Flak-Regiment 21

Stab/Flak-Regiment 21 (v):

Kommandeure:

• Obstlt Oskar Eckstein, 1 Apr 1941 - 1941
• Obstlt Dr. Heinrich-Peter Pfeffer, 1941 - Jun 1941
• Obstlt Edmund Stiller, Jun 1941 - Mar 1942(?)
• Obstlt Wilhelm Mann, Mar 1942(?) - Nov 1942
• Oberst Oskar Vorbrugg, 1 Dec 1942 - 9 Nov 1944
• Obstlt Günter Schwarzenberger, 11 Dec 1944 - 9 Apr 1945
• Oberst Rudolf Schwarze, 10 Apr 1945 - 18 Apr 1945
• Maj Gerhard Woesler, 19 Apr 1945 - 8 May 1945

Formed 1 Apr 1941 in Konigsberg as Flakgruppe Konigsberg/Ostpreussen.

Service:

• 1 Apr 1941 - Jun 1941 as Flakgruppe Konigsberg
• Jun 1941 - Apr 1942 as Flakgruppe Köln
• Apr 1942 - May 1942 in Smolensk area, 18. Flak-Division
• May 1942 - Apr 1945 in Heeresgruppe Mitte area, 12. Flak-Division
• 1943 in Bryansk area
• 1 Nov 1943 under 12. Flak-Division, with le.85 (mot.), gem. I./64 (mot.), gem. I./23 (mot.), le. II./411 (mot.) and gem. I./11 (mot.)
• 1 Jan 1944 under 12. Flak-Division, with le.85 (mot.), gem. I./3 (mot.) and le. II./411 (mot.)
• 1 Feb 1944 under 12. Flak-Division, with gem. I./24 (mot.), gem. I./26 (mot.), gem. I./701 (mot.) and le.85 (mot.)
• 1 Mar 1944 with under 10. Flak-Brigade, with gem. I./24 (mot.), gem. I./26 (mot.), gem. I./52 (mot.), gem. I./701 (mot.), le.85 (mot.), le.94 (mot.) and I./Lehr
• 1 Apr 1944 with under 10. Flak-Brigade, with gem. I./24 (mot.), gem. I./26 (mot.), gem. II./26 (mot.), gem. I./701 (mot.) and le.94 (mot.)
• 1 May 1944 under 12. Flak-Division, with gem. I./26 (mot.), gem. I./64 (mot.), le.85 (mot.) and Sw. 1./585 (v)
• 1 Jun 1944 under 12. Flak-Division, with gem. I./64 (mot.), gem. I./3 (mot.), gem. I./34 (mot.), gem. I./701 (mot.), gem.235 (v), gem.661 (v), le.85 (mot.), le.854 (v), le. II./FAS II and Sw. 1./585 (v)
• 1 Jul 1944 under 12. Flak-Division, with gem. I./64 (mot.), gem. I./3 (mot.), gem. I./34 (mot.), gem. I./701 (mot.), gem.661 (v), le.854 (v), le. II./FAS II and Sw. 1./585 (v)
• 1 Aug 1944 under 12. Flak-Division, with gem. I./64 (mot.), gem. I./3 (mot.), gem. I./34 (mot.), gem. I./701 (mot.), gem.661 (v), le.854 (v), le. II./FAS II, Sw. 1./585 (v) and gem. I./29 (mot.)
• 1 Sep 1944 under 12. Flak-Division, with gem. I./34 (mot.) and gem.494 (v)
• 1 Oct 1944 under 12. Flak-Division, with gem. I./34 (mot.), le.76 (mot.) and le.853 (v)
• 1 Nov 1944 under 12. Flak-Division, with gem. I./22 (mot.), gem. I./34 (mot.) and le.83 (Sf)
• 1 Dec 1944 under 12. Flak-Division, with gem. I./22 (mot.), gem. I./34 (mot.) and le.83 (Sf)
• 1945 in Pommern
• Apr 1945 - Apr 1945 in Stettin area, 27. Flak-Division

I./Flak-Regiment 21 (gem. mot.):

Formed Oct 1939 in Elbing from parts of Flakstamm-Batterie Elbing (only 2. Bttr. was formed).

In Jun 1941(?) redesignated 3./Res. Flak-Abteilung 122.

Reformed Dec 1944(?) in Luftgau VI with 1. - 6. Batterien:

Stab I./21 from Stab/s. Flak-Abt. 113
1./21 from 1./267
2./21 from 3./267
3./21 from 4./461
4./21 from 1./831
5./21 from 6./672
6./21 from 4./831

Service:

• 1939 - 40 in Berlin area
• 1940 in Denmark attached to the Res. Flak-Abt. 122
• Oct 1940 in Hamburg
• 1941 at the Channel coast
• 1944-45 in Luftgau VI (https://asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/16fladiv.html" title="Luftwaffe unit history" class="link-sw">16. Flak-Division?)

II./Flak-Regiment 21 (gem. mot.):

Formed Oct 1939 in Elbing(?) from Flak-Abt. zbV Danzig (6. - 10. Batterien.).

In Apr 1941 redesignated Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 212.

Reformed Dec 1944(?) in Luftgau VI with 7. - 11. Batterien:

Stab II./21 from Stab/466
7./21 from 4./572
8./21 from 8./Flak-Ers.Abt.96
9./21 from 6./553
10./21 from 5./552 (RAD 4./281)
11./21 from s.Flak-Bttr.zbV 10415

Service:

• 1939 in Luftgau I
• 1940 in Luftgau VII
• 1940 - 41 in Stuttgart area
• 1944 - 45 in Luftgau VI (https://asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/16fladiv.html" title="Luftwaffe unit history" class="link-sw">16. Flak-Division?)