Kommandeure:

• Gen Helmut Richter, 1.9.41 - 31.10.43
• GenLt Erich Kressmann, 1.11.43 - 3.44
• GenMaj Oskar Kraemer, 8.44 - 8.5.45

Ia:

• ?
• Hptm Bednartz, 30.1.45 - 1945
• Hptm Günther Schmidt-Hern, 1945 - 5.45

Formed 1.9.41 in Bordeaux(?) from Luftverteidigungskommando 11, and covered the area from Brittany to the French/Spanish border. In 1.43 moved to Nimes, now with:

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 45 in Bordeaux
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 69 in Marseille
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 85 in Tarascon
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 653 in Narbonne
• Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 131

Organisation 1.11.43:

• Stab/12. Flak-Brigade (mot.)
• Stab/18. Flak-Brigade (mot.)
• Luftnachrichten-Betriebs-Kompanie 131

Stab/18. Flak-Brigade (mot.) left the division in 12.43.

In 2.44 redesignated Stab/III. Flakkorps.

Reformed 8.44 in Heydebreck/Oberschlesien from Stab/15. Flak-Brigade with:

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 54 (o) (Flakgruppe Auschwitz*)
• 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)
• Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 131

1.3.45 at Friedberg under I. Flakkorps.

Subordinated to Luftgau-Kommando Westfrankreich, from 9.44 Luftgau-Kommando VIII and from 4.45 I. Flakkorps.

* possibly known as Flakgruppe Krakau.

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