Higher Commander of the Flak Artillery Schools

The Higher Commander of the Flak Artillery Schools was a division of the German Air Force during the Second World War .

Establishment, order and dissolution

It was set up in the spring of 1940. On November 5, 1944, the office was merged with the Higher Commander of the Field Artillery Schools to form the Flak School Division . The department was subordinate to the General of the Flak Artillery at the Reich Minister of Aviation and Commander in Chief of the Air Force. The headquarters were in Berlin . As of June 4, 1941, the following schools were subordinate to him:

Anti-aircraft artillery school I in Rerik
Anti-aircraft artillery school II in Bonn
Anti-aircraft artillery school III in Saalow
Anti-aircraft artillery school IV in Schongau
Anti-aircraft artillery school V in Baden near Vienna
Air War School 6 in Kitzingen
Air War School 8 in Göppingen
Officer Applicant Regiment 1 in Halle
Higher anti-aircraft weapon technology school in Halle
Anti-aircraft weapon technology school in Halle
Anti-aircraft weapon technology school in Stralsund
Anti-aircraft weapon technology school in Greifswald

The main task of the agency included, in addition to the activity as a superior on duty, the supervision and regulation of uniform training at all flak schools. Furthermore, the organization of anti-aircraft weapons courses, the implementation of tests and instruction in ballistics and meteorology.

Commanders

Rank	Surname	date
Major general	Erich Kressmann	June 4, 1941 to April 1942
Colonel	Hans Simon	April 1942 to March 14, 1944
Colonel	Otto Stange	March 15, 1944 to November 5, 1944

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. 122-123 .

[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. 122-123 .