Luftwaffe Krieg Tag Buch

[oquaig]

Hi everyone.

It may seem like a silly question but did the Fliegerkorps headquarters keep KTBs for day to day operations? If so, where would be found ? In the BA/MA ?


Thanks in advance
oquaig

[RolandF]

Use the correct designation "Kriegstagebuch". This will provide you with better search results.

Regards
RolandF

[Delmenhorst]

Try this link for BA https://www.archivportal-d.de/?facet...uery=luftwaffe

[Laurent Rizzotti]

And the answer to your questions is yes, they kept KTB during the war, but most have disappeared.

You can find a list of what is available in German archives at http://www.lwag.org/reference/barl001.pdf. Korps level is page 12-15.

[edwest2]

I hope the following is even partly helpful. I do not know the reputation of the seller.


T-321 Roll 23: OKL Heavy Flak Unit Miscellaneous Orders & Documents 1942-45
Two DVDs with 1,393 images of miscellaneous orders and documents from various Heavy Flak Abteilungen (battalions) to include 452nd (Italy 1943), 443rd (Muenster 1943-44), 372nd (Italy 1943), 601st (Rhine 1945), 346th (1944-45), 401st (1944), 677th (France 1942-43), 182nd (Italy 1944), and the 93rd (Russia 1943), and 66th (Tunisia 1942-43) Flak Regiments. $20

T-321 Roll 88: OKL 3rd Air Fleet Command War Diary (Kriegstagebuch), France 1940
DVD with 1,004 images of daily reports from Luftflottenkommando 3 concerning the German tactical air situation and enemy military activities on land, sea, and air in France, 20 Jun - 10 Oct 40. Also political reports on situation in the United States, England, France, Italy, Russia, and Japan. $20



Source: http://www.digitalhistoryarchive.com...21-series.html





Usual disclaimer,
Ed

[oquaig]

Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti

And the answer to your questions is yes, they kept KTB during the war, but most have disappeared.

Interesting. Were they destroyed at the end of the war or did they disappear into someone's attic ?

Thanks for the input from all of you
oquaig

[edwest2]

I can only give a partial answer. As I have been told, most Luftwaffe documents were destroyed toward the close of the war. However, some have been kept by families, like award documents, flugbuch (airman's log book) and other additional documents which have appeared over the years. And some documents are held at the archive at the BA-MA in Freiburg, Germany. So researchers have been spending years collecting whatever information they can find, including personal documents and accounts, and searching in archives in other countries to complete as much of the missing parts of the puzzle as possible. Plus, I have heard there are 'private collections' which are being held for unknown reasons.


Ed

[Andrew Arthy]

Hi Michael,

Records from the Fliegerkorps level can be found at the BA-MA in RL 8. See: https://www.archivportal-d.de/objekt...set=0&rows=100. Other reports can be found at NARA, TsAMO, and in HW 5 ULTRA from the NA. Luftflotte records are in BA-MA RL 7.

I hope work on the article is going well!

Cheers,
Andrew A.
Air War Publications - www.airwarpublications.com/earticles