Flak-Brigade XV
Kommandeure:
- GenLt Werner Anton, 1.6.42 - 31.8.42
- GenMaj Friedrich Römer, 1.9.42 - 30.4.43
- GenMaj Alwin Wolz, 1.5.43 - 31.10.43
- Oberst Oskar Kraemer, 1.2.44 - 10.9.44
- Oberst Dr. Heinz-Peter Pfeffer, 10.44 - 24.11.44
- Oberst Friedrich-Franz Rittner, 30.12.44 - 4.45
Formed 6.42 in Hannover-Burgdorf, replacing Stab/Flak-Brigade VIII. In Summer 1943 became Stab/15. Flak-Brigade. Organisation 1.11.43:
- Stab/Flak-Regiment 9 (v) (Flakgruppe Osnabrück)
- Stab/Flak-Regiment 25 (o) (Flakgruppe Hannover)
- Stab/Flak-Regiment 65 (o) (Flakgruppe Braunschweig)
- Stab/Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 56 (o) (Flakscheinwerfergruppe Hannover)
- Flak-Untergruppe Peine
Stab/Flak-Regiment 9 (v) left for the 8. Flak-Brigade in 12.43.
Moved to Ehrenforst/Oberschlesien in 4.44, to protect the Hydrierwerke Odertal/Heydebreck, and took control of all Flak units in Luftgau VIII. Now controlled (1.5.44):
- Stab/Flak-Regiment 106 (o) (Flakgruppe Oberschlesien-West)
- Stab/Flak-Regiment 107 (o) (Flakgruppe Oberschlesien-Ost)
- Stab/Flak-Regiment 150 (o) (Flakgruppe Breslau)
- Stab/Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 84 (o) (Flakscheinwerfergruppe Oberschlesien)
- Stab/Heimat-Flak-Abteilung 47./IV, 50 - 58./VIII and 62./VIII
- Flakgruppe Posen and Flakgruppe Litzmannstadt
Organisation 1.8.44:
- Stab/Flak-Regiment 106 (o) (Flakgruppe Oberschlesien-West)
- Stab/Flak-Regiment 107 (o) (Flakgruppe Oberschlesien-Ost)
- Stab/Flak-Regiment 150 (o) (Flakgruppe Breslau)
- Stab/Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 84 (o) (Flakscheinwerfergruppe Oberschlesien)
- Stab/Heimat-Flak-Abteilung 25 - 26./I, 47./IV, 50 - 58./VIII and 62./VIII
- Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 175
In 8.44 redesignated Stab/11. Flak-Division.
Reformed 12.44 in Danzig (as 15. Flak-Brigade) from Stab/Flak-Regiment 62. Served in Pommern, attached to the 3rd Panzer-Armee. 1.3.45 at Blankenburg under II. Flakkorps; 4.45 at the bridgehead Schwedt (at the Oder river, south of Stettin) with:
- Stab/Flak-Regiment 6 at Bad Freienwalde
- Stab/Flak-Regiment 138 at Gartz
- Stab/Flak-Regiment 145 at Schwedt and Angermünde
Surrendered 5.45.
Subordinated to Luftgau-Kommando XI, from 4.44 Luftgau-Kommando VIII and from 12.44 II. Flakkorps.
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