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Old 24th April 2019, 22:02
Ivor D Ivor D is offline
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Fliegerabteilung WW2

If someone is described as a Soldat in a Fliegerabteilung, what is his position likely to be? I understand 'Soldat' but can only find this type of unit referred to in terms of WW1. Any help gratefully received.
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Old 24th April 2019, 22:47
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Re: Fliegerabteilung WW2

He was a private
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Old 24th April 2019, 22:52
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Re: Fliegerabteilung WW2

Thank you. What sort of role would he carry out? Is he likely to be ground based? Or is there a possibility he held a flying role? What roles would be covered by the term Fliegerabteilung?
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Old 24th April 2019, 23:33
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Re: Fliegerabteilung WW2

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What roles would be covered by the term Fliegerabteilung?
Ivor,

A page on Andy Mitchell's great site, using information provided by Larry de Zeng, would suggest that a Fliegerabteilung could have been a pilot training section of a Luftwaffe signals school
http://www.wiki.luftwaffedata.co.uk/...ichtenschule_4

More general information about what appears to have been the largest such school can be found below:

Luftnachrichtenschule Halle - Informationen, Beiträge, Artikel - Inhaltsübersicht
http://www.scheer-halle.de/hlns/hlns_01.htm

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Old 25th April 2019, 00:03
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Re: Fliegerabteilung WW2

Thank you very much indeed, I am grateful.
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Re: Fliegerabteilung WW2

It could also mean that he was a recruit in a Luftwaffe "Flieger Ersatz Abteilung" which the units where called before the start of the war. Here he would have received basic soldier training that prewar took about 5-6 months.
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