Units Dieppe

[HouweTrouwe]

Jonathan thanks also Larry!

Jonathan do you also know some of Le Havre, St. Nazaire, Berneval?

BTW: I know the Canadian Forces:


14th Army Tank Regiment
Royal Canadian Artillery
Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
The Royal Regiment of Canada
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)
Les Fusiliers Mont Royal
The Essex Scottish Regiment
The South Saskatchewan Regiment
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
The Calgary Highlanders
The Toronto Scottish Regiment (MG)
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Canadian Provost Corps
Canadian Intelligence Corps
400 Army Cooperation Squadron
401 Fighter Squadron
402 Fighter Squadron
403 Fighter Squadron
411 Fighter Squadron
412 Fighter Squadron
414 Army Cooperation Squadron
416 Fighter Squadron
418 Intruder Squadron

thanks to this

Only it's harder to find all the German ones.

Owyes I also visited the Monument of the Canadians

[Luft 76]

Thanks!

Any Flak regiments/divisions?

The Lw Flak was 1. and 2. batterien of s. Flak Abt. 122 (after the raid of 42 and until august 44 ; the rest of this unit was in Picardy). A radar station was hold by 23. Kp (Flugmelde) Lg Nachr. Regt. Belgien Nordfrankreich. In 4. 43, this one was renamed 15. Kp. Luftnachr. Regt. 52.

[Simon O.]

Hello,

I have a Soldbuch and Wehrpass from a member of the independent ski unit "3./Jagerbatallion 3" His unit just happened to be at Dieppe as well.
I do not know why a Ski-Jager unit would be in the area, perhaps they were on leave after many hard months in Russia during the Spring and Winter, and were quickly called up to stop the invasion. I would love to know more information. Good luck in your research.

Regards

Rebuilding, retraining after the winter. Once the snow's gone a Ski unit is just another light infantry unit after all.

[Larry deZeng]

The Lw Flak was 1. and 2. batterien of s. Flak Abt. 122 (after the raid of 42 and until august 44 ; the rest of this unit was in Picardy). A radar station was hold by 23. Kp (Flugmelde) Lg Nachr. Regt. Belgien Nordfrankreich. In 4. 43, this one was renamed 15. Kp. Luftnachr. Regt. 52.

On 19 August 1942, gem.Flak-Abt. 122(v) was at Boulogne, according to frequent mention in the German Verlustmeldungen. It did not report any losses for 19 August or any days near that date. It may have been ordered to transport schwere Batterien 1 and 2 south to Dieppe on the 19th, but these two batteries may not have arrived until after the fighting was over.

On the other hand, 23.(schwere Flugmelde)/Luftgau-Nachr.Rgt. Belgien/Nordfrankreich was definitely in the vicinity of Dieppe operating a heavy radar site with a Würzburg and a Freya that covered the coast from Abbeville to Le Havre. It reported 1 man killed and 2 wounded by ground fire at Dieppe on 19 August.

--Larry

[Luft 76]

Thanks for your additions, Larry. As I wrote, the 1. and 2./s Flak Abt 122 were sent in Dieppe after the raid (when exactly ?), in order to reinforce the strengh of Stützpunkte. The 1. batterie was in "Le Puys" et 2. batterie au "Pollet" (noth ans south of town), in bunkers still in place today. One Messgerät Wurzburg "Anton" was in Janval, no far away.

[Luft 76]

I have forgotten to speak of the 1. and 3. / le Flak Abt. 732, also presents in Dieppe, after 42.

[Larry deZeng]

For le.Flak-Abt. 732(v) I have:

1/42, 8/42, 2/43: reported losses in the Doullens-Yvrench area/30 km north of Amiens (Loss Reports).
11/43: Beauvais under Flak-Rgt. 656 (Beauvais).
12/43: Abt. moved to Dieppe.
3/44: as Flakuntergruppe Dieppe under Flak-Rgt. 431 (Lille).

Do you know the date when 1. u.3. Batterien were first identified in Dieppe?

--Larry

[Luft 76]

Thanks a lot for the interesting additions. Unfortunatly, I have no date for the both arrival of the units of Flak Abt 122 and 732.