Luftwaffen-Festungs-Bataillon XVIII

Formed 9.44 in Aussig with 3 companies, and was transferred to the 7th Army at Aachen.

Saw action in Hürtgenwald with the 116th Panzer-Division.

Was first to have been taken over by the 2. SS Panzer-Division on 27.9.44, and then by the 246. Volks-Grenadier-Division on 21.10.44, but instead was absorbed by the 49. Infanterie-Division on 28.10.44.


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