Higher in command of the anti-aircraft artillery in Luftkreis I
The Higher Commander of the Flak Artillery in Luftkreis I was a brigade-strength position in the Luftwaffe before the Second World War . The brigade staff was set up on October 1, 1935, with a command post in Königsberg . As the higher commander and superior of the troops, he was responsible for the operational management of the flak forces in East Prussia . The following flak regiments were subordinate to him:
- Flak Regiment 1 in Koenigsberg
- Flak Regiment 11 in Seerappen - Neuendorf (later relocated to Königsberg)
On June 30, 1938, the agency was closed due to structural changes. The subordinate anti-aircraft regiments were assigned to other brigade staffs.
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Colonel | Friedrich Hirschhauer | October 1, 1935 to September 30, 1936 |
Colonel | August Schmidt | October 1, 1936 to October 31, 1937 |
Colonel | Walter Feyerabend | November 1, 1937 to June 30, 1938 |
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. 178 .