Flak replacement division

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The Flak-Ersatz-Division was a special large unit of the German Air Force in World War II , which was responsible for the tactical command of the Flak-Ersatz-Regiments 1 to 6. Established on April 15, 1944 as the superior command authority under Major General Hans-Jürgen von Witzendorff in Breslau , the operational management of the

In the autumn of 1944, the division's headquarters were relocated to Weimar and from the spring of 1945 it was initially stationed in Zirndorf and later in Munich - Freimann . When the German Reich was split into a north and south basin due to the Allied advance in April 1945, the division was renamed the Flak School and Replacement Division South .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Heinz Hummel: The German flak cartillery 1935-1945. Your major formations and regiments . VDM, Zweibrücken 2010, ISBN 978-3-86619-048-1 , p. 116-117 .