Feldpost number question?,

[Ostfries]

Dear fellow forum members, could someone help me out with the following field post number and tell me from which Luftwaffe unit is was?, L32735, thanks in advance.

[Ian Jewison]

FP Nr. 32735

(28.2.1941-29.7.1941) Flieger-Geräte-Ausgabestelle Tripoli, then Flieger-Geräte-Ausgabestelle Bengasi,
(1.3.1942-7.9.1942) Flieger-Geräte-Ausgabe- u. Sammelstelle 1/VII,
(23.4.1944-24.11.1944) 29.8.1944 cancelled.

/Ian

[Ostfries]

Thanks,

FP Nr. 32735

(28.2.1941-29.7.1941) Flieger-Geräte-Ausgabestelle Tripoli, then Flieger-Geräte-Ausgabestelle Bengasi,
(1.3.1942-7.9.1942) Flieger-Geräte-Ausgabe- u. Sammelstelle 1/VII,
(23.4.1944-24.11.1944) 29.8.1944 cancelled.

/Ian

Thanks Ian for your quick and sufficient answer, interesting because it seems that this unit served in North-Afrika, do you also know where the unit went after the Afrika campaign?, thanks in advance.

[Larry deZeng]

Thanks Ian for your quick and sufficient answer, interesting because it seems that this unit served in North-Afrika, do you also know where the unit went after the Afrika campaign?, thanks in advance.

My name isn't Ian, but perhaps the following might be of interest. You could ask Ian to check it over and vet it for you provided he has the time to do so.

Flieger-Geräteausgabe-u.Sammelstelle 1/VII was formed in June 1942 by combining Flieger-Geräteausgabestellen Tripoli and Bengasi, both of which were unnumbered and had been in North Africa since spring 1941. Here are some chronological milestones for it:
8 Jul 42: moving forward to Tobruk and El Daba;
6 Aug 42: 1 man KIA and 2 WIA in bombing at Tobruk;
Jan 43: transferred from Tripoli to Sfax/Tunisia;
Mar 43: at Sfax under Luftgaukdo. Tunis.
May 43 - 1944: enough of its personnel were evacuated from Tunisia before the surrender in May to enable it to be reconstituted to full strength over the next month or two. It served in Sicily and then in Italy. It is known to have still been in Italy in June 1944, but with the withdrawal of German forces from Central Italy to northern Italy during June and July it became redundant.
Aug 44: disbanded (Feldpostnummer deleted 29.8.44).

--BHS1956

[Ostfries]

additional information,

My name isn't Ian, but perhaps the following might be of interest. You could ask Ian to check it over and vet it for you provided he has the time to do so.

Flieger-Geräteausgabe-u.Sammelstelle 1/VII was formed in June 1942 by combining Flieger-Geräteausgabestellen Tripoli and Bengasi, both of which were unnumbered and had been in North Africa since spring 1941. Here are some chronological milestones for it:
8 Jul 42: moving forward to Tobruk and El Daba;
6 Aug 42: 1 man KIA and 2 WIA in bombing at Tobruk;
Jan 43: transferred from Tripoli to Sfax/Tunisia;
Mar 43: at Sfax under Luftgaukdo. Tunis.
May 43 - 1944: enough of its personnel were evacuated from Tunisia before the surrender in May to enable it to be reconstituted to full strength over the next month or two. It served in Sicily and then in Italy. It is known to have still been in Italy in June 1944, but with the withdrawal of German forces from Central Italy to northern Italy during June and July it became redundant.
Aug 44: disbanded (Feldpostnummer deleted 29.8.44).

--BHS1956

No matter what your name is, never the less thanks a lot for this additional information, what was this unit about?, am I correct when I think it was flying Luftwaffe personnel?.

[Larry deZeng]

No matter what your name is, never the less thanks a lot for this additional information, what was this unit about?, am I correct when I think it was flying Luftwaffe personnel?.

Flieger-Geräteausgabe-u.Sammelstelle (Mot) (Air Force Equipment Issuing and Collecting Station)
KStN 4351 (L)
(1 Jun 39) 1 officer, 13 NCOs and men, 1 civilian, 10 workmen (local hire), 12 rifles, 2 pistols, 1 motorcycle with sidecar, 1 car, 2 medium trucks, 5 heavy trucks, 1 bicycle, 10 trailers. Very soon after the war started these were rapidly and dramatically expanded in size, and by 1941-42 typically had 3 officers, 188 NCOs and men, 26 civilians and as many as 120 trucks. The commander of a GAST was called a Leiter rather than Kommandeur.

They were the final link in the Luftwaffe’s supply chain. The supply chain general flowed from the Feld-Luftzeuggruppe > Feldluftpark > Flieger-GAST > User (air base Werft-Kpn. and Feldwerftverbände, these being the units that repaired aircraft). A Flieger-GAST issued spare and replacement parts (from engines and airframes down to simple parts) for just one or two types of aircraft, usually not more than that. They followed behind the front during advances and stood ready to provide parts as the air base commands (Fliegerhorstkommandanturen) and the flying units (fliegende Verbände) moved forward. A Flieger-GAST was usually subordinate to a Feldluftgaukommando or to a Kdo. Flughafenbereich (Airfield Regional Command). Between 1940 and 1944, a total of approximately 60 Flieger-GAST (mot.) and 30 Flieger-GAST (Eis.) existed at peak expansion. The latter of these moved by rail in a single train consisting of a locomotive and 28 freight cars which contained the spares and parts. By 1 Jan 45, only 18 Flieger-GAST (Mot.) and 7 Flieger-GAST (Eis.) remained.

[More detailed information can be found in USAFE/AIR MINISTRY Intelligence Party OKL study, “Intelligence Report No. 66: The Organization of G.A.F. Supply Part VIII - G.A.F. Equipment Issuing Stations.” Study A.I.12/USAFE/M.66.]

[Ostfries]

thank you both,

Flieger-Ger******228;teausgabe-u.Sammelstelle (Mot) (Air Force Equipment Issuing and Collecting Station)
KStN 4351 (L)
(1 Jun 39) 1 officer, 13 NCOs and men, 1 civilian, 10 workmen (local hire), 12 rifles, 2 pistols, 1 motorcycle with sidecar, 1 car, 2 medium trucks, 5 heavy trucks, 1 bicycle, 10 trailers. Very soon after the war started these were rapidly and dramatically expanded in size, and by 1941-42 typically had 3 officers, 188 NCOs and men, 26 civilians and as many as 120 trucks. The commander of a GAST was called a Leiter rather than Kommandeur.

They were the final link in the Luftwaffe’s supply chain. The supply chain general flowed from the Feld-Luftzeuggruppe > Feldluftpark > Flieger-GAST > User (air base Werft-Kpn. and Feldwerftverb******228;nde, these being the units that repaired aircraft). A Flieger-GAST issued spare and replacement parts (from engines and airframes down to simple parts) for just one or two types of aircraft, usually not more than that. They followed behind the front during advances and stood ready to provide parts as the air base commands (Fliegerhorstkommandanturen) and the flying units (fliegende Verb******228;nde) moved forward. A Flieger-GAST was usually subordinate to a Feldluftgaukommando or to a Kdo. Flughafenbereich (Airfield Regional Command). Between 1940 and 1944, a total of approximately 60 Flieger-GAST (mot.) and 30 Flieger-GAST (Eis.) existed at peak expansion. The latter of these moved by rail in a single train consisting of a locomotive and 28 freight cars which contained the spares and parts. By 1 Jan 45, only 18 Flieger-GAST (Mot.) and 7 Flieger-GAST (Eis.) remained.

[More detailed information can be found in USAFE/AIR MINISTRY Intelligence Party OKL study, “Intelligence Report No. 66: The Organization of G.A.F. Supply Part VIII - G.A.F. Equipment Issuing Stations.” Study A.I.12/USAFE/M.66.]

This sufficient and complete information was all that I needed, thank you and Ian very much for both your efforts.

[SanUO]

Hello Larry de Zeng

I am looking for KStN from the Luftwaffe. You now some detail from the KStN 4351 (L) It’s possible to scan it or is it at USAFE. I hope you can help me.

SanUO