Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1

Kommandeure:

• Obstlt Dr. Gotthard Seidel, 1 Jul 1938 - 1 Apr 1939
• Oberst Otto Köhne, 1 Apr 1939 - 1939
• Obstlt Alfred Dorr, 1939 - 30 Sep 1939
• Oberst Friedrich-Wilhelm Jakoby, 26 Oct 1939 - 10 Mar 1940
• Obstlt Hans Beyer, 1 Jun 1940 - Jun 1940
• Obstlt Franz Kühler, Jun 1940 - 22 Jun 1940
• Maj Rudolf Wichmann, 22 Jun 1940 - Apr 1941
• Obstlt Kurt Schlabach, 1 Apr 1941 - Jan 1943
• Oberst Willy Lenke, 14 Jan 1943 - Mar 1944
• Oberst Paul-Bernhard Schneider, 20 Mar 1944 - May 1945

Formed 1 Jul 1938 in Berlin with:

• Stab I./1 in Bernau (from Stab I./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 12) with:
• 1./1 (Fernsprech)
• 2./1 (Funk- und Funkhorch)
• 3./1 (Funkpeil- und Leuchtfeuer)
• Stab II./1 in Dresden-Klotzsche (from Stab I./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 13) with: 5./1 (Fernsprech)
• 6./1 (Funk- und Funkhorch)
• 7./1 (Funkpeil- und Leuchtfeuer)

Reorganised in 1 Apr 1939, now with (planned, not all were formed before the mobilization):

• Stab I./1 in Bernau (Luftnachrichten-Betriebs-Abteilung) with:1./1 (Betriebs)
• 2./1 (Betriebs)
• 3./1 (Fernsprech - Stabsnachrichten)
• 4./1 (Funk)
• Geräte-Kolonne I.
• Stab II./1 in Dresden-Klotzsche (Luftnachrichten-Bau-Abteilung) with:5./1 (Fernsprech-Bau)
• 6./1 (Fernsprech-Bau)
• 7./1 (Telegraphen-Bau)
• 8./1 (Telegraphen-Bau)
• Geräte-Kolonne II.
• Stab III./1 in (Luftnachrichten-Funkhorch-Abteilung) with:9./1 (Funkhorch)
• 10./1 (Funkhorch)
• Geräte-Kolonne III. (not formed)
• Stab IV./1 in (Luftnachrichten-Flugsicherungs-Abteilung) with:
• 11./1 (Flugsicherung) (not formed?)
• 12./1 (Flugsicherung) (not formed?)
• 13./1 (Flugsicherung)
• 14./1 (Flugsicherung) (disbanded Jun 1940)
• 15./1 (Flugsicherung) (not formed)
• Nachrichten-Fliegerstaffel (Flieger-Kompanie from Jun 1940; disbanded 9 Nov 1944)
• Horch-Leitstelle (formed 26 Aug 1939)
• 21./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 (formed 26 Aug 1939)

On 10 Mar 1940 Stab II./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became Stab II./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 11 with :

5./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 2./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 11
6./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 1./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 11
7./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 4./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 11
8./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 5./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 11
Ger.Kol. II./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became Ger.Kol. II./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 11

In Mar 1940 Stab IV./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became Stab/Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 31; reformed Apr 1941:

1./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 1./Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 31; reformed
Ger.Kol. I./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became Ger.Kol./Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 31; reformed

Several changes took place in Apr 1941:

Stab I./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 was disbanded; reformed from Stab/Lv.-Nachrichten-Abteilung 3
1./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 2./Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 39
2./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 disbanded; absorbed by Luftnachrichten-Regiment 34
3./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 3./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 5
9./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 9./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 32
11./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 was formed from 12./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 2
13./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 8./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 34
21./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 4./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 31
Geräte-Kolonne I./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became Geräte-Kol./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1

In late 1941 2./Ln.Rgt.1 was reformed, while 4./Ln.Rgt.1 was disbanded; Ger.Kol./Ln.Rgt.1 was disbanded and was reformed from Ger.Kol./Lv.Nachrichten-Abteilung 6 (1 Sep 1941).

In mid-1942:

3./Ln.Rgt.1 was reformed
4./Ln.Rgt.1 was reformed from 3./Ln.Rgt.3
6./Ln.Rgt.1 was reformed
9./Ln.Rgt.1 was reformed
11./Ln.Rgt.1 became 1./Luftnachrichten-Flugsicherungs-Abteilung Ost
11./Ln.Rgt.1 was reformed from 2./Luftnachrichten-Flugsicherungs-Regiment zbV 1
12./Ln.Rgt.1 was reformed from Luftnachrichten-Flugsicherungs-Kompanie zbV 2

14. and 15./Ln.Rgt.1 was formed in Dec 1942 (14./1 from Horch-Leitstelle/Ln.Rgt.1).

1./Ln.Rgt.1 was reformed in mid-1943 from 3./Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment 1.

Organisation 1 Jul 1943:

• Stab/Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• Stab I./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 1./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 2./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 3./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 4./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 6./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• Stab III./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 9./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 10./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 14./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 15./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• Stab IV./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 11./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 12./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1

6./Ln.Rgt.1 was disbanded in Sep 1944 and 2./Ln.Rgt.1 was disbanded Dec 1944.

Stab/Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became Stab/Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 73 in Sep 1944.

Several changes took place in Dec 1944:

1./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 1./Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 73 (mot.)
Stab III./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became Stab I./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 353
9./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 2./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 353
10./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 3./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 353
14./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 1./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 353
15./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 became 4./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 353

Organisation 1 Feb 1945:

• Stab I./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 3./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 4./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• Stab IV./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 11./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• 12./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1

A V.(Ersatz)/Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 existed in Konigsberg-Krausken 1942 - 1944.

Service:

• 1 Jul 1938 - 1 Feb 1939 under Luftwaffengruppenkommando 1
• 1 Feb 1939 - 8 May 1945 under Luftflotte 1
• 22 Sep 1939 at Niedersee, westl. Johannisburg
• 1 Oct 1939 at Dresden and Bernau
• For locations 1940-45, see Luftflotte 1