Higher commander of the anti-aircraft artillery in the air district III
The senior commander of the anti-aircraft artillery in Luftkreis III was a command staff at the brigade level of the Luftwaffe before the Second World War . It was set up on October 1, 1935 in Dresden . The brigade staff acted as the superior of the stationed flak forces in Saxony - Thuringia - Silesia and was tactically subordinate to Luftkreiskommando III , which was also located in Dresden. On June 30, 1938, the staff was disbanded as a result of a reorganization.
Commanders
Rank | Surname | date |
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Colonel | Ruldof Bogatsch | October 1, 1935 to October 31, 1936 |
Major general | Friedrich Hirschhauer | November 1, 1936 to March 31, 1938 |
Colonel | Richard Kolb | April 1, 1938 to June 30, 1938 |
Subordinate associations
As of October 1, 1937, the higher commanding officer of the anti-aircraft artillery in Luftkreis III was subject to the following anti-aircraft forces:
- I. Department Flak Regiment 3 in Gotha
- II. Flak Regiment 3 in Weimar
- I. Department Flak Regiment 10 in Dresden (directly under)
- I. Department Flak Regiment 13 in Wurzen (directly under)
- II. Flak Regiment 13 in Leipzig
- I. Department Flak Regiment 20 in Breslau (directly under)
- I. Department Flak Regiment 23 in Merseburg
- Flak Regiment 33 in Halle
- I. Department Flak Regiment 43 in Neuhammer
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. 179-180 .