Flak-Brigade XV

Kommandeure:

• GenLt Werner Anton, 1 Jun 1942 - 31 Aug 1942
• GenMaj Friedrich Römer, 1 Sep 1942 - 30 Apr 1943
• GenMaj Alwin Wolz, 1 May 1943 - 31 Oct 1943
• Oberst Oskar Kraemer, 1 Feb 1944 - 10 Sep 1944
• Oberst Dr. Heinz-Peter Pfeffer, Oct 1944 - 24 Nov 1944
• Oberst Friedrich-Franz Rittner, 30 Dec 1944 - Apr 1945

Formed Jun 1942 in Hannover-Burgdorf, replacing Stab/Flak-Brigade VIII. In Summer 1943 became Stab/15. Flak-Brigade. Organisation 1 Nov 1943:

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 9 (v) (Flakgruppe Osnabruck)
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 25 (Flakgruppe Hannover)
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 65 (Flakgruppe Braunschweig)
• Stab/Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 56 (Flakscheinwerfergruppe Hannover)
• Flak-Untergruppe Peine

Stab/Flak-Regiment 9 (v) left for the 8. Flak-Brigade in Dec 1943.

Moved to Ehrenforst/Oberschlesien in Apr 1944, to protect the Hydrierwerke Odertal/Heydebreck, and took control of all Flak units in Luftgau VIII. Now controlled (1 May 1944):

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 106 (Flakgruppe Oberschlesien-West)
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 107 (Flakgruppe Oberschlesien-Ost)
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 150 (Flakgruppe Breslau)
• Stab/Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 84 (Flakscheinwerfergruppe Oberschlesien)
• Stab/Heimat-Flak-Abteilung 47./IV, 50 - 58./VIII and 62./VIII
• Flakgruppe Posen and Flakgruppe Litzmannstadt

Organisation 1 Aug 1944:

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 106 (Flakgruppe Oberschlesien-West)
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 107 (Flakgruppe Oberschlesien-Ost)
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 150 (Flakgruppe Breslau)
• Stab/Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 84 (Flakscheinwerfergruppe Oberschlesien)
• Stab/Heimat-Flak-Abteilung 25 - 26./I, 47./IV, 50 - 58./VIII and 62./VIII
• Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 175

In Aug 1944 redesignated Stab/11. Flak-Division.

Reformed Dec 1944 in Danzig (as 15. Flak-Brigade) from Stab/Flak-Regiment 62. Served in Pommern, attached to the 3rd Panzer-Armee. 1 Mar 1945 at Blankenburg under II. Flakkorps; Apr 1945 at the bridgehead Schwedt (at the Oder river, south of Stettin) with:

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 6 at Bad Freienwalde
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 138 at Gartz
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 145 at Schwedt and Angermunde

Surrendered May 1945.

Subordinated to Luftgau-Kommando XI, from Apr 1944 Luftgau-Kommando VIII and from Dec 1944 II. Flakkorps.