 122 (E)
Flak Regiment 159 (E)

Well-known members of the division

Hans Bambey (1915–1997), in October / November 1945 Ib of the division.

Individual evidence

^ Georg Tessin , Brün Meyer, Germany (West) Military Archives, Working Group for Defense Research: Associations and Troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in the Second World War 1939–1945: Die Landstreit Forces 1–5 . Mittler, 1977, p. 317 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2019]).
↑ ^a ^b ^c 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]).
^ Dermot Bradley, Heinz-Peter Würzenthal, Hansgeorg Model: The generals and admirals of the Bundeswehr 1955-1999: the military careers . Biblio Verlag, 1998, ISBN 978-3-7648-1700-8 , pp. 63 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2019]).

[1] Georg Tessin , Brün Meyer, Germany (West) Military Archives, Working Group for Defense Research: Associations and Troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in the Second World War 1939–1945: Die Landstreit Forces 1–5 . Mittler, 1977, p. 317 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2019]).

[:0-2] 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]).

[3] Dermot Bradley, Heinz-Peter Würzenthal, Hansgeorg Model: The generals and admirals of the Bundeswehr 1955-1999: the military careers . Biblio Verlag, 1998, ISBN 978-3-7648-1700-8 , pp. 63 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2019]).