wehrpass norway unit help please

[Radcollector]

Hello,

im hopeing someone could help me with information on these units,i could not find anything,not even what type of units these were,signals units?were these luftwaffe units?(except the last one A.R 114 ,46 I.D)his battle entries have in in Norway from 1941-1944 before being transferred to the 46 I.D.

[Ian Jewison]

Yes, Luftwaffe Air Dirstrict Signals Battalions......I will post some info in a few minutes.....


/Ian

[Radcollector]

Yes, Luftwaffe Air Dirstrict Signals Battalions......I will post some info in a few minutes.....


/Ian

thanks Ian that is very interesting,he switched services to the Heer 46 I.D very late in the war,this wehrpass is one of the 22 from the 46 I.D that i got at the MAX show,this is the only one with a man who served in the luftwaffe first the others all served in different Heer units,a few only served in the 46 I.D.Ian any info you can find will be appreciated

[Ian Jewison]

Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment Norwegen
Formed 1940 in Norway with Flugmelde Reserve Kompanien 8 Drontheim, 11 Stavanger and later with schweren Flugmelde Kompanien 23 Vaernes, 24 Bergen, 26 Kirkenes, 27 Narvik, 28 Oslo and 30 in Finland. In 1942 the VI. Abteilung became II/Luftnachrichten Regiment 55, 1943 the V. Abt. became I./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 56.
Under: Luftgau Norwegen

Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 55
Formed Winter 1941/42 from II/Luftgau Nachrichten Regiment Norwegen (3.-5. Kp. from 21., 22., 25./Norwegen) with 3 3 Companies; 1942 expaned to Luftnachrichten Regiment 55 with I.-III. Abteilung and 17 Kompanien:
I. from Luftnachrichten-Abteilung, II. from VI/Luftgau Nachrichten Regiment
Norwegen, the new companies from 8., 11., 23., 24., 27.-29./Norwegen; 1944 reorganised as Luftnachrichten Regiment 251 (Regimentsstab, II., IV., V. Abteilung and 5., 10., 14., 15., 20., 24., 31., 32., 34., 40.-42. Company of this Regiment).

Luftnachrichten-Regiment 251
Formed autumn 1944 in Norwegen from Stab, I-III/Luftnachrichten Regiment 55 (as Stab, II., IV. and V), the Companies from Luftnachrichten Regiment 55, only the 12. and 13. from 7. and 23./Luftnachrichten Regiment 222 of 2 Jagd Division (Stellungen Fuchs and Wolf), the V. latter the Regiment 252; 1945 Stab and II. Stavanger, I. Oslo, III. Bergen and IV. Drontheim.
Structure: I. 1-5, II. 10-15, III. 20-25, IV. 30-34, V. 40-42
Under: 5. Flieger-Division, Norway

21.11.1944 he is transferred to the Retraining Battery of Artillery Replacement and Training Regiment 30. Interestingly the same unit that I have to a Kriegsmarine guy who transferred to the Heer around the same time! In my case he was transferred to another unit on 10.3.1945...however there is not mention where to...maybe Artillery Regiment 114?

Artillerie Ersatz und Ausbildung Abteilung 30<O</O

Formed 26.8.1939 as Artillerie Ers.Abt. 30 in Rendsburg, WK X; 18.9.1944 transferred and merged into 190 Inf.Div.; 26.9.1944 reformed in Rendsburg. End of March 1945 on the <ST1Weser</ST1.
Under: 1.11.1944 Div. 490

Not sure about the 1286...looks like Kennziffer 1286 which would mean reference number 1286!?!?!

/Ian

[Ian Jewison]

thanks Ian that is very interesting,he switched services to the Heer 46 I.D very late in the war,this wehrpass is one of the 22 from the 46 I.D that i got at the MAX show,this is the only one with a man who served in the luftwaffe first the others all served in different Heer units,a few only served in the 46 I.D.Ian any info you can find will be appreciated

Yes I saw your other post Yancy, nice to get so many to one unit....I wish for that many from 1 Kav.Div.

At this stage in the war it was not uncommon for Luftwaffe members (even Kriegsmarine!) to be transferred to the Heer, likewise also to the Waffen SS.

[Simon O.]

Looks like this guy got caught in one of the 'comb outs' late in the war. No more cushy life as a signaller waiting out the war in occupied Norway for him. Must have been a rude awakening.

[Radcollector]

Looks like this guy got caught in one of the 'comb outs' late in the war. No more cushy life as a signaller waiting out the war in occupied Norway for him. Must have been a rude awakening.

Hello,

that must have been a really crapy spot for him to be in,no more cushy job in Norway your gonna fight the russians now!there are a bunch of wehrpass's like that,very late war transfers to A.R 114,most had served in other artillery units but their were a few like him that came from signals units (im guessing to be in A.R 114's signal unit?)he is the only one that i can tell so far that was in the luftwaffe first.thanks Ian for the unit information! im sure i will wear you guys out with my 22 wehrpass worth of misc.entry questions!