Lw. Bau-Rgt. 7/XII

Luftwaffen-Bauregiment 7/XII

Formation and History

Formed c. mid-1940 as a headquarters and Stab (staff) to command attached Luftwaffe Bau (construction) units. Place of formation not found in the primary documents examined, but almost certainly it was in Luftgau XII. ^[1]

Mar 41: Stab in Western France. ^[2]

Jun 42: Stab transferred from Western France to Kharkov and Poltava and then moved forward during the advance toward Stalingrad and the Volga River. ^[3]

Dec 42: Stab in Rossosh/270 km E of Kharkov under Luftwaffen-Baubrigade VI. ^[4]

10 Apr 43: disbanded following heavy German losses in and around Stalingrad. ^[5]

FpN: L 18986.

Kommandeur:

Maj. Rudolf Matheus (Oct 42 - 1 Nov 42)

Oberst Paul Garcke (1 Nov 42 - Nov 42)

Oberst Franz-Aribert von Reichenbach (1 Dec 42 - 23 Feb 43)

Maj. Arthur Kollitsch, acting? (29 Dec 42 - ? )

References

↑ Tessin-Luftwaffe; Kannapin – FpÜ
↑ NARA T-405
↑ BA-MA Freiburg, Signatur RL 23, files 48-49
↑ BA-MA RL 20 files 274-77
↑ Tessin-Luftwaffe; Kannapin – FpÜ

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[1] Tessin-Luftwaffe; Kannapin – FpÜ

[2] NARA T-405

[3] BA-MA Freiburg, Signatur RL 23, files 48-49

[4] BA-MA RL 20 files 274-77

[5] Tessin-Luftwaffe; Kannapin – FpÜ

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