Formed 7.41 in Luftgau III as le.Reserve-Flak-Abt.727 (from 10.42 as le.Flak-Abt. 727), with:

Stab/le.727 new
1./le.727 from Fla-MG-Res.Kp. 123
2./le.727 from Fla-MG-Res.Kp. 121
3./le.727 from le.Res-Flak-Bttr. 3./IV

4./le.727 was formed in 9.43 from 2./954.

In 4.43 2./le.727 became 3./880, and was reformed.

In 2.44 3./le.727 became 4./728, and was reformed from le.Flak-Bttr.zbV 6504, and 2./le.727 became 2./761 - not reformed.

In 12.44 4./le.727 became 4./758 - not reformed.

Service:

• 1.11.43 in Halle-Leuna under 14. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 33) [2./le.727]
  • in Magdeburg under Luftgau III (Stab/Flak-Regiment 52) [4./le.727]
• 1.1.44 in Magdeburg under Luftgau III (Stab/Flak-Regiment 52)
  • in Halle-Leuna under 14. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 33) [2./le.727]
• 1.2.44 in Magdeburg under Luftgau III (Stab/Flak-Regiment 52)
  • in Dresden under Luftgau III (Stab/Flak-Regiment 138) [3./le.727]
• 1.3.44 not listed
• 1.4.44 in Magdeburg under 2. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 52) [4./le.727]
• 1.5.44 in Magdeburg under 2. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 52) [4./le.727]
• 1.6.44 in Magdeburg under 2. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 52)
• 1.7.44 in Magdeburg under 2. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 52)
  • in Dessau under 2. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 143) [1./le.727]
• 1.8.44 in Dessau under 2. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 143) [Stab, 1., 4./le.727]
  • in Magdeburg under 2. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 52) [3./le.727 under Stab/le.827]
• 1.9.44 in Dessau under 2. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 143) [Stab, 1./le.727; 4./le.727 under Stab/s.464]
  • in Magdeburg under 2. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 52) [3./le.727 under Stab/le.827]
• 1.10.44 in Dessau under 2. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 143) [Stab, 1./le.727]
  • in Magdeburg under 2. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 52) [3./le.727 under Stab/le.827]
  • under 1. Flak-Brigade [4./le.727 under Stab/le.758]
• 1.11.44 in Dessau under 2. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 143) [Stab, 1./le.727]
  • in Schweinfurt under 21. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 179) [3./le.727 under Stab/le.953]
  • under 1. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 59) [4./le.727 under Stab/le.758]
• 1.12.44 in Dessau under 2. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 143) [Stab, 1./le.727]
  • in Schweinfurt under 21. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 179) [3./le.727 under Stab/le.953]
• 1945 in Gross-Quersleben, near Magdeburg (Stab), with 1. and 3./727 in Luftgau XIV

Fieldpost numbers: Stab (07939), 1. Batterie (06245), 2. Batterie (38878; from 4.43: 54541), 3. Batterie (14031; from 2.44: 52731), 4. Batterie (18857), Kolonne (47288*)

* withdrawn 6.42

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