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Strange Luftwaffe Abbreviation
A clutch of 5 Luftwaffe documents have been forwarded to me with the sender asking that I identify a peculiar abbreviation that I have never seen before. Essentially, all 5 pages consist of a formal request from 3./schwere Flak-Abt. 573(v)Gn. to decorate a certain low-ranking Luftwaffe 8.8 cm gun commander (Geschützführer) for shooting down nearly a dozen Liberators and Fortresses over the Budapest area in 1944.
The strange abbreviation appears several times whenever the unit designation is mentioned and for all of the 40 years I have spent researching the Flakwaffe (Flak Branch) in surviving Luftwaffe documents, I have NEVER seen it before. The abbreviation is the suffix attached to the end of the unit's designation, specifically "Gn". Does anyone have any idea what it might mean? It's not to be found in any of the Wehrmacht/Luftwaffe abbreviations handbooks. Thanks, L. |
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Re: Strange Luftwaffe Abbreviation
Hi,
mil. shortword Gn. - Gegner, but without to seeing the setence .... regards |
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It is but only as Gebirgsjäger Nachrichten Abt and it can't be that.
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Re: Strange Luftwaffe Abbreviation
Flakabteilung xyz (o) - ortsfest
Flakabteilung xyz (v) - variabel regards |
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Re: Strange Luftwaffe Abbreviation
Thanks uschu and Zippy, but neither of those fit.
Keep 'em coming, folks. |
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As much as I know, the (v) stands for: verlegbar. Horst Weber |
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"Schwere Flak-Abteilung 573 (v) Gn (Einsatz Ungarn: Budapest)... Gemischte Flak-Abteilung 593 (v-RAD) (Einsatz Frankreich II./F./593, 13. Febr. 1944 Chartres; 1. und 4./593, 27. Juli 1944 Rumily sur Seine)" deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/SQSGIFWPFV3LCQ2MA62IJTVREIESDTMT The (v-RAD) designation clearly refers to a unit formed with Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD - Reich Labour Service) personnel, see the following link: RAD-Flakbatterien der Wehrmacht 1943-1944 wehrmacht-forum.de/index.php?thread/4312-reichsarbeitsdienst-fad-rad/&pageNo=1 Since I do not know of any organisation in the Nazi state which would have been referred to by the letters Gn, I assume that the Schwere Flak-Abteilung 573 could have been staffed with Grenadiere from other units within the Budapest garrison. However, it is worth reiterating that this could just be a loose assumption. Regards, Dan
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Re: Strange Luftwaffe Abbreviation
Hi
verlegbar give sense . verlegbar, variabel, tansportierbar to ortsfest, standortfest. Those words i found in "Zeitzeugenberichten usw. regards |
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but just a guess regards |
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Re: Strange Luftwaffe Abbreviation
Dan H. wrote in part:
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I will reply to your most recent e-mail in a couple of days. Best, |
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