Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 5

Kommandeure:

• Oberst Walter Koch, May 1942 - Feb 1943
• Maj Muller, Jan 1944 - Feb 1944
• Obstlt Karl-Heinz Becker, Feb 1944 - Apr 1945

Formed in May 1942 with:

Stab/FJR.5 new
I./FJR.5 new
II./FJR.5 from II./Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1
III./FJR.5 from III./Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1

In Jul 1942 II./FJR.5 was sent to Africa and joined Brigade Ramcke, while the rest of the regiment transferred to Reims (training for Operation Hercules, attack om Malta).

Stab, I. and III./FJR.5 were transferred to Tunisia in November 1942, joining Brigade Ramcke. II./FJR.5 was apparently disbanded shortly afterwards.

On Feb 1943 FJR.5 was redesignated Jäger-Regiment Hermann Göring, now part of Division General Göring. Destroyed May 1943.

Reformed Oct 1943 (only II./FJR.5) and saw action in South Russia together with 2. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division (Oct 1943 Shitomir, Jan 1944 Kirovograd), but was destroyed at Kirovograd. Only the Stab II./FJR.5 remained and on Jul 1944 became Stab/FJR.16.

An entire new regiment began forming Jan 1944 in Reims, later Brest. When III./FJR.1 arrived in Brest in March 1944, it became the basis of the new FJR.5. The regiment was almost totally destroyed in Normandy, and had to be reformed in Oldenzaal, October 1944.

Organisation:

• 1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15