Higher commander of the anti-aircraft artillery in the air district III

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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
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

  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. 179-180 .