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Re: German Abbreviation
Mr. Williams -
It would be very easy to get angry with some of your questions because they show a profound lack of knowledge about the Luftwaffe and air forces in general during World War II. The reaction might be to tell you to do some basic reading on the organization of the Luftwaffe, especially the Bodenorganisation, Luftnachrichtentruppe and the Flakwaffe. If you are going to collect militaria, you should know these things at some level, at least. But I will not fault you because there is no published source that gets into this subject at even a superficial level. The only source that I know of is:
British Air Ministry Publication S.D. 431, The Organisation of the German Air Force, January 1943. SECRET. 129p.
To answer your question about the guy with the Flieger-Betriebsstoffkolonne, you would need his Karteikarte or Personalakte to determine how it happened. He may have "washed out" of A/B school, he may have been injured in an accident and sent to a less demanding job, he may have been court-martialed, stripped of rank and sent to the Flieger-Betriebsstoffkolonne, he may have been determined "unreliable", he may have voluntarily requested a transfer, etc. You would have to examine his records to find out.
I think what irks some of us is that you and other militaria collectors and dealers usually make money in your back and forth trades and exchanges, sales and resales. But you have no problem coming here and asking the members to donate their free, no charge time to do research for you. Put yourself in our shoes. Wouldn't you feel at least a little peeved? Your comments, please.
L. deZ.
P.S. m.Fl.Betr.St.Kol. 1/XIII (FpN: L 11213) was formed on general mobilization 26 August 1939 in Luftgau XIII, which was the Nuernberg area. It's probably not possible to find out at which of the many airfields in Lg.Kdo. XIII's territory.
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