Soldbuch Flak Badge in Italy

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simple "Fliieger"....

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gefreiter!

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again Gefreiter .. portrait...

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... with his comrades

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obergefreiter with his platoon

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and finally "Flak Unteroffizier"...

[Luft 76]

Nice one, Mufasa ! I like it.
Here some views of mine, not in the same unit but same typ of heavy Flak unit and, I believe, in the same areas. I posted here in the past but the images are no more visible.
The soldier was like yours specialised in Kommando Gerät.









Curiously, he received Flakkampfabzeichen before Tätigkeitsabzeichen der Flakartillerie :




He was taken POW and stayed in Rimini camp 15 :

[mufasa]

very nice and interesting soldbuch

Your Schwehre Flak Abt. 487 was in the 25 Flak Brigade (with the 3 Flak Brigade) had the task of defending the city (and broken) of northern Italy. So we find this Abteilung in the industrial cities and on the hubs for Germany (Verona and surroundings, La Spezia (military port), the Po River near Cremona)....
while the 22 Flak Brigade (where it was precisely the Flak Abteilung 361) with 4 Flak Regiment and 23 abteilung instead had the responsibility for the defense of the fields of 10 and 14 Armee, and they could also act as normal artillery and anti-tank.
Ciao Oriano

[Panzer Rob]

Oriano,

Simply put, your research and presentation threads are by far the best on all of WAF; You've set the standard by which all others are measured

An outstanding presentation - I really enjoyed reading through it. Thanks very much for taking the time to post and share it here with the rest of the community

Best,
Rob

[Luft 76]

Thanks for the informations. So, they were not realy in the same fields.

[mufasa]

Oriano,

Simply put, your research and presentation threads are by far the best on all of WAF; You've set the standard by which all others are measured

An outstanding presentation - I really enjoyed reading through it. Thanks very much for taking the time to post and share it here with the rest of the community

Best,
Rob

My dear friend, a special thank for your kind (and undeserved) words ...

grazie!!
Oriano

[mufasa]

Thanks for the informations. So, they were not realy in the same fields.

for example the Schwere Flak Abteilung 487 (red squares on the map) from 12/01/44 enters in the Flak Regiment 5 and was located in Verona..

.... in February 1945 it moves to Egna - Ora (Neumarkt - Auer in Gemany) South of Bolzano (Bozen) ), always in defense of the Brenner road From Verona to Austria .......

[Ironcrown]

Ciao Oriano,
I am usually not a Flak enthusiast (as you know I'm more a Falli guy), but this Soldbuch is really nice, and as usual, very well explained

@Luft76: your Soldbuch is very nice too

[Tora_Tora_Tora!]

Great presentation as usual my Friend...it is like to read an history book everytime but full of human beings!

[mufasa]

Ciao Oriano,
I am usually not a Flak enthusiast (as you know I'm more a Falli guy), but this Soldbuch is really nice, and as usual, very well explained

@Luft76: your Soldbuch is very nice too

thanks Ironcrown.....

and about Flak come up my mind of another (Always 105 Flak Regiment between Florence and Bologna)... Flak: against airplain and a little a bit (I think) against the partisans .... I make two pictures ...