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Re: Faver Berchtenbreiter
Novo-Tishovo is 13.5 km west of Yel'nya (76.5 km ESE of Smolensk). His Todestag is three days after the opening of Unternehmen Taifun, the renewed attack toward Moscow. The advance from the west through Novo-Tishevo toward Yel'nya seems to have been by IX. Armeekorps and especially its 183. Inf.Div.
So if Xaver is the right one, then we know he was not Luftwaffe but rather an Oberschütze (private first class) in the Heer and possibly belonged to the 183. Infanterie-Div. at the time he was killed. Alternatively, the rank of Oberschütze was also used by the Luftwaffe's Flakartillerie branch, so we have the possibility that he may have been in the Luftwaffe after all.
There is a unit history for this division:
Ernst Schnabel - Weg und Schicksal der 183. Infanterie Division: Geschichte der fränkisch-sudetendeutschen 183. Infanterie Division, Divisionsgruppe 183 in der Korps-Abteilung C, 183. Volks Grenadier Division 1939-1945
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Last edited by Larry deZeng; 13th November 2009 at 20:09.
Reason: Add Flak possibility.
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