Luftgaukommando 13 (1st)

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Luftgaukommando 13 (1st Formation)


Kommandeure:

(not found)


Subordination:

Luftkreiskommando V München (1 Apr 37 - 12 Oct 37)


Subordinate Commands and Units:

Luftwaffe ground organization (air bases, etc.), Flakartillerie (antiaircraft) forces and the civil air defense organization within its territory of responsibility.



Formation and History. (Apr 36 - Oct 37)

Formed 1 April 1937 in Nürnberg as Luftgaukommando 13 (with an Arabic number). Luftgaukdo. 13 covered the Franken-Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (Franconia – Lower Bavaria – Upper Palatinate) area in west-central Germany. As a result of a reorganization on 12 October 1937, Luftgaukdo. 13 was re-designated Luftgaukommando XIII (Nürnberg).[1]



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References

  1. G.Tessin-Deutsche Verbände und Truppen 1918-1939: Altes Heer, Freiwilligenverbände, Reichswehr, Heer, Luftwaffe, Landespolizei (Osnabrück, 1974); K-H.Völker-Die deutsche Luftwaffe 1933-1939: Aufbau, Führung und Rüstung der Luftwaffe sowie Entwicklung der deutschen Luftkriegstheorie (Stuttgart, 1967); H.Boog-Die deutsche Luftwaffenführung 1935-1945: Führungsprobleme, Spitzengliederung, Generalstabsausbildung (Stuttgart, 1982); R.Suchenwirth-The Development Of The German Air Force, 1919-1939, USAF Historical Studies No. 160 (New York, 1968); C.Zweng-Die Dienststellen, Kommandobehörden und Truppenteile der Luftwaffe 1935-1945 (Osnabrück, 1999).