Researching history of Finnish Lotta units in Reval, 1944

[Larry deZeng]

Tallinn (EST) (a.k.a. Reval) (c. 59 25 N – 24 43 E)
General: Luftwaffe units stationed in and around the city on a specific date including at the airfields:
Lw. Garrison (on various dates): Koflug 8/VI (Feb, May 44); Werft-Abt. 101/I (1944); Frontreparaturbetrieb GL Reval (Espenlaub) (1943, 15 Mar 44); gem.Flak-Abt. 341 (15 Mar 44); gem.Flak-Abt. 431 (Jun 44); 6./Flak-Abt. 517 (15 Mar 44); 1./Ln.-Rgt. 11 (15 Mar 44); Stab/Ln.-Betr.Abt. (mot) z.b.V. 10 (Nov 41); elements of Flugmelde-Abt. z.b.V. 12 (Sep 44); Flugsicherungs-Kp. 12/I (15 Mar 44); Lw.-Vermittlung (15 Mar 44); Lw.-Schlächt-Kp. 9 and 12 (15 Mar 44); Kfz.Instandsetzungszug d.Lw. 3/IV ( ? – May 42); Kfz.Werkstattzug d.Lw. 102/I ( ? - May 42); Lw.-Verbindungsoffizier beim Frontleitstelle 22 Tallinn (15 Mar 44).
15 Mar 44: total Luftwaffe garrison strength in Tallinn this date: 197.


Flugmelde-Abteilung z.b.V. 12
This was a battalion-size aircraft plotting and reporting unit that belonged to the Luftnachrichtentruppe (Luftwaffe signals branch). In the summer of 1944, its HQ and staff and part of its 4th Company were stationed in Tallinn (Reval), while its other three companies were spread out around Estonia (Tartu, Pärnu, etc.). This unit had a large number of Estonian and Finnish volunteers including female communications specialists. My educated guess is that this is the unit your Mom was assigned to, although she could have been with one of the other units in green above. I don’t think you will be able to pursue the Luftwaffe angle much further until you hear back from the authorities in Helsinki with more concrete information.