LW Gascan straps with name feldpostnr etc! PLEASE HELP

[whscharfschütze]

Hi

I am in the oppertunity to buy a lw gasmaskcan with mask straps etc. The seller says its from fliegerhorst soesterberg netherlands. Its a good guy so i dont think he would lie to me, but just tell me the info he has. The straps are marked with:
Horstkomp.L.39248 Max Vormelcher e.m.279.

Who can help me to get the Maximum info on this guy, unit, area, place etc etc

best wishes

Karel

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Karel, Feldpost number is for:

39248

(Mobilmachung-1.1.1940) Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur (E) Hoya,
(28.4.1940-19.9.1940) Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur (E) 12/XI,
(8.9.1942-11.3.1943) Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur A 205/VI,
(23.4.1944-24.11.1944) 1.6.1944 Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur E 205/XI.

Cheers, Ade.

[Simon O.]

Looks like the seller is right.
http://www.ww2.dk/ground/flibo/fk/fk12-11.html

[Larry deZeng]

Some a bit more detailed information:

Fliegerhorstkommandantur E(v) 205/XI
Formed Apr – May 1944 by renumbering Fl.H.Kdtr. A 205/VI.
1 Jul 44: at Soesterberg/Holland under Koflug 2/III (Amsterdam-Schiphol).
Dec 44: at Fassberg as a Platzkdo.
7 May 45: Fl.H.Kdtr. E(v) 205/XI at Aalborg-Ost according to British intelligence documents (ADCC No. 6), but this may be a typographical error.
FpN: (L 39248)
Kommandant:
Maj. Friedrich Bergmann (24 Mar 45 - 5 May 45)

Fliegerhorstkommandantur E(v) 205/XI Platzkommando Hilversum
Formed April-May 1944 at Fp. Hilversum/26 km SE of Amsterdam and 14 km NW of Soesterberg by renaming Fl.Pl.Kdo. A 2/VI. Disbanded Feb-Mar 45 (FpN deleted 16 Mar 45).
FpN: (L 54026)
Kommandant:


I do not know when Soesterberg was evacuated by the Luftwaffe, but I am guessing September 1944. After leaving there, the airfield command evidently moved to Fassberg in Germany.

--Larry