Fliegerführer 3 (Norway)
Fliegerführer 3
(FpN: L 08993)
Fliegerführer:
Oberst Hermann Busch (14 Apr 44 - Jan 45)
Formation. (Apr 44)
Formed o/a 14 April 1944 at Kirkenes/North Norway (ex-Stab/Fliegerführer Eismeer). Directed air operations along the polar front in North Finland between Kirkenes and Murmansk.[1]
North Finland and North Norway. (Apr 44 - Dec 44)
3 Jul 44: Stab at Kirkenes subordinated to Kommandierender General der deutschen Luftwaffe in Finnland.[2]
13 Oct 44: Stab still at Kirkenes, but preparing to withdraw west in accordance with the German evacuation of North Finland and the eastern part of North Norway.[3]
5 Nov 44: Stab transferred from Banak to Alta.[4]
12 Nov 44: Stab at Alta/N Norway under Komm.Gen.d.dt.Lw. in Finnland.[5]
25 Dec 44: Stab now at Bardufoss/N Norway and now under Kommandierender General der deutschen Luftwaffe in Norwegen.[6]
End of Dec 44: Stab disbanded after turning over its responsibilities to 5. Fliegerdivision, which had just been formed.[7]
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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; NARA WashDC: RG 242 microfilms.
- ↑ NARA WashDC: RG 242 (T-312 roll 1061/frame 479); G.Tessin-op cit.
- ↑ BA-MA Freiburg: Signatur RL 40/Kart.
- ↑ T-312:1063/619.
- ↑ T-312:1063/888.
- ↑ T-312:1070/591.
- ↑ Tessin-op.cit.; B.Hafsten-Flyalarm, p.312.