Koluft AOK 17
Koluft AOK 17
(FpN: L 32884)
Kommandeur:
Gen.Maj. Karl Kettembeil (Mar 41 - 14 Dec 41)
Oberst Dietrich Volkmann (14 Dec 41 - Apr 42)
Formation and History. (Mar 41 - Apr 42)
Formed March 1941 (ex-Stab/Koluft AOK 2).[1]
South Russia
21 Jun 41: Koluft AOK 17 subordinated this date: 3 Aufklärungsstaffeln (4.(H)/32, 8.(H)/32, 1.(H)/41), Kurierstaffel 6, 3 Flak-Abt. (Flakregimentsstab 42 with II./24, I./37, I./61) and Ln.-Abt. 4 (H) (mot.).
Jun 41 – Apr 42: supported 17th Army during the attack on the Soviet Union from 22 June via Galicia (SE Poland), Lvov, Zhitomir, Berdichev, Uman, Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, the Donets Basin and the fighting around Rostov (11/41), followed by winter defensive positions in the Donets around Lozovaya and Pavlograd to the northeast of Dnepropetrovsk.
22 Jul 41: Koluft transferred from Zhitomir to Berdichev.
Apr 42: Koluft AOK 17 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); PRO London: AIR 40/1974; M.Holm-website ww2.dk.