What unit is XVL V.I.B. 999?

[Albert]

Dear All,

What unit is XVL V.I.B. 999?

Thanks in advance and best regards,
Al

[douglynn]

999

not 100per cent sure but think the 999 was a piss take of scotland yard

[Albert]

not 100per cent sure but think the 999 was a piss take of scotland yard

[douglynn]

think it was one of hitlers henchman that named the truppe ?????999 after the phone number of scotland yard i could be wrong

[Ian Jewison]

XVL V.I.B. 999 or XVI. F.I.B. 999 ????

/Ian

[Gary T]

XVL V.I.B. 999 or XVI. F.I.B. 999 ????

/Ian

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[Ian Jewison]

Albert,

XVI. Festungs-Infanterie-Bataillon 999 (1.-4., bzw. 61.-64. Kompanie)

Aufstellung: 28.7.1943 im WK V durch Aufstellungsstab Heuberg (Regiment 968).

Unterstellung: Heerestruppe: Griechenland, Oktober 1944 Serbien, 1945 Bosnien, Kroatien

Ersatz: 999 (Bewährungstruppe) Heuberg, WK V, ab 1.1.1944 Baumholder, WK XII; sonstiges Personal: WK VIII

/Ian

[Albert]

Dear All,
Thank you very much, that's the one Sorry for the confusion, V vs F was a typo, L vs I. wasn't easy to make out.

Best regards,
Al

[leigh kitchen]

A "Scotland Yard 999" reference appeared in one of the early Sven Hassel novels that I read as a kid years ago ("Wheels of Terror"?) In his book he claimed that a penal battalion was deliberately numbered 999 as a joking reference to the Scotland Yard phone number. I don't know when "999" was introduced as the emergency services number in Britain, but at the time of WWII I believe the Scotland Yard number was "1212". I'd always assumed the Sven Hassel reference was just a bit of literary license, not based on fact.

[douglynn]

as i said i am not sure sometimes fact is mixed with fiction hope you find what you are looking for