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A Luftwaffenhelfer, also commonly known as a Flakhelfer, ... In April 1944 the Germans had requested the drafting of 7000 Latvian boys, aged 14–16, and 400 girls ...
After completing his school final exams (Abitur) at a relatively young age, in 1943/44 he became a Luftwaffenhelfer (loosely: "air defence assistant"). In 1944 he was enrolled into the Reich Labour Service. Before the end of the year he had been conscripted into the army. He was briefly a member of the Nazi Party. [4]
In 1944 supply officers and judge-advocates were transferred from the Officials category, to the Soldiers category as officers of the Truppensonderdienst. As a war-time measure, Sonderführer s were introduced, filling positions normally held by trained officers or non-commissioned officers without having the required military training.
The Luftwaffe reached its largest personnel strength during the period November 1943 to June 1944, with almost three million men and women in uniform; 1.7 million of these were male soldiers, 1 million male Wehrmachtsbeamte and civilian employees, and almost 300,000 female and male auxiliaries (Luftwaffenhelfer). [61] In October 1944, the anti ...
Here, the 8th Flak Division was part of Luftgau XI, [1]: 197 which by February 1944 also would contain 3rd Flak Division , 8th Flak Brigade and 15th Flak Brigade (Hanover). [4]: 37 Its subordinate formations included the Flak Regiment 56 as well as the Flak Searchlight Regiment 56.
Grunert was born into a working-class family and was called upon as a Luftwaffenhelfer during World War II between 1944 and 1945 after graduating from high school. After the war, Grunert trained as Neulehrer and worked as a history teacher in the district of Perleberg.
Albert Speer said that if the 1944 campaign against the Romanian oil fields had been continued for another month, the entire Wehrmacht would have been crippled. [96] According to Speer, 98% of Germany's aircraft fuel plants were out of production. The production of aviation fuel fell from 180,000 tons to 20,000 tons between March and November 1944.
Luftwaffenhelfer (54 P) W. Luftwaffe personnel convicted of war crimes (17 P) Pages in category "Luftwaffe personnel of World War II" The following 123 pages are in ...