Flak-Regiment 17

Stab/Flak-Regiment 17 (mot.):

Kommandeure:

• Oberst Gustav Hinke, 1941 - Nov 1942
• Oberst Dr. Walter Matthey, Dec 1942 - 26 Jul 1944
• Oberst Walter Schmidt, 27 Jul 1944 - 13 Feb 1945
• Maj Ewald Arnold, 26 Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945

Formed Apr 1941(?) in Luftgau VIII.

Service:

• 1941/44 in Southern Russia
• Apr 1942 at Dnjepropetrowsk
• 1 Nov 1943 under 17. Flak-Division, with s.181 (v), le.861 (v) and gem. I./5 (mot.)
• 1 Jan 1944 under 17. Flak-Division, with s.181 (v), gem. I./4 (mot.) and gem. I./5 (mot.)
• 1 Feb 1944 under 17. Flak-Division, with gem. I./4 (mot.), gem. I./5 (mot.) and le.861 (v)
• 1 Mar 1944 under 17. Flak-Division, with gem. I./4 (mot.), gem. I./5 (mot.) and le.861 (v)
• 1 Apr 1944 under 17. Flak-Division, with gem. I./4 (mot.) and le.861 (v)
• 1 May 1944 under 17. Flak-Division, with gem. I./4 (mot.), gem. I./5 (mot.) and le.861 (mot.)
• 1 Jun 1944 under 17. Flak-Division, with gem. I./4 (mot.), gem. I./5 (mot.) and le.861 (mot.)
• 1 Jul 1944 under 17. Flak-Division, with le. 2., 4./735 (v), le.861 (mot.), gem. I./4 (mot.) and gem. I./5 (mot.)
• 1 Aug 1944 under 17. Flak-Division, with le.861 (mot.), gem. I./5 (mot.) and gem. I./4 (mot.)
• 1 Sep 1944 under 10. Flak-Division, with gem.251 (v) and gem.254 (v)
• 1 Oct 1944 under 17. Flak-Division, with gem. I./4 (mot.), gem.254 (v), le.713 (v) and Stab/Heimat-Flak-Abteilung 59./VIII
• 1 Nov 1944 under 17. Flak-Division, with gem. I./4 (mot.), gem.254 (E), Stab, 2.-4./le.713 (v) and Stab/Heimat-Flak-Abteilung 59./VIII
• 1 Dec 1944 under 17. Flak-Division, with gem. I./4 (mot.), gem. I./32 (mot.), le.713 (v) and Stab/Heimat-Flak-Abteilung 59./VIII
• 1944/45 in Hungary
• 1945 in Schlesien (Luftgau VIII)

I./Flak-Regiment 17 (gem. mot.):

Formed 1 Nov 1943 in Melitopol from IV./Luftwaffen-Artillerie-Regiment 5, with 1. - 5. Batterien.

Destroyed Dec 1943 at Melitopol, and was disbanded.

Service:

• 1943 at Melitopol, possibly attached to Stab/Flak-Regiment 7