Jagdfliegerführer Ostmark
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Jagdfliegerführer Ostmark
(FpN: L 52149)
Jagdfliegerführer:
Oberst Gotthardt Handrick (15 Sep 43 - 15 Jun 44)
Formation and History. (Sep 43 - Jun 44)
Formed 15 September 1943 at Vienna-Kobenzl to control fighter defences over Austria, parts of Czechoslovakia, western Hungary and the northern Balkans under 7. Jagddivision (Munich). Stab renamed Stab/8. Jagddivision at Vienna-Kobenzl on 15 June 1944.[1]
© H.L. deZeng IV, 2023
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References
- ↑ G.Tessin- Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945, Teil 14: Die Luftstreitkräfte (Osnabrück, 1980); G.Aders- History of the German Night Fighter Force 1917-1945 (London, 1979), p.170; O.Tuider- Die Luftwaffe in Österreich 1938-1945 (Wien, 1985); PRO London: AIR 40 Air Ministry intelligence reports and lists based on ULTRA, “Y” Service intercepts, and captured documents.