Need info on what this signals? unit did? 7./Lg.Nachr.Rgt.12

[Larry deZeng]

Fluko(s) and Fluwa(s)

Fluko = Flugwachkommando = observer post detachment
Fluwa = Flugwache = observer post

IIRC, each Fluko subordinated a number of Flugwache. The Fluko was usually in a city, town or command and control bunker, while a Flugwache consisted of one or two people with binoculars posted on a rooftop or nearby hill to keep on the lookout for approaching aircraft. The Flugwache generally reported by telephone while the Fluko were equipped with both telephone and radio capability.

Horst and SES might be able to fine tune these definitions with some additional information.

[Larry Hickey]

Larry,

Thanx. This system is obviously the German parallel to the British Observer Corps. The latter is well known from its roll in the Battle of Britain, but the German system is less well known, at least to me.

Exactly how this system worked and the roll it played on Sept 30, 1939, is now becoming much clearer to me, thanks to the information all of you have provided on this subject.

Regards,

Larry Hickey
EoE Project Director