Higher in command of the anti-aircraft artillery in Luftkreis II

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The Higher Commander of the Flak Artillery in Luftkreis II was a command staff of the Luftwaffe before the Second World War .

It was set up on October 1, 1935 for Luftkreis II in Berlin . The commander was later given brigade status and was renamed Höherer Flak-Kommandeur II in 1937 . On June 30, 1938, the staff was disbanded as a result of a reorganization.

The sole commanding officer was Colonel / Major General Hubert Weise .

structure

The following units were assumed:

Famous pepole

  • Paul Conrath : from October 1936 to September 1937 battery chief in Flak Regiment 12
  • Gustav Ewald : 1938 consultant for the flight information service at the Higher Flak Commander II
  • Johannes Hintz : from the creation of the Higher Flak Commander II in Luftkreis II until November 1936 and again from July 1937 until the Higher Flak Commander II was dissolved in Flak Regiment 12
  • Gerhard Hoffmann : from September 1936 to October 1936 with Flak Regiment 22, from July 1937 with Flak Regiment 12
  • Hans-Jürgen von Witzendorff : from the establishment of the Higher Commander of the Flak Artillery in Luftkreis II until October 1936 with Flak Regiment 12

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Contributions to military and war history . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1967, p. 95 ( google.de [accessed on February 25, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Berthold Jacob: The new German army and its leaders . Editions du Carrefour, 1936, p. 49 ( google.de [accessed on February 25, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Writings of the Federal Archives . H. Boldt, 1959, p. 93 ( google.de [accessed on February 25, 2020]).
  4. ^ Karl Heinz Völker: The German Air Force 1933-1939 . Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, 1967, p. 241 ( google.de [accessed on February 25, 2020]).