Flak replacement division
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
- Flak replacement regiment 1: Bad Saarow , later Stettin and Wolfenbüttel
- Flak replacement regiment 2: Zirndorf , later Koblenz and Gotha
- Flak replacement regiment 3: Rosenheim
- Flak replacement regiment 4: Gotha, later Wolfenbüttel and Iserlohn
- Anti-aircraft replacement regiment 5: Hamburg , later Wismar
- Flak Replacement Regiment 6: Vienna
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
- ^ 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 .