Formed 26.8.39 in Neumünster from parts of I./Flak-Regiment 26 with 5 Batterien (1. - 3. schwere, 4. leichte, 5. scheinwerfer). Until 7.42 known as Res.Flak-Abt. 263.

Reorganised as a schwere Abteilung (Eisb.) in late 1941:

4./Res.263 became 4./853
5./Res.263 became 4./848

4./s.263 was formed in late 1943 from 5./185.

Service:

• 1939/40 in Hamburg
• 7.42 in Duisburg and Delmenhorst
• 1.43 in Berlin
• 1.11.43 in Wien under 16. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 28)
• 1.1.44 in Schweinfurt under 21. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 179)
• 1.2.44 in Schweinfurt under 21. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 179)
• 1.3.44 in Schweinfurt under 21. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 179)
• 1.4.44 in Schweinfurt under 21. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 179)
• 1.5.44 in Schweinfurt under 21. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 179)
• 1.6.44 in Schweinfurt under 21. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 179)
• 1.7.44 under 18. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 117)
• 1.8.44 under 18. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 117)
• 1.9.44 under 18. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 117)
• 1.10.44 in Mannheim under 21. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 49)
  • in Wiesbaden-Rüsselsheim under 21. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 189) [4./s.263]
• 1.11.44 in Mannheim under 21. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 49)
  • in Wiesbaden-Rüsselsheim under 21. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 189) [4./s.263]
• 1.12.44 in Hagen under 22. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 183)

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