5. Flak-Division

Kommandeure:

• GenLt Kurt Menzel, 1 Sep 1941 - 15 Apr 1942
• GenLt Georg Neuffer, 18 Apr 1942 - 12 Nov 1942
• GenMaj Julius Kuderna, 13 Nov 1942 - 31 Aug 1944*
• Oberst Eugen Walter, 15 Nov 1944 - 6 Feb 1945
• Oberst Max Wachtel, 6 Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945

Ia:

• Hptm Fritz Lösche, 1 Sep 1941 - Apr 1944
• Maj Hans-Joachim Schulz, Apr 1944 - Aug 1944
• Maj Mordhorst, 24 Nov 1944 - 1945
• Hptm Gerhard Grothues, Feb 1945 - May 1945

* became POW 31 Aug 1944.

Formed 1 Sep 1941 in Darmstadt from Luftverteidigungskommando 5 with:

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 29 (Flakgruppe Frankfurt/Main)
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 49 (Flakgruppe Mannheim)
• Stab/Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 109 (Flakscheinwerfergruppe Darmstadt) [from Oct 1941]
• Stab/Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 119 (Flakscheinwerfergruppe Frankfurt/Main) [from Oct 1941]
• Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 125

Stab/Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 139 (Flakscheinwerfergruppe Darmstadt) joined the division in Apr 1942.

Moved to Romania in Dec 1942 to protect the oilfields, now with:

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 180 (mot.) in Ploesti
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 202 (mot.) in Constanza

The Stab moved to Upper Italy (HQ Milano) in Sep 1943 to control all Flak units there, but returned to Ploesti in Nov 1943.

Organisation 1 Nov 1943:

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 180 (mot.) in Ploesti
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 202 (mot.) in Constanza
• Luftnachrichten-Betriebs-Kompanie 125

Organisation 1 Aug 1944 (HQ Bucharest?):

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 180 (mot.) in Ploesti
• Stab/Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 188 in Ploesti
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 202 (mot.) in Constanza
• Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 125
• Nebel-Abteilung der Luftwaffe 4
• 5. Flak-Brigade (rum.)
• Flak-Transport-Bttr. 48./XI

The division was destroyed on 31 Aug 1944, and all remnants were absorbed by the 15. Flak-Division. The Stab were withdrawn to Germany, and was disbanded.

Strength Jan 1944 - Aug 1944:

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Dates	Heavy Flakbattr*	Light/medium Flakbattr*	Searchlight batteries	Luftsperr- batteries	Nebel- coys	Romanian** heavy Flakbattr	Romanian** light/medium Flakbatteries	Romanian** Searchlight batteries
8 Jan 1944	31	16	5	-	4	17	16	3
23 Jun 1944	34	16	7	-	-	?	?	?
23 Jul 1944	34	18	11	2	4	26	13	5
23 Aug 1944	33	23	11	3	6	26	14	6

* incl. 1 heavy and 4 light/medium Alarm-Flakbatteries

** incl. 1 light Bulgarian battery

Reformed Dec 1944 in the Hamburg-Bad Segeberg area as 5. Flak-Division (W), to control all V1 and V2 units. Controlled the following units:

• Flak-Regiment 155 (W)
• Flak-Regiment 255 (W)
• Luftnachrichten-Betriebs-Kompanie 125
• Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 155 (W)

Surrendered May 1945 in the Hamburg area.

Subordinated to Luftgau-Kommando XII, from 1 Jan 1943Luftwaffen-Kommando Südost, from Apr 1944Luftflotte 4, from 1 Nov 1944 LXV. Armee-Korps and from Apr 1945 Flakkorps z.b.V.