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Old 30th May 2022, 21:00
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My only bugbear - histories that take 450 pages to get to the end of 1942 and then 20 pages to complete the path to 1945
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Old 30th May 2022, 21:13
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Personally i'd like to see unit histories on Schlachtgeschwader units with good test coverage for the 43-45 timeframe. Maybe the availability of russian archives can give a better pictures of their real impact in term of effective tactical support, tank disable etc....
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Amen! Larry deZeng's compendium is groundbreaking but complete unit histories of Schlachtgeschwaders like SG10, SG4 and SG3 are missing.

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Old 30th May 2022, 22:34
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Totally agree. A multi volume series of flak unit histories, not necessarily one unit per book but a history of their deployments etc.
Hucks - you mean like this?

le.Flak-Abt. 911 (v)
Formed c. 26 August 1939 in Wien (Vienna) as le.Reserve-Flak-Abt. 911 with a Stab and 3 batteries numbered 1.-3. Redesignated le.Flak-Abt. 911 (v) c. July 1942. A 4. Batterie was added c. October 1942.
Lineage and Subordination: see: Tessin or (www.ww2.dk).
History
1939-40: west-central Germany (Luftgau XII area). www.ww2.dk)
10 May 40: attack on France and the Low Countries followed by the occupation of France.
26 Nov 40: Garges-lès-Gonesse/3 km NW of Paris-le-Bourget airfield under Festungs-Flak-Rgt. 32 with 2 heavy and 2 medium/light batteries. (NARA T-1022/PG80318)
18 Feb 41: in the Luftgau Westfrankreich area. (NARA T-321)
Oct/Nov 43 – Jun 44: W France under Flak-Rgt. 59 (Paris)/13. Flak-Div., then 5. Flak-Brig., then 1. Flak-Brig. (Tessin)
Mar 44: W France under Flak-Rgt. 59 (Paris).
8 Jun 44: Stab, 1. and 3./911 ordered to move forward by road from Paris to protect bridges in the Elbeuf area/18 km SSW of Rouen on the Seine. (ULTRA KV7017)
22 Jun 44: Stab and 3./911 reported their arrival and operational readiness at Elbeuf. (CX/MSS/T223/98)
Jun/Jul – Sep 44: under Flak-Rgt. 100/13. Flak-Div., then 1. Flak-Brig. (Tessin)
15 Jul 44: Elbeuf under Flak-Rgt. 100/13. Flak-Div. (NARA T-971 roll 18/f.053)
21 Aug 44: Stab/911 trf to Freneuse/59 km NW of Paris. (CX/MSS/T283/126)
26 Aug 44: 1. and 3./911 and 2./344 being investigated for blowing up their guns prematurely without authorization. (BNA HW 5/574)
27 Sep 44: 4./911 was protecting Niedermendig airfield/25 km WNW of Koblenz. (Schnatz: p.211)
Oct 44 – 1945: Central Rhine area (west-central Germany), initially under Flak-Rgt. 15 (Trier area). (Tessin; NARA T-405 roll 17)
8-9 Mar 45: le.911 lost a significant number of men KIA, WIA or taken prisoner at Unkel am Rhein/17.5 km SE of Bonn and 3.25 km NW of Remagen. (Nicolaisen:I/271)
FpNs: Stab (L 38859), 1. Batterie (L 37971), 2. Batterie (L 37029), 3. Batterie (L 32921), 4. Batterie (L 54513).
Kommandeur:
Hptm. (Tr.O.) Georg Lyncker: (? - 5/41)
Obstlt. Dr. Carl Walbrach: (? - ?) 8/42
Hptm. (d.R.) Hasso von Bose: (? - ?) 7/44

This is about as detailed as the surviving records permit. As Nick B. noted, the opportunity to work with veterans has come and gone. Besides, how would a researcher/author ever have managed to correspond back and forth with multiple veterans from the approx. 1,200 Flak-Abteilungen of various types that were formed during the war?

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Surprised there isn't more on the BF110 tbh (I know John's highly-regarded book is very expensive now!). Maybe do a reprint of that?
Which book is that?
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You need to look a little bit harder, Martin...

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I have nearly all your books; Zerstorer is one of my favourites that I re-read from time to time.

If only you could do something like that for the whole war I would be a very happy man.

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Already been done for the day fighters. Both are now out-of-print.


The original publisher sold the rights on to another publisher, who is not interested in a reprint. So now they are up on a certain site for funny money...
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Which book is that?
The illustrated study Classic publications from 2008 - only available secondhand at exorbitant prices. Looks fantastic btw
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The original publisher sold the rights on to another publisher, who is not interested in a reprint.
I wish they would do a reprint like they did with the Nachtjagd.
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I would welcome unit histories for the SG units, especially late war.

Concerning JG 6 I will try to fill that void....:-)

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Hucks - you mean like this?

le.Flak-Abt. 911 (v)
Formed c. 26 August 1939 in Wien (Vienna) as le.Reserve-Flak-Abt. 911 with a Stab and 3 batteries numbered 1.-3. Redesignated le.Flak-Abt. 911 (v) c. July 1942. A 4. Batterie was added c. October 1942.
Lineage and Subordination: see: Tessin or (www.ww2.dk).
History
1939-40: west-central Germany (Luftgau XII area). www.ww2.dk)
10 May 40: attack on France and the Low Countries followed by the occupation of France.
26 Nov 40: Garges-lès-Gonesse/3 km NW of Paris-le-Bourget airfield under Festungs-Flak-Rgt. 32 with 2 heavy and 2 medium/light batteries. (NARA T-1022/PG80318)
18 Feb 41: in the Luftgau Westfrankreich area. (NARA T-321)
Oct/Nov 43 – Jun 44: W France under Flak-Rgt. 59 (Paris)/13. Flak-Div., then 5. Flak-Brig., then 1. Flak-Brig. (Tessin)
Mar 44: W France under Flak-Rgt. 59 (Paris).
8 Jun 44: Stab, 1. and 3./911 ordered to move forward by road from Paris to protect bridges in the Elbeuf area/18 km SSW of Rouen on the Seine. (ULTRA KV7017)
22 Jun 44: Stab and 3./911 reported their arrival and operational readiness at Elbeuf. (CX/MSS/T223/98)
Jun/Jul – Sep 44: under Flak-Rgt. 100/13. Flak-Div., then 1. Flak-Brig. (Tessin)
15 Jul 44: Elbeuf under Flak-Rgt. 100/13. Flak-Div. (NARA T-971 roll 18/f.053)
21 Aug 44: Stab/911 trf to Freneuse/59 km NW of Paris. (CX/MSS/T283/126)
26 Aug 44: 1. and 3./911 and 2./344 being investigated for blowing up their guns prematurely without authorization. (BNA HW 5/574)
27 Sep 44: 4./911 was protecting Niedermendig airfield/25 km WNW of Koblenz. (Schnatz: p.211)
Oct 44 – 1945: Central Rhine area (west-central Germany), initially under Flak-Rgt. 15 (Trier area). (Tessin; NARA T-405 roll 17)
8-9 Mar 45: le.911 lost a significant number of men KIA, WIA or taken prisoner at Unkel am Rhein/17.5 km SE of Bonn and 3.25 km NW of Remagen. (Nicolaisen:I/271)
FpNs: Stab (L 38859), 1. Batterie (L 37971), 2. Batterie (L 37029), 3. Batterie (L 32921), 4. Batterie (L 54513).
Kommandeur:
Hptm. (Tr.O.) Georg Lyncker: (? - 5/41)
Obstlt. Dr. Carl Walbrach: (? - ?) 8/42
Hptm. (d.R.) Hasso von Bose: (? - ?) 7/44

This is about as detailed as the surviving records permit. As Nick B. noted, the opportunity to work with veterans has come and gone. Besides, how would a researcher/author ever have managed to correspond back and forth with multiple veterans from the approx. 1,200 Flak-Abteilungen of various types that were formed during the war?

L.
Exactly. I might be the odd one out on this but I prefer the nitty gritty details such as above rather than first person accounts. Not saying it wouldn't be a monumental effort as obviously it would be but the flak service is barely covered in any detail other than in the few unit specific books such as 'Die Flakabteilung I./12' by Günter Soltau and the Luftwaffe 1933-45 and Lexikon der Wehrmacht websites.
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Re: Market research - 'Most Wanted' Luftwaffe books

Roger that, Hucks.
Another source that would have to be addressed is the Flak Abschuss claims. These would add significant information to each of the mini-histories, but the microfilmed daily log entries for these were handwritten by Luftwaffenhelferinen assigned to the Luftwaffenpersonalamt using colored pencil, and in many cases Sütterlin scroll, and at least 50% of these entries have faded over time to such a degree that they are illegible.

The most valuable publications on the Lw.-Flakartillerie are:

Great Britain: MI15/War Office, May 1946, Handbook of German Anti Aircraft Artillery (Flak), 14 volumes of mimeographed manuscript.
Koch, Horst-Adalbert, Flak: Die Geschichte der deutschen Flakartillerie und der Einsatz der Luftwaffenhelfer. (Podzun Verlag: Bad Nauheim, 1965). 682p.
Nicolaisen, Hans-Dietrich. Gruppenfeuer und Salventakt: Schüler und Lehrlinge bei der Flak 1943-1945. Büsum, 1993. 2 Bde.

Only Koch has mini-histories, but these are no more than one or two short sentences for each one. The Michael Holm website aqnd Lexikon der Wehrmacht are much better.

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