After a couple of nice Flak Soldbuchs that increase my interest in the Flak arm of the LW finally I was caught in its net so I need to go on and feed the beast, hope with this piece it will rest a little, but I doubt it.
Her we have the Soldbuch of Wachtmeister Karl Weber.
Our brave soldier was serving with the LW prior the outbreak of the hostilities as indicated by his rank of Unteroffizier when his Soldbuch was open on the first day of the conflict by his sole combat unit, he spent the whole war with the same 3./Flak Regiment 25.
Before going in deep with the Soldbuch I have made a little research into this unit (how difficult is the Flak to research, why they can not sty with his Regiment and need to jump from one to another?)
The fact he served with the same battery makes some thing easy so here it goes what I have found today, as always any help is welcomed.
The Flak Regiment 25 was created on April 1st, 1.935 with the former Heer Flak Abteilung 5 when all antiaircraft units were put under the control of the LW.
When war broke his battery was stationed in Oberndorf an Neckar.
No combat during Poland campaign but things changed when the French start to be a little bit nervous and decide to make some recon flights, this is not something any self respected Flam man will allowed so our man battery took cards into this matter and so this happen:
- April 26, 1.940 at 16h28' with the use of 33 shots from its 88 guns a French Potez 63 was shoot down at a height of 800 m
- April 30th, 1.940 at 17h48' with the use of 20 shots from its 88 guns two French Potez 63 were shoot down at. height of 550 m
Both actions took part near Bad Boll, maybe someone can help me to pinpoint with unit was the one which lost the 3 aircrafts.
Now I need some help as I have no idea where and if the unit took part in the French campaign, please any help highly appreciated.
Now it was time to look East and his unit took part in the Russian Invasion, prior it she was stationed in Romania in December 1.940.
In June 1.941 he was put under the command of Stab/Flak Rgt. 37 and served as support of Panzergruppe 1 ended the yer in the Rostov area.
In May 1.942 I Flakkorps took control of all Flak units under Luftflotte 4 and he served under this command.
- Till November 1st 1.943 under Stab/Flak Regiment 7 with 15 Flak Division in the South of Russia
- Till February 01st, 1.944 under Stab/Flak Regiments 99 and 133 with 10 Flak Division in Charkow, Kiev and ****omir
- Till April 1st, 1.944 under Stab/Flak Regiment 48 with 17 Flak Division in the South of Russia
- Till June 1st, 1.944 under Stab/Flak Regiments 48 and 12 with 10 Flak Division in Tscherkassy
- Till November 21st, 1.944 under Stab/Flak Regiments 4, 12 and 133 with 15 Flak Division (on October 2oth this unit served under V Flakkorps)
After he was hospitalized On July 31st, 1.944 and released from hospital around November 1.944 he was attached to Flak Ers Abt 1 from November 21st till the end of the war.
Now I will go into the details in the Soldbuch.
The photo gives you an idea that he was not a paper pusher.
His previous service is unknown and his sole wartime promotion was to Wahctmeister on February 1st, 1.943, confirmed by 3./Flak Rgt. 25 on March 15th.
Her we have the Soldbuch of Wachtmeister Karl Weber.
Our brave soldier was serving with the LW prior the outbreak of the hostilities as indicated by his rank of Unteroffizier when his Soldbuch was open on the first day of the conflict by his sole combat unit, he spent the whole war with the same 3./Flak Regiment 25.
Before going in deep with the Soldbuch I have made a little research into this unit (how difficult is the Flak to research, why they can not sty with his Regiment and need to jump from one to another?)
The fact he served with the same battery makes some thing easy so here it goes what I have found today, as always any help is welcomed.
The Flak Regiment 25 was created on April 1st, 1.935 with the former Heer Flak Abteilung 5 when all antiaircraft units were put under the control of the LW.
When war broke his battery was stationed in Oberndorf an Neckar.
No combat during Poland campaign but things changed when the French start to be a little bit nervous and decide to make some recon flights, this is not something any self respected Flam man will allowed so our man battery took cards into this matter and so this happen:
- April 26, 1.940 at 16h28' with the use of 33 shots from its 88 guns a French Potez 63 was shoot down at a height of 800 m
- April 30th, 1.940 at 17h48' with the use of 20 shots from its 88 guns two French Potez 63 were shoot down at. height of 550 m
Both actions took part near Bad Boll, maybe someone can help me to pinpoint with unit was the one which lost the 3 aircrafts.
Now I need some help as I have no idea where and if the unit took part in the French campaign, please any help highly appreciated.
Now it was time to look East and his unit took part in the Russian Invasion, prior it she was stationed in Romania in December 1.940.
In June 1.941 he was put under the command of Stab/Flak Rgt. 37 and served as support of Panzergruppe 1 ended the yer in the Rostov area.
In May 1.942 I Flakkorps took control of all Flak units under Luftflotte 4 and he served under this command.
- Till November 1st 1.943 under Stab/Flak Regiment 7 with 15 Flak Division in the South of Russia
- Till February 01st, 1.944 under Stab/Flak Regiments 99 and 133 with 10 Flak Division in Charkow, Kiev and ****omir
- Till April 1st, 1.944 under Stab/Flak Regiment 48 with 17 Flak Division in the South of Russia
- Till June 1st, 1.944 under Stab/Flak Regiments 48 and 12 with 10 Flak Division in Tscherkassy
- Till November 21st, 1.944 under Stab/Flak Regiments 4, 12 and 133 with 15 Flak Division (on October 2oth this unit served under V Flakkorps)
After he was hospitalized On July 31st, 1.944 and released from hospital around November 1.944 he was attached to Flak Ers Abt 1 from November 21st till the end of the war.
Now I will go into the details in the Soldbuch.
The photo gives you an idea that he was not a paper pusher.
His previous service is unknown and his sole wartime promotion was to Wahctmeister on February 1st, 1.943, confirmed by 3./Flak Rgt. 25 on March 15th.
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