Luftgaustab z.b.V. 4 (2nd)
Luftgaustab z.b.V. 4 (2d Formation)
(FpN: L 17833)
Kommandeur:
Gen.Maj. Albert Vierling (Dec 40 - Oct 41)?
Formation and History. (Dec 40 - Oct 41)
Formed o/a 1 December 1940 without a field post number, probably as a component of Stab/Luftflottenkdo. 4. Place of formation is not known, but it may have been in France, Vienna/Austria or possibly in Romania. A Feldpost number was finally assigned to it in May 1941. The history of this Stab to June 1941 is extremely unclear. For example, one contemporary document identifies a Luftgaustab z.b.V. 4 at Esquerdes in northeast France between St.-Omer and Boulogne on 3 September 1940.[1]
Balkans and South Russia
Apr 41: credited with participating in the Balkan campaign in Yugoslavia in support of Luftflotte 4.
29 Apr 41: Stab in Zagreb.
May 41: Stab possibly at Oels in Silesia - Luftgaustab z.b.V. 112 is believed to have been incorporated into Luftgaustab z.b.V. 4 there at this time, with z.b.V. 4 taking z.b.V. 112’s field post number.
22 Jun 41: South Poland - attack on the Soviet Union in support of Luftflotte 4, advancing through western Ukraine.
22 Jul 41: Stab now at Zhitomir/Ukraine.
3 Aug 41: Stab just arrived in Berdichev/Ukraine.
16 Sep 41: Stab arrived in Kirovograd/Ukraine this date.
22 Oct 41: Stab now at Dnepropetrovsk/Ukraine - between June and October 1941, the Stab is believed to have provided forward logistical support for V. Fliegerkorps/Luftflotte 4.
c.24 Oct 41: highly probable the Stab was ordered disbanded around this date in Dnepropetrovsk and the personnel used in the formation of Luftgaukommando Rostow. The last mention of Luftgaustab z.b.V. 4 was on 6 December 1941 at Dnepropetrovsk, but this may have been to report the completion of its disbandment. Alternatively, since its FpN was not deleted until the second half of 1942, a small cadre may have remained intact at Dnepropetrovsk attached to Luftgaukdo. Rostow as a standby staff pending future employment.
© 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 - Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945, 3 Bde (I – III) (Osnabrück, 1980-82); NARA WashDC: RG 242 (T-321 roll 12/frames 119-55); (T-405 roll 43/frame 151); BA-MA Freiburg: Signatur RL 20/281-84, 300-02; PRO London: AIR 40/1966, 1968 and 1974); BNA HW 5/13.