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Old 14th June 2015, 19:39
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Re: Unit ID help - 1./FUG III

A few additional snippets that may aid a final determination:

Funk-Überwachungs-Abt. der Luftflotte 2 (not formed until August 1944)
Ln.-Funk-Überwachungs-Kp. z.b.V. 1 (formed in 1941 and served in the Balkans, but could have had detachments in North Africa)
Ln.-Funk-Überwachungs-Kp. z.b.V. 2 (formed in 1941 and served in the Balkans, but could have had detachments in North Africa)
Ln.-Funk-Überwachungs-Kp. z.b.V. 3 (formed in 1942 and appears to have served in Germany, Austria and elsewhere in Central Europe)

These units operated RDF (radio direction finding) Trupps that were responsible for identifying and locating enemy radio transmitters. They operated under the tactical control of the OKW radio countermeasures branch of Amt Ausland Abwehr and worked hand-in-hand with the Gestapo in the field.
Sources:
NARA T-313 roll 488 frame 457;
CSDIC P/W interrogation report A.492 dated 27.11.1944.

It's the nature of their mission that would pretty well preclude their use in North Africa, which was not infested with Allied-led guerrilla groups and agents in Tripoli and other cities that were operating secret transmitters, at least in comparison to Greece and Yugoslavia.

L.
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