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20th Match 2023:

The Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries has been updated.

Changes from last years edition, can be seen in the change log 2022-2023.

Comments should be directed to Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey, via the e-mail link on the Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries page.

27th Match 2022:

The Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries has been updated.

Changes from last years edition, can be seen in the change log 2021-2022.

Comments should be directed to Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey, via the e-mail link on the Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries page.

31st Match 2021:

The Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries has been updated.

Changes from last years edition, can be seen in the change log 2020-2021.

Comments should be directed to Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey, via the e-mail link on the Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries page.

2nd June 2020:

Airfields in the Baltic States - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

25th March 2020:

The Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries has been updated.

Changes from last years edition, can be seen in the change log 2019-2020.

Comments should be directed to Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey, via the e-mail link on the Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries page.

5th March 2020:

Airfields in Russia and Ukraine has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

3rd April 2019:

The Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries has been updated.

Changes from last years edition, can be seen in the change log 2018-2019.

Comments should be directed to Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey, via the e-mail link on the Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries page.

17th April 2018:

The Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries has been updated.

Changes from last years edition, can be seen in the change log 2017-2018.

Comments should be directed to Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey, via the e-mail link on the Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries page.

27th March 2017:

New section online for Luftwaffe research material. The first entry is a study by author Dan Zamansky.

20th March 2017:

The Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries has been updated.

Changes from last years edition, can be seen in the change log 2016-2017.

Comments should be directed to Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey, via the e-mail link on the Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries page.

7th December 2016:

Airfields in Tunisia has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

4th April 2016:

The Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries has been updated.

Changes from last years edition, can be seen in the change log 2015-2016.

Comments should be directed to Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey, via the e-mail link on the Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries page.

29th March 2016:

Airfields in Libya and Egypt has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

25th September 2015:

Airfields in Italy, Sicily and Sardinia has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

25th March 2015:

The Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries has been updated with 9700 new entries and about 13000 updates.

Changes from last years edition, can be seen in the change log 2015.

Comments should be directed to Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey, via the e-mail link on the Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries page.

8th March 2015:

Airfields in Greece, Crete and the Dodecanese has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

26th January 2015:

Airfields in Albania has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

18th January 2015:

Airfields in Yugoslavia has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

31st December 2014:

Airfields in Romania has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

26th November 2014:

Airfields in Bulgaria has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

13th October 2014:

Airfields in Hungary has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

11th September 2014:

Airfields in Czechoslovakia has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

8th September 2014:

Airfields in Poland has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

1st September 2014:

Airfields in Finland has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

31st August 2014:

Airfields in Norway has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

29th August 2014:

Airfields in Denmark has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

25th August 2014:

Airfields in the Netherlands has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

21st August 2014:

Airfields in Belgium and Luxembourg has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

18th July 2014:

Airfields in France has been added to Henry L. deZeng IV's Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945.

21st June 2014:

A new feature has been added to the site, thanks to the excellent work of Henry L. deZeng IV:

Henry L. deZeng IV should be known to most Luftwaffe enthusiasts, at least through his four (together with Douglas G. Stankey) published books by Classic Publications (Bomber Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945, vol. 1-2; and Dive Bomber and Ground Attack Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-45, vol. 1-2).

24th March 2014:

The Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries has been updated with over a thousand new entries and about 4000 updates.

Changes from last years edition, can be seen in the change log 2014 - additions are high-lighted in Blue and deletions in Magenta.

Comments should be directed to Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey, via the e-mail link on the Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries page.

3rd April 2013:

The Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries has been updated with over a thousand new entries and about 4000 updates.

Changes from last years edition, can be seen in the change log 2013 - additions are high-lighted in Blue and deletions in Magenta.

Comments should be directed to Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey, via the e-mail link on the Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries page.

29th March 2012:

A new feature has been added to the site, thanks to the excellent work of Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey:

Both gentlemen should be known to most Luftwaffe enthusiasts, at least through their three (so far) published books by Classic Publications (Bomber Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945, vol. 1-2; and Dive Bomber and Ground Attack Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-45, vol. 1).

Comments should be directed to them, via the e-mail link on the Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries page.

6th September 2009:

New e-mail address. Click here.

30th May 2006:

New additions:

21st May 2006:

Updates/New additions, here:

17th May 2006:

Updates/New additions, here:

14th May 2006:

New additions:

Updates to the Fliegerbodenorganisation (mainly those units that ended up in North Africa - Help was provided by Larry de Zeng on some units):

10th September 2005:

New additions to the Fliegerbodenorganisation:

Most other units of the Fliegerbodenorganisation have received updates.

Luftgau-Kommando XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI and XVII added.

Luftgau-Kommando I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII updated.

Pre-war Luftgau-Kommando 2 - 4, 6 - 11 and 13 - 15 added.

Links updated.

2nd September 2005:

New additions to the Fliegerbodenorganisation:

Updates to the Fliegerbodenorganisation:

Help was provided by Larry de Zeng on several units.

LG1 updated.

28th August 2005:

Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment 25, 27, 28, 30 and Südost added.

Luftnachrichten-Regiment 351, 352, 353, ObdL, Südost, beim I. Jagdkorps and beim II. Jagdkorps added.

Luftnachrichten-Abteilung ObdL/RLM, 350, 355, 356, 357 and 359 added.

Luftnachrichten-Regiment 201 - 205 and 211 - 215 updated.

New additions and updated to the Fliegerbodenorganisation:

10th July 2005:

Luftnachrichten-Regiment 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 215, 217, 218, 219, 223, 224, 227, 228, 229 and 230 added.

Luftnachrichten-Regiment 211, 212, 213, 214, 221, 222, 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, 248, 260, 261 and 262 updated.

Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment Belgien-Nordfrankreich, Westfrankreich, Holland, Norwegen, Charkow, Kiew, Moskau and Rostow added.

2nd July 2005:

Flak-Abteilung 883 - 1005 was updated.

leichte Flak-Abteilung 918, 919 and 930 added.

gemischte Flak-Abteilung 679 added.

Heimat-Flak-Abteilung 1. - 7./III and 50. - 62./VIII added.

30th June 2005:

Minor changes to most units of the Fliegerbodenorganisation.

Luftnachrichten-Regiment 54, 55, 56, 57 and 250 added.

Luftnachrichten-Regiment 51, 52, 53 and 213 updated.

8th November 2004:

Several new additions to the Fliegerbodenorganisation.

7th November 2004:

Several new additions to the Fliegerbodenorganisation.

31st October 2004:

Several changes has been made to the Fliegerbodenorganisation.

Luftnachrichten-Regiment 51, 52 and 53 was added.

22nd September 2004:

Details of the Fliegerbodenorganisation in Greece, Albania and the former Yugoslavia added. This is a work in progress, still with several gaps to fill. If anyone has some information on this, don't hesitate to contact me.

20th September 2004:

Details of the Fliegerbodenorganisation in France & Italy added.

Base index (airfields) added.

7th September 2004:

Details of the Fliegerbodenorganisation in Holland and Belgium added.

4th September 2004:

Details of the Fliegerbodenorganisation in Denmark, Norway and Finland added.

3rd September 2004:

Flak-Abteilung 401 - 882 was updated.

Flak-Abteilung 71 - 99 was updated [le.76 and le.87 are new additions].

Luftsperr-Abteilung 101 - 110, 201 - 210, 664, 961 - 963 was updated.

5th August 2003:

New additions:

ZG1, ZG2, St.G.3, St.G.77, KG6, KG27, KG77 and LG1 updated.

Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 71 - 74, 81 - 85, 90, 100 and 121 - 162 added.

Luftnachrichten-Regiment 110, 120, 130, 250, 251, 252 added.

Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment 1 added.

29th July 2003:

New additions:

All Kurierstaffeln updated. KG 1, KG 3 and KG 28 updated. Flugzeugverbindungsgeschwader 2 updated.

Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1 - 5, 11 - 17 (pre-war), 40, 42, 50, 101 - 102, 211 - 214 added.

Luftnachrichten-Versuchs-Regiment added.

Luftnachrichten-Regiment 10 - 15, 21 - 25, 31 - 32, 34, 35 and 38 updated.

Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 4, 6, 18, 30 - 32, 34, 35, 38 - 42, 51 - 52, 101 - 102 and z.b.V. added.

Luftnachrichten-Versuchs-Abteilung and Luftnachrichten-Lehr-Abteilung added.

Luftnachrichten-Abteilung (H) 1 - 12 added.

Luftverteidigungs-Nachrichten-Abteilung 1 - 9 added.

20th July 2003:

All Aufklärungs units has been heavily updated. Much help was provided by S. J. Schäfer.

Nahaufklärungsstaffel Kroatien, Küstenstaffel Krim and Aufklärungsstaffel Ostsee was added.

LG2 was updated.

All Flugzeugführerschulen A/B, Flugzeugführerschulen C, Blindflugschulen and Luftkriegsschulen was updated.

Flak-Abteilung 261 - 400 updated.

26th March 2003:

Flak-Regiment 43 - 704 was updated.

Flak-Abteilung 103 - 260 updated.

23rd February 2003:

Flakscheinwerfer-Regiment 1 - 8 and Flak-Sturm-Regiment 1 - 4 updated.

All Flakkorps, Flak-Division, Luftverteidigungskommando and Flak-Brigade was updated.

Flak-Regiment 1 - 42 was updated.

Flak-Lehr-Regiment was added.

25th August 2002:

Flak-Regiment 131 - 704 was updated, with new information covering the period 1.1.44 to 1.9.44.

15th August 2002:

Flak-Regiment 61 - 130 was updated, with new information covering the period 1.1.44 to 1.9.44.

1st August 2002:

All Fighter claim lists can now be found at Tony Wood's own website.

14th April 2002:

Flak-Regiment 15 - 60 was updated, with new information covering the period 1.1.44 to 1.9.44.

9th April 2002:

Flak-Regiment 1 - 14 was updated, with new information covering the period 1.1.44 to 1.9.44. 

16th September 2001:

gemischte Flak-Abteilung 702, 704, 802, 805, 807, 901 and 904 added.

schwere Flak-Abteilung 701 - 707, 801 - 806 and 902 - 907 added.

Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 708 - 710, 808 - 810 and 908 - 909 added.

9th September 2001:

gemischte Flak-Abteilung 640 - 686 added.

schwere Flak-Abteilung 621 - 697 added.

Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 648 - 650, 669, 675, 681, 686, 692 and 696 added.

leichte Flak-Abteilung 673 - 699 added.

6th September 2001:

gemischte Flak-Abteilung 602 - 617 added.

schwere Flak-Abteilung 601 - 616 added.

Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 608 - 610 and 618 - 620 added.

4th September 2001:

gemischte Flak-Abteilung 590 - 600 added.

schwere Flak-Abteilung 571 - 577 added.

Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 578 - 589 added.

3rd September 2001:

gemischte Flak-Abteilung 491 - 569 added.

leichte Flak-Abteilung 507 added.

schwere Flak-Abteilung 492 - 570 added.

Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 498 - 500, 508 - 510, 518 - 520, 528 - 530 and 558 - 560 added.

26th August 2001:

gemischte Flak-Abteilung 421 - 481 added.

schwere Flak-Abteilung 421 - 490 added.

Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 438 - 440, 448 - 450, 468 - 470 and 478 - 479 added.

24th August 2001:

gemischte/schwere Flak-Abteilung 381 - 420 added.

leichte Flak-Abteilung 415 added.

Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 398 - 400 and 408 - 410 added.

22nd August 2001:

gemischte/schwere Flak-Abteilung 351 - 380 added.

Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 358 - 360, 367 - 370 and 378 - 379 added.

19th August 2001:

gemischte/schwere Flak-Abteilung 321 - 347 added.

Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 328 - 330, 338 - 340 and 348 - 350 added.

18th August 2001:

gemischte/schwere Flak-Abteilung 271 - 317 added.

Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 298 - 300, 308 - 310 and 318 added.

15th August 2001:

gemischte/schwere Flak-Abteilung 241 - 267 added.

Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 248 - 250, 258 - 260 and 268-270 added.

13th August 2001:

gemischte/schwere Flak-Abteilung 211 - 237 added.

Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 228 - 230 and 238-240 added.

Have added some pictures from the KARTA Centre Foundation in Poland. If anyone can identify the persons in the photographs, then don't hesitate to contact me.

12th August 2001:

gemischte/schwere Flak-Abteilung 161 - 210 added.

Flakgruppen updated.

8th August 2001:

gemischte/schwere Flak-Abteilung 141 - 157 added.

An attempt has been made to associate the known Flakgruppen in Germany with the various Flak-Regiments (Stäbe). This is a work in progress and can be viewed here

4th August 2001:

Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 118 - 220 added.

gemischte/schwere Flak-Abteilung 103 - 137 added.

27th July 2001:

leichte Flak-Abteilung 881 - 1005 added.

All Festungs-Flak-Abteilungen was added.

All Luftsperr-Abteilungen was added.

25th July 2001:

leichte Flak-Abteilung 846 - 880 added.

22nd July 2001:

leichte Flak-Abteilung 821 - 845 added.

21st July 2001:

leichte Flak-Abteilung 746 - 786 added.

20th July 2001:

leichte Flak-Abteilung 721 - 745 added.

19th July 2001:

leichte Flak-Abteilung 71 - 99 and 711 - 720 added.

16th July 2001:

Flak-Regiment 12 - 20 was added.

Flak-Regiment 21 - 50 was updated.

15th July 2001:

All Flak-Regiment's with numbers between 151 and 704 was added.

Flak-Regiment 1 - 11 was updated.

11th July 2001:

Flak-Regiment 121 - 150 was added.

10th July 2001:

Flak-Regiment 94, 97 - 120 was added.

Most Jagdgeschwadern and Zerstörergeschwadern were updated with new information between 9.39 and 5.40.

The whole JG5 and Jafü Balkan was added to the Flugzeugbestand und Flugzeugbewegungen page.