Luftnachrichten-Regiment 57

Kommandeure:

Stab:

Formed 1.44 in Paris from Stab/Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment Holland.

8.44 to Metz, and disbanded 9.44.

I. Abteilung:

Formed 5.43 in Paris(?) with:

Reorganised in 3.44:

9.44 withdrawn to Kreis Tübingen with 1. - 3. Kompanien, attached to the 16. Flieger-Division. 10.44 in Karlsruhe

On 27.2.45 Stab I./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 57 became Stab/Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 66.

II. Abteilung:

The companies were formed 5.43, while the Stab II./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 57 was formed in 12.43 from Stab III./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 53. Probably stationed in the Paris area.

In 3.44 4./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 57 became 8./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 57

The entire Abteilung was disbanded 9.44, except 6. and 9. Kompanien which still existed in early 1945. 12.44 in Augsberg-Pfersee.

III. Abteilung:

Formed 3.44 in Orleans(?) with:

The entire Abteilung was disbanded 9.44.

IV. Abteilung

Formed 5.43 in Troyes(?).

The entire Abteilung was disbanded 9.44. The IV. Abteilung and 16.-21. Kompanien are not listed in the Feldpostübersicht, but appears on various Allied Intelligence reports as well as German radar organisation maps.


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