Seefeld anti-aircraft battery
The Seefeld heavy flak battery was a bunkered position of the naval flak in the east of the Jade Bay during World War II .
Location and structure
The facility was located in Augustgroden directly behind the sea dike. It was secured to the north and south with two 2 cm flak stations that were located on the dike. There was a machine bunker to the north of the facility, and the four flak bunkers to the south. A path connected the complex with Augustgroden Street, and the barracks were also located here.
Organizational integration
The German Bight Coast Commander was responsible for the coastal defense . The battery belonged as part of the II. Marine Flakbrigade to the Wilhelmshaven section. The anti-aircraft battery belonged to Marine Flak division 222, whose anti-aircraft sub-group command south was at Vareler Hafen.
history
The Seefeld flak battery was built together with the Schweiburg flak battery . For strengthening the air defense of the naval port of Wilhelmshaven were in August 1939 by the Marine Station of the North Sea in the Navy High Command (OKM) requested heavy anti-aircraft batteries. In September and October of the same year five complete heavy flak batteries arrived in Wilhelmshaven via the Reichsbahn . These were released due to the absolute air superiority of the air force during the attack on Poland . Three of the batteries were commanded to Marine Flaka Division 222 (M.Fla.A. 222). They were installed in Seefeld, Schweiburg and at the small Fort Blauhand.
Before the batteries arrived, barracks were built. Since these did not offer enough space to accommodate the entire crew, the soldiers evaded until further barracks were built in nearby courtyards. At the beginning of October 1939, both batteries reported full operational readiness . Both the batteries in Seefeld and in Schweiburg were manned by specially trained personnel from the start. Other batteries were equipped with reservists who had to complete further training. For this reason, parts of the teams were exchanged for other batteries.
Armament
The Schweiburg and Seefeld batteries were largely identical, their armament initially consisted of four 8.8 cm anti-aircraft guns each . From the spring of 1941, the two batteries on the eastern edge of the Jade Bay were converted into bunker batteries; the conversion was completed at the end of March 1942. The four bunkers were armed with a 10.5 cm anti-aircraft gun of the SK C / 32 type with a ceiling shield. Another flak bunker with a 2 cm weapon of the type C / 30 in a base was set up for self-protection . In September 1942, a Würzburg radio measuring device (radar) was set up on the dike.
literature
- Friedrich August Greve: The air defense in the Wilhelmshaven section 1939-1945. 2nd Navy Flak Brigade. Hermann Lüers, Jever 1999, ISBN 3-9806885-0-X , pp. 140-143.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e Friedrich August Greve: The air defense in the Wilhelmshaven section 1939–1945. 2nd Navy Flak Brigade . Hermann Lüers, Jever 1999, ISBN 3-9806885-0-X , p. 140-143 .
- ^ Friedrich August Greve: The air defense in the Wilhelmshaven section 1939-1945. 2nd Navy Flak Brigade . Hermann Lüers, Jever 1999, p. 48 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 27 '21.4 " N , 8 ° 19' 12.2" E