Flak-Regiment 18

Stab/Flak-Regiment 18 (mot.):

Kommandeure:

• Oberst Paul Koester, 1940 - Jun 1942
• Oberst Friedrich-Franz Rittner, Jun 1942 - Sep 1942
• Oberst Rudolf von Minden, Oct 1942 - 1 Apr 1943
• Oberst Claus Jebens, 1 Apr 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
• Oberst Georg Tyroller, 1 Jan 1944 - Dec 1944
• Maj Anton Meckel, 1 Jan 1945 - 23 Jan 1945
• Obstlt Hans Dilschneider, 24 Jan 1945 - 8 May 1945

Formed 26 Aug 1939 in Wiener-Neustadt.

Service:

• 1939 in Poland
• Oct 1939 - Apr 1940 as Flugabwehrkommando Augsburg
• Apr 1940 - 1940 as Flakgruppe Oberrhein
• 1940 - Apr 1941 in Stuttgart as Flakgruppe Stuttgart
• Apr 1941 in Greece supporting XVIII. Armeekorps, with I./43, le.73, le.76 and le.85
• Jun 1941 Koluft 11th Armee, with I./14, I./64, II./241 and I./501
• Jun 1942 at Sevastopol
• Sep 1942 to Northern Russia (Duderhof) under 6. Flak-Division, with I./14, II./36, I./64, I./501 and le.75
• Mar 1943(?) to France (Le Creusot) with 442 and others
• Nov 1943 to Toulon under 13. Flak-Division, with I./14
• 1 Jan 1944 in Toulon under 11. Flak-Division (https://asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/12flabrg.html" title="Luftwaffe unit history" class="link-sw">12. Flak-Brigade) with le.84 (mot.), le.981 (v), gem. I./14 (mot.) and gem.497 (v)
• 1 Feb 1944 in Toulon under 11. Flak-Division (https://asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/12flabrg.html" title="Luftwaffe unit history" class="link-sw">12. Flak-Brigade) with gem. I./14 (mot.), gem.497 (v), le.84 (mot.) and le.981 (v)
• 1 Mar 1944 at Toulon under 5. Flak-Brigade with gem.481 (v) and le.981 (v)
• 1 Apr 1944/1 Jun 1944 not listed
• 1 Jul 1944 in Toulon under 5. Flak-Brigade with no units attached
• 1 Aug 1944 in Toulon under 5. Flak-Brigade with no units attached
• 1 Sep 1944 under Luftgau V with no units attached
• 1 Oct 1944 under 13. Flak-Division with gem. I./14 (mot.), Lsp.102 (v), gem. I./501 (mot.) and le.741 (mot.)
• 1 Nov 1944 under 13. Flak-Division with 5./gem.347 (v); Stab/s.435 (o) with 4 batteries (6./s.135 (b.mot.), 1./s.514 (b.mot.), 1./s.577 (b.mot.), 2./le.953 (b.mot.)); gem.481 (v); gem. I./501 (mot.)
• Nov 1944 in Aachen
• 1 Dec 1944 under 1. Flak-Brigade with gem. I./16 (mot.); Stab/gem.224 (b.mot.) with 3 batteries (4./s.211 (mot.), 8./s.326 (b.mot.), s.Flak.Bttr.zbV 5575); Stab/s.513 (b.mot.) with 5 batteries (2./s.307 (b.mot.), 2./s.432 (b.mot.), 2./s.565 (b.mot.), 2./s.674 (b.mot.), 3./le.761 (b.mot.)); le.741 (mot.)
• Feb 1945 in the Bonn area
• Apr 1945 in Ruhr-pocket

I./Flak-Regiment 18 (gem. mot.):

Formed 1 Oct 1936 in Mannheim. On 1 Oct 1937 redesignated I./Flak-Regiment 49.

Reformed 15 Nov 1938 in Wiener-Neustadt from Flak-Abteilung Wiener-Neustadt, with 1. - 5. Batterien.

Destroyed May 1943 in Tunisia.

Reformed Sep 1944 in Luftgau VI from Flak-Abteilung 11900 with 1. - 5. Batterien.

Service:

• Oct 1936 - Oct 1937 under Höh.Kdr.d.Flakart. in Luftkreis IV
• Nov 1938 - Aug 1939 under Luftgaukommando XVII
• Sep 1939 Koluft 14th Armee, Poland
• 16 Apr 1940 under I. Flakkorps (Stab/Flak-Regiment 102)
• 1 Jun 1940 under Flak-Brigade I (Stab/Flak-Regiment 102)
• 12 Jul 1940 under Flak-Brigade I (Stab/Flak-Regiment 102)
• Jan 1941 to Sicily with Stab/Flak-Regiment 102
• 7 Jul 1941 to North Africa
• 1941/42 in Africa (Sollum, Tobruk, El Alamein) under 19. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 135)
• 1943 in Tunisia
• Sep 1944 under 18. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 87)
• 1 Nov 1944 under 16. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 87)
• 1 Dec 1944 under 16. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 20)
• 1944/45 Niederrhein (Luftgau VI)

II./Flak-Regiment 18 (gem. mot.):

Formed Oct 1944 in Luftwaffenkommando West, with 6. - 10. Batterien.

Service:

• 1 Nov 1944 under III. Flakkorps
• 1 Dec 1944 under 16. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 87)