Koluft AOK 12
Koluft AOK 12
(FpN: L 23598)
Kommandeur:
Gen.Maj. Ernst Krüger (13 Oct 39 - 14 Aug 41)
Oberst Fritz Reinshagen (Aug 41? - May 42?)
Formation and History. (Aug 39 - May 42)
Formed o/a 26 August 1939 by re-designating Stab/Aufklärungsgeschwader 12 (Münster-Lodenheide). Other sources and evidence suggest it may not have been formed until o/a 25 October 1939. This Koluft is so poorly documented that it may not be possible to determine its formation date, but circumstantial evidence favours October 1939.[1]
West
Oct 39 – Dec 40: supported 12th Army deployed in defensive positions in the Eifel along the German-Belgian border, then from 10 May 1940 in the attack through southern Belgium, Luxemburg and south through eastern France toward the Swiss border.
10 May 40: Koluft subordinated this date: 4 Aufklärungsstaffeln (2.(F)/22, 2.(H)/12, 2.(H)/14, 2.(H)/21), Kurierstaffel 7, 4 Flak-Abt. (II./4, I./5, I./38, I./361) and Ln.-Abt. 5 (H) (mot.).
Balkans
Jan 41 – Mar 41: transferred from France to Romania and then Bulgaria. Attack and campaign through Yugoslavia into Greece Apr – May 1941. Occupation of Greece and the Aegean May 41 – May 42.
5 Apr 41: Koluft subordinated this date: 1 Aufklärungsstaffel (2.(F)/11), Kurierstaffel 1, 5 Flak-Abt. (Flakregimentsstab 201 with I./6, I./14, I./19, I./23, le.77) and Ln.-Abt. 5 (H) (mot.).
May 42: Koluft disbanded.
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress).
(1st Draft 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); K.Mehner/R.Teuber - Die deutsche Luftwaffe 1939-1945: Führung und Truppe (Norderstedt: 1993); N.Kannapin - deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945. 3 Bde (I – III) (Osnabrück, 1980-82); K-F.Hildebrand - Die Generale der deutschen Luftwaffe 1935-1945, 3 Bde (Osnabrück, 1990-92); RG 242 (T-77 Luftwaffenpersonalamt officer assignment orders); M.Holm-website ww2.dk.