Flak-Regiment 8

Stab/Flak-Regiment 8 (v):

Kommandeure:

• GenMaj Job Odebrecht, 15 Nov 1938 - 14 Oct 1939
• Oberst Richard Reimann, 15 Oct 1939 - 2 Jun 1940
• Oberst Freidrich Römer, 2 Jun 1940 - 1 Sep 1942
• Oberst Wolfgang Freytag, 21 Nov 1942 - 20 Dec 1942
• Oberst Werner Huck, Apr 1943 - Sep 1944
• Obstlt Erich Kühler, Sep 1944 - Oct 1944
• Maj Alfred Majewski, Oct 1944 - 26 Nov 1944
• Maj Erich Bein, 27 Nov 1944 - Mar 1945
• Oberst Friedrich Römer, Mar 1945 - Mar 1945
• Maj Georg Mangelsdorff, Mar 1945 - May 1945

Formed 15 Nov 1938 in Wien-Stammersdorf from Stab/Flak-Regiment 25.

Service:

• Nov 1938 - Aug 1939 under Luftgaukommando XVII
• 1939 in Poland
• 1939/40 in Luftgau XI
• May 1940 in Denmark
• Jun 1940 to Dordrecht as Flakgruppe Rotterdam
• 1941 in Dordrecht as Flakgruppe Rotterdam, with I./411, I./704, 115, 365, le.831 and Sw.649
• 1 Feb 1943 in Rotterdam under 16. Flak-Division, with 591, 649, 668, 831 and 847
• 1 Nov 1943 in Rotterdam under 19. Flak-Brigade, with le.847 (o), le.668 (o), le.831 (o), gem.665 (o), gem.591 (o), gem. I./35 (mot.) and Sw.649 (v)
• 1 Jan 1944 in Rotterdam under 19. Flak-Brigade, with le.668 (o), le.831 (o), le.847 (o), gem.242 (o), gem.591 (o), gem.665 (o) and gem. I./35 (mot.)
• 1 Feb 1944 in Rotterdam under 19. Flak-Brigade, with le.668 (o), le.831 (o), le.847 (o), gem.242 (o), gem.591 (o), gem.665 (o) and gem. I./35 (mot.)
• 1 Mar 1944 in Rotterdam under 19. Flak-Brigade, with le.668 (o), le.831 (o), le.847 (o), gem.591 (o) and gem.665 (o)
• 1 Apr 1944 in Rotterdam under 19. Flak-Brigade, with s.428 (v), gem.155 (v), le.764 (v) and le.845 (v)
• 1 May 1944 in Rotterdam under 19. Flak-Brigade, with s.428 (v), gem.155 (v), le.845 (v), le.764 (v) and le.667 (v)
• 1 Jun 1944 in Rotterdam under 19. Flak-Brigade, with s.428 (v), gem.155 (v), gem.598 (v), le.845 (v), le.764 (v) and le.667 (v)
• 1 Jul 1944 under 19. Flak-Brigade, with s.428 (v), gem.155 (v), gem.598 (v), le.845 (v), le.764 (v), le.667 (v) and zbV le.12100 (bmot)
• 1 Aug 1944 under 19. Flak-Brigade, with s.428 (v), gem.155 (v), le.764 (v), le.845 (v), le.667 (v), gem.598 (v), zbV 12100 (bmot) and zbV 12600 (bmot)
• 1 Sep 1944 under 19. Flak-Brigade (Luftgau XIV), with s.428 (v), gem.155 (v), le.764 (v), le.845 (v), le.667 (v), gem.598 (v), zbV le.12100 (bmot) and zbV s.12600 (bmot)
• 1 Oct 1944 under 19. Flak-Brigade (Luftgau XIV), with no units attached
• 1 Nov 1944 under 2. Flak-Division (III. Flakkorps), with no units attached
• 1 Dec 1944 under 1. Flak-Brigade with le.78 (mot.), le.79 (mot.), gem.617 (v), gem.686 (b.mot.), 6./le.347 (v) and le.Heimat-Flak-Bttr. 28./VII
• Apr 1945 in Ruhr-pocket

I./Flak-Regiment 8 (gem. mot.):

Formed 1 Apr 1935 in Furth from Flak-Abteilung 7 (Heer), with 1. - 5. Batterien. 1 Apr 1935 - 1 Nov 1935 used the cover designation Fahr-Abt. Furth. On 15 Nov 1938 redesignated I./Flak-Regiment 9.

Reformed 15 Nov 1938 in Wien-Stammersdorf from Flak-Abteilung Wien. Destroyed Jan 1943 at Stalingrad.

Reformed Jun 1943 in Saloniki.

Service:

• Oct 1935 - Feb 1938 under Höh.Kdr.d.Flakart. in Luftkreis V
• Feb 1938 - Aug 1939 under Luftgaukommando XVII
• Sep 1939 in Poland
• Apr 1940 in Denmark
• 10 May 1940 - 18 May 1940 under I. Flakkorps (Stab/Flak-Regiment 104)
• 19 May 1940 - 31 May 1940 under II. Flakkorps (Stab/Flak-Regiment 202)
• 1 Jun 1940 under Flak-Brigade II (Stab/Flak-Regiment 104)
• 12 Jul 1940 under Flak-Brigade II (Stab/Flak-Regiment 104)
• Jun 1941 Koluft 6th Armee, under Stab/Flak-Regiment 91
• Dec 1942 at Stalingrad under 9. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 37)
• 1 Nov 1943 under Feldluftgau-Kommando XXX (Stab/Flak-Regiment 40)
• 1 Jan 1944 under 20. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 40)
• 1 Feb 1944 under 20. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 40)
• 1 Mar 1944 under 20. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 40)
• 1 Apr 1944 under 20. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 40)
• 1 May 1944 under 20. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 40)
• 1 Jun 1944 under 20. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 40)
• 1 Jul 1944 under 20. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 40)
• 1 Aug 1944 under 20. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 40)
• 1 Sep 1944 under 20. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 38)
• 1 Oct 1944 under 20. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 38)
• 1 Nov 1944 under 20. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 38)
• 1 Dec 1944 under 20. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 38)
• 1944/45 in Croatia
• 1945 in Hungary

II./Flak-Regiment 8 (gem. mot.):

Formed 1 Nov 1943 in Vitebsk from IV./Luftwaffen-Artillerie-Regiment 4, with 6. - 10. Batterien.

Disbanded Apr 1944, with Stab II./8 being absorbed by Stab/Flak-Regiment 23.

Service:

• 1 Jan 1944 under 18. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 6)
• 1 Feb 1944 under 18. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 6)
• 1 Mar 1944 under 18. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 6)
• 1 Apr 1944 under 18. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 6)

III./Flak-Regiment 8 (Sw. mot.):

Formed 15 Nov 1938 in Baden, near Wien, from Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung Wien, with 11. - 13. Batterien.

14./8 was formed in 1942.

In Aug 1943 redesignated Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 190.

Service:

• Nov 1938 - Aug 1939 under Luftgaukommando XVII
• 1939 in Poland
• 1940 in Belgium and Holland
• Jan 1942 - Jan 1943 as I./Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 3 supporting the Himmelbett system
• 1943 in southern Russia(?)