Werfer-Regiment 71

[ACE]

Hallo

I just got the award document group after the battalion Commander of the III Battalion/Werfer Regiment 71 - any idea of who signed the documents?

It must be from the campagn in Italy!

Best

Ace

[hucks216]

Can you see what the Feldpost Number says on the KvK citation - is it 49249 or 49248? I can't make out the last digit properly.

49248
(2.1.1940-11.3.1943) Stab II u. 5.-8. Kompanie Luftwaffen-Regiment Barenthin,
(12.3.1943-7.9.1943) gestrichen (Tunis),
(8.9.1943-22.4.1944) 28.1.1944 Flgs.Betriebs-Kompanie (FK) 8,
(23.4.1944-24.11.1944) 14.9.1944 gestrichen

49249
(1.5.1942-19.10.1942) Transport-Kolonne der Luftwaffe 49/IV,
(12.3.1943-7.9.1943) Transport-Kolonne der Luftwaffe 108/IV.

[dennisb]

Can you see what the Feldpost Number says on the KvK citation - is it 49249 or 49248? I can't make out the last digit properly.

49248
(2.1.1940-11.3.1943) Stab II u. 5.-8. Kompanie Luftwaffen-Regiment Barenthin,
(12.3.1943-7.9.1943) gestrichen (Tunis),
(8.9.1943-22.4.1944) 28.1.1944 Flgs.Betriebs-Kompanie (FK) 8,
(23.4.1944-24.11.1944) 14.9.1944 gestrichen

49249
(1.5.1942-19.10.1942) Transport-Kolonne der Luftwaffe 49/IV,
(12.3.1943-7.9.1943) Transport-Kolonne der Luftwaffe 108/IV.

Indeed, there isn't anything that is coming close:

<TABLE id=AutoNumber1 border=1 cellSpacing=1 width=500><TBODY><TR><TD width=127 align=middle>Stab III. Abteilung</TD><TD width=191 align=middle>48808</TD><TD width=164 align=middle>48808</TD></TR><TR><TD width=127 align=middle>Stabsbatterie</TD><TD width=191 align=middle>48808 A</TD><TD width=164 align=middle>48808 A</TD></TR><TR><TD width=127 align=middle>7. Batterie</TD><TD width=191 align=middle>48661</TD><TD width=164 align=middle>48661</TD></TR><TR><TD width=127 align=middle>8. Batterie</TD><TD width=191 align=middle>48918</TD><TD width=164 align=middle>48918</TD></TR><TR><TD width=127 align=middle>9. Batterie</TD><TD width=191 align=middle>48121</TD><TD width=164 align=middle>48121</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Source: http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/


I can't make the FPN out well, but only thing that is possible is that Werfer-Regiment 71 during that time was attached to another unit and that the FPN is of that unit. In no other way it is possible that it was signed by a Divisionskommandeur because Werfer-Regiment 71 was a Heerestruppe.

[Johnny R]

That unit was fighting around Salerno in September and then Volturno on the dates of the citations. I do not have him on any unit rosters as the commander of the III Battalion, Haupmann Brandt was battalion commander in May 1943 and then a Major Timpke after Jan. 1944.

[Simon O.]

it would be completely wrong if it had been signed by the regimental commander along with the abteilung or regiments fp nr.

[Simon O.]

It's the 15 Pz.Gr.Div.

the EKII spange is signed by Ernst-Günther Baade and the KVKI by Eberhard Rodt

[Johnny R]

They were assigned under that unit in Sicily and Italy

[ACE]

I can´t make out the feltpost no. - that is why I hoped that someone could recognice the signatures - I am NOT 100% sure that he commanded the III. Battalion but in 1941 he commanded a Pz Jäger Battalion so I assumed that he wounted have holded a lower position in 1943!

[Simon O.]

And i dont think he's a battalion commander. Rather a staff officer which would fit much better with him being a WWI veteran, being a reserve hauptmann and his KVKI

[ACE]

Thanks for all the help - I think you are right simon!

I will put the hole group up for sale on the estand!