Cdr. of the airfield Kalamaki

[byron-]

Hi,

a difficult question to all,
who was the commander of the airfield KALAMAKI by Athens (otherwise ELLINIKON or CHASANI) in the time period 04.44 to 07.44.
Somebody claims that his father together with other Greek partisans abducted him and brought him to the mountains.

regards
Byron

[Larry deZeng]

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Fliegerhorstkommandantur E(v) 204/XVII
Formed c. 1 April 1944 at Athens-Kalamaki by renaming Fl.H.Kdtr. E 17/VI. Had a Flugplatzkdo. on Paros (Páros), an island in the Aegean 160 km SE of Athens (ex-Fl.Pl.Kdo. C 2/XVII, FpN: L 41661). Interestingly, this airfield command consisted of approximately 70 Reichsdeutsche and 110 Volksdeutsche, most of the latter being from Croatia.
8 May 44: Athens-Kalamaki under Koflug 5/IV (Athens).
1 Sep 44: Athens-Kalamaki under Koflug 5/IV (Athens).
3 Oct 44: the entire station command was evacuated by air from Athens-Kalamaki the night of 3-4 October. The ultimate destination was Austria and it was assigned to Götzendorf airfield/25 km SE of Wien (Vienna).
1 Feb 45: Götzendorf under Koflug 1/XVII (Wien-Mauer).
1 Apr 45: ordered disbanded.
FpN: (L 36534)
Kommandant:
Obstlt. Hans Lemerz ( ? - ? ) 7/44, 9/44
Maj. Georg Graf von Merenberg (Kdr. Flugplatzkdo. Paros) ( ? - ? ) 7/44

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LEMERZ, Hans. 01.11.39 Hptm.(Erg.O.), with Fl.H.Kdtr. Brünn. 16.02.43 Maj., trf from Fl.Pl.Kdo. Brünn to Fl.H.Kdtr. A 209/III and appt Kdt. 22.12.43 appt Kdt. Fl.H.Kdtr. E 17/VII. 01.02.44 Kdt. Fl.H.Kdtr. E 17/VI?, promo to Obstlt. c.01.04.44 appt Kdt. Fl.H.Kdtr. A(o) 108/XVII Salonika-Sedes. 07.44 Obstlt., (appt.?) Kdt. Fl.H.Kdtr. E(v) 204/XVII Athens-Kalamaki (and 09.44).

[Andy Mitchell]

Byron,

Not sure if this is of help, but -

In the following discusion there is a post #15 (yours) - http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...ght=204%2FXVII

You have mentioned "(04.44-10.44) = Fl.H.Kdtr. E 204/XVII / Kalamaki
Kdr., Obstlt. Slegel" although Slegel does not appear the Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries.

[byron-]

Thank you Larry and Andy,

but unfortunately we still don`t have the Co.Officer between 04.-07.44 and if the information that he was abducted by ELAS is real.
What i have is:
1942: Oblt. Wilhelm Krieger (doubtful)
42-43: ???
05.43-28.09.43: Major Fritz Schminke
28.09.43-22.12.43: Major Heinrich Otte
27.12.43-01.04.44 Major Hans Lemerz
01.04.44-07.44: ???
07.44-10.44: Obstlt. Hans Lemerz

Andy, Hptm. Rudolf Schlägel was late 1944 Kp.Fü. der Horst Kp.