Heeres-Flak units Stalingrad & Kalmyck Steppe & Chir

German unit histories, lineages, OoBs, ToEs, commanders, fieldpost numbers, organization, etc.

Moderator: Tom Houlihan

Post Reply
User avatar
Michi
Contributor
Posts: 281
Joined: Sat Sep 28, 2002 2:40 pm
Location: Austria

Heeres-Flak units Stalingrad & Kalmyck Steppe & Chir

Post by Michi »

Hello I'm looking for any additional informations about the Heeres-Flak units in the area of Stalingrad, Chir River, Don Bend & Don River, Kalmyck-Steppe & Caucasus.
Additional informations for the Abteilungen would be the position of the HQ; and the names of the CO's of the different Abteilungen.

Heeres-Flak & SS-Flak units
in the area of

Stalingrad
Chir River
Don Bend & Don River
Kalmyck Steppe
Caucasus


Pocket of Stalingrad

3./FlaMGBtl 48 Stalingrad
6./FlaMGBtl 55 Stalingrad
2./ & 4./FlaMGBtl 66 Stalingrad

FlaBtl 602 Stalingrad
FlaBtl 608 Stalingrad
FlaBtl 614 Stalingrad

HFlakAbt 274 16. PzDiv
HFlakAbt 276 14. PzDiv
HFlakAbt 282 60. InfDiv (mot.)
HFlakAbt 283 24. PzDiv
HFlakAbt 312 3. InfDiv (mot.)
HFlakAbt 313 29. InfDiv (mot.)


Chir River

HFlakAbt 289 22. PzDiv


Don-Bend & Don-River

HFlakAbt 277 11.PzDiv
HFlakAbt 296 7. PzDiv
FührerFlakAbt (was this Heer or Luftwaffe??)

Kalmyck Steppe & Caucasus

FlaBtl 610 South Russia
FlaBtl 616 South Russia
FlaBtl 619 South Russia

HFlakAbt 278 23. PzDiv
HFlakAbt 281 16. InfDiv (mot.)
HFlakAbt 298 6. PzDiv
HFlakAbt 297 17. PzDiv

HFlakAbt 271 13. PzDiv
HFlakAbt 300 15. FlakDiv
HFlakAbt 314 3. PzDiv

HFlakAbt 275 Caucasus
HFlakAbt 279 Caucasus

SS-FlakAbt 5 5. SS-Frw-PzGrenDiv



Any Heeres-Flak units missing??


Sources:
Michael Holm's homepage about the Luftwaffe
Tessin, all volumes
Die deutschen Divisionen 1939 - 1945, Vol. 1 - 4
BUT sources are scarcy and very contradicting!!



MfG Michi
Last edited by Michi on Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:13 am, edited 1 time in total.
eierlegende Wollmilchsau
User avatar
Michi
Contributor
Posts: 281
Joined: Sat Sep 28, 2002 2:40 pm
Location: Austria

Post by Michi »

According Tieke's "Im Südabschitt der Ostfornt":

Don-Bend & Don-River

FlakAbt 272 with KaGru ObstLt Oehmichen
FlakAbt 291 with KaGru Gen Kraiss

most problably HFlakAbt 272 & HFlakAbt 291, as the Luftwaffe FlakAbt 272 & 291 didn't have been in this area.


MfG Michi
eierlegende Wollmilchsau
User avatar
jmark
Contributor
Posts: 211
Joined: Sun Oct 13, 2002 4:39 pm
Location: Sydney, Australia

Post by jmark »

Hi Michi,

Here's some info that might be helpful to you.

3./Fla 48 = remained independent – marched with 6. Armee to Stalingrad and was destroyed there.
6./Fla 55 = became 10.(Fla)/Pz.Gr.Rgt.26 in summer 1942 – with 24.Pz.Div. at Voronesh, battle near Kalach, into Stalingrad early September, destroyed January 1943. Kp.Fhr. Oblt. Johannes Wolter
2./Fla 66 = became 12.(Fla)/Pz.Gr.Rgt.103 in summer 1942 – with 14.Pz.Div. over the lower Don toward Kuban near Armavir, Ordzkhonikidze, then to Stalingrad where it was desteoyed. Kp.Fhr. Oblt Eberhard Wagemann
4./Fla 66 = became 3.(Fla)/Pz.Jäg.Abt.13 in summer 1942 = 4./Heeres-Flak-Art.-Abt.271 – with 13.Pz.Div. Rostov, Maikop, Mozdok, Alagir, became Heeres-Flak in September 1942.

Fla-Btl.602 – Kdr. Hptm. Bohnert
Fla-Btl.610 – Kdr. Obstlt. Boje
Fla-Btl.614 – Kdr. Major Ritter
Fla-Btl.616 – Kdr. Major Lukas

Heeres-Flak-Abt.274 (IV./Pz.Art.Rgt.16 – 16. PzDiv.) – Kdr. Obstlt. Hett (until June 1942), then Major Lang (June 1942 to Jan.1943)
Heeres-Flak-Abt.276 (IV./Pz.Art.Rgt.4 – 14. PzDiv.) – Hptm. Gramatzki
Heeres-Flak-Abt.282 (IV./Art.Rgt.160 – 60. InfDiv (mot.)) – Kdr. ?
Heeres-Flak-Abt.283 (IV./Pz.Art.Rgt.89 – 24. PzDiv.) – Kdr. Obstlt. Fritz von Melchers
Heeres-Flak-Abt.312 (IV./Art.Rgt.3 – 3. InfDiv (mot.)) – Kdr. Major Fursten (killed July 1942), then Hptm. Klingohr (killed at Stalingrad)
Heeres-Flak-Abt.313 (IV./Art.Rgt.29– 29. InfDiv (mot.)) – Kdr. ?

Some more about Fla-Btl.602:
Fla-Btl.602 in Stalingrad
Present in Stalingrad:
Staff = 38 men, 1.Ko. = 144 men, 2.Ko. = 118 men, 3.Ko. = 139 men, 4.Ko. = 127 men, total = 566 men
Killed in Stalingrad:
Staff = 0 men, 1.Ko. = 15 men, 2.Ko. = 8 men, 3.Ko. = 11 men, 4.Ko. = 9 men, total = 43 men
Wounded and flown out of the Kessel:
Staff = 3 men, 1.Ko. = 10 men, 2.Ko. = 6 men, 3.Ko. = 8 men, 4.Ko. = 8 men, total = 35 men
Wounded but remained in the Kessel:
Staff = 0 men, 1.Ko. = 27 men, 2.Ko. = 7 men, 3.Ko. = 5 men, 4.Ko. = 2 men, total = 41 men
Remained in Kessel, fate unknown:
Staff = 35 men, 1.Ko. = 92 men, 2.Ko. = 97 men, 3.Ko. = 115 men, 4.Ko. = 108 men, total = 447 men
Among those remaining in the Kessel were: Hptm. Bohnert, Oblt. Krebs, Oblt. Meyer, Lt. Binder, Lt. Klein, Lt. Gliese, Lt. Burghard, Lt. Enke, Lt. Ritz, Lt. Friedrich.

My sources for the above info are:
"Fla nach vorn, 2. Band" by Hermann Freter (absolutely excellent book!)
"Flak – Die Geschichte der deutschen Flakartillerie und der Einsatz der Luftwaffenhelfer" by Horst-Adelbert Koch (another great book)
My own research into 6. Armee's documents

Hope this helps!
Jason
Leaping Horseman Books
Specialising in books about Stalingrad and the Eastern Front
*** NEW BOOK! Croatian Legion ***
http://www.leapinghorseman.com.au
User avatar
Michi
Contributor
Posts: 281
Joined: Sat Sep 28, 2002 2:40 pm
Location: Austria

Post by Michi »

Thanks Jason!

Do you have any idea about the date of change of designation from HFlakAbt into IV./(Pz)ArtRgt??


I hope I can get some more informations about the Heeres-Flak units outside of the pocket of Stalingrad.



MfG Michi

PS: The next list will show the Luftwaffe-Flak units in the same area.
eierlegende Wollmilchsau
User avatar
Commissar D, the Evil
Moderator
Posts: 4823
Joined: Sun Sep 29, 2002 7:22 pm
Location: New Jersey

Post by Commissar D, the Evil »

So Guys, any idea what unit was at Tatsinskaya Airport in late December 1942?

Best Regards,
~D, the EviL
Death is lighter than a Feather, Duty is heavier than a Mountain....
Abel Ravasz
Contributor
Posts: 228
Joined: Sun Jan 12, 2003 5:44 am
Location: Hungary/Slovakia

Post by Abel Ravasz »

Hi David,

perhaps the gemischte Flak-Abteilung 125 (v), plus Teile II./Flak-Lehr-Regiment (le. mot.), both being Lw Flak units.

Michi, as I've never been a Flak expert, I'll wait for the "other" list and see if I have any other units. I have got units with different numbering as in the first list, but they may as well be Lw Flak units.

Abel
User avatar
Michi
Contributor
Posts: 281
Joined: Sat Sep 28, 2002 2:40 pm
Location: Austria

Post by Michi »

So Guys, any idea what unit was at Tatsinskaya Airport in late December 1942?

Best Regards,
~D, the EviL
Hi David,

perhaps the gemischte Flak-Abteilung 125 (v), plus Teile II./Flak-Lehr-Regiment (le. mot.), both being Lw Flak units.
Abel
Plus the or at least parts of the F-FAS 40 (Ost) (Feld-Flak-Artillerie-Schule), also a Luftwaffe unit.


MfG Michi

PS:
Luftwaffe-Flak units at Pocket of Stalingrad & Chir River & Kalmyck Steppe & Causasus & Don Bend & Don River is already here!!
eierlegende Wollmilchsau
Post Reply