Luftnachrichten-Regiment 120

Kommandeure:

• Oberst Ernst Engelke, 1942 - 1944

Formed Apr 1941 in (?) with

• Stab/120 from Stab/Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Regiment 1
• Stab I./120 from Stab I./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Regiment 1
  • 1./120 from 1./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Regiment 1
  • 2./120 from 2./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Regiment 1
  • 3./120 from 3./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Regiment 1
• Stab II./120 from Stab II./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Regiment 1
  • 4./120 from 4./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Regiment 1
  • 5./120 from 5./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Regiment 1
  • 6./120 from 6./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Regiment 1
• Stab III./120 new [Aug 1941]
  • 7./120 from 5./Luftnachrichten-Regiment ObdL
  • 8./120 new [Aug 1941]
  • 9./120 new [Aug 1941]
• Stab IV./120 from Stan II./Luftnachrichten-Regiment ObdL
  • 10./120 from 6./Luftnachrichten-Regiment ObdL
  • 11./120 from 7./Luftnachrichten-Regiment ObdL
  • 12./120 from 8./Luftnachrichten-Regiment ObdL
  • 13./120 new [Aug 1941]
• Geräte-Kolonne/120 new

Reorganised in Apr 1942:

Stab/120 no change
Stab I./120 became Stab/Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Abteilung zbV 1
1./120 became 1./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Abteilung zbV 1
2./120 became 1./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Abteilung zbV 2
3./120 became 3./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Abteilung zbV 1
Stab II./120 became Stab/Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Abteilung zbV 3
4./120 became 1./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Abteilung zbV 3
5./120 became 2./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Abteilung zbV 3
6./120 became 3./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Abteilung zbV 3
Stab III./120 became Stab/Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Abteilung zbV 2
7./120 became the new 4./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 120
8./120 became 4./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 130 [Sep 1941]
9./120 became 3./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindungs-Abteilung zbV 2
Stab IV./120 became the new Stab II./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 120
10./120 became 2./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 110 [Sep 1941]
11./120 became 2./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 130 [Sep 1941]
12./120 became the new 2./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 120
13./120 became the new 6./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 120
Ger.Kol./120 became Transportkolonne/Luftnachrichten-Regiment 120

New organisation Apr 1942:

• Stab/120 no change
• Stab I./120 from Stab II./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 15
  • 1./120 from Ln.Fernsprech und Fernschreib-Betriebs-Personal-Kompanie 305
  • 2./120 from the old 12./Ln.Rgt.120
  • 3./120 new
  • 4./120 from the old 7./Ln.Rgt.120
  • 5./120 from 4./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 15
• Stab II./120 from the old Stab IV./Ln.Rgt.120
  • 6./120 from the old 13./Ln.Rgt.120
  • 7./120 from Ln.Fernsprech und Fernschreib-Betriebs-Personal-Kompanie 311
  • 8./120 from 2./Luftnachrichten-Betriebs-Abteilung zbV 12
  • 9./120 new
  • 10./120 from 5./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 15
• Transport-Kolonne/120 from the old Geräte-Kolonne/Ln.Rgt.120
• Kfz.Werkstattzug/120 new

1.-3., 6.-8./120 was Fernverbindungs-Kompanien; 4., 9./120 was Richtverbindungs-Betr.-Personal-Kompanien; 5., 10./120 was Telegrafen-Bau-Kompanien.

In Jun 1943 6./Ln.Rgt.120 became 5./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 2.

In Mar 1944:

Stab/Ln.Rgt.120 became Stab/Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment 30
8./Ln.Rgt.120 became 4./Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment 28
9./Ln.Rgt.120 became Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindung-Betriebs-Kompanie zbV 10

In May 1944 Stab II./Ln.Rgt.120 became Stab IV./Luftnachrichten-Regiment ObdL.

In Aug 1944:

Stab I./Ln.Rgt.120 became Stab/Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 42
1./Ln.Rgt.120 was disbanded
Transport-Kolonne/Ln.Rgt.120 was disbanded

In Dec 1944 4./Ln.Rgt.120 became 2./Luftnachrichten-Richtverbindung-Betriebs-Abteilung zbV 11.

Organisation 1 Feb 1945:

• 2./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 120
• 3./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 120
• 5./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 120
• 7./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 120
• 10./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 120

Service:

• Dec 1942 under Luftflotte 4
• 1944 in the Balkans