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07-17-2015 02:03 AM
# ADS
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Oops, I forgot there was a dedicated thread for ID discs, my bad, Mods feel free to move it if you wish....
Apologies for posting this in the wrong forum
Bob
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Hi Bob, I never even noticed it was in the wrong forum either LOL.
Moved it over for you.
Cheers, Ade.
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Mob. Nr. 215967 was issued at fallschirmjager schule wittstock, must have been this fellows first posting in the fallschirmjagers.
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Kommandeure:
•Hptm Bodo Göttsche, Jan 1944 - 1 Feb 1944
•Maj Kurt Stephani, 1 Feb 1944 - 20 Aug 1944
•Maj Friedrich Alpers, 21 Aug 1944 - 3 Sep 1944
•Obstlt Gundolf Frhr Schenk zu Schweinsberg, 1 Oct 1944 - 8 Oct 1944
•Oberst Hellmut Hoffmann, 9 Oct 1944 - Mar 1945
•Obstlt Gundolf Frhr Schenk zu Schweinsberg, 1 Mar 1945 - Apr 1945
•Hptm Baron von Freyberg, Apr 1945 - May 1945
Formed Jan 1944 at Reims with new recruits.
The regiment was almost totally destroyed at Falaise, and had to be rebuilt in October 1944, at Oldenzaal.
The regiment was again destroyed in March 1945, and was replaced byFJR.6 in the division.
Organisation:
•1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15
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Thanks heaps for that Eike41, exactly what I was after, really appreciate your time in answering!
Very best wishes
Bob
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Nice tag, with some neat history.
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Possibly slightly off topic maybe, but picked up this information via a post on another forum courtesy of Greg Way, regarding Friedrich Alpers:-
Born 25.3.1901 in Lemgo (same place that Student died in 1978)
13.5.1919-1.3.1920 - Freikorps Merker
1937/1938 - Joined the Luftwaffe
1.9.1937 - Leutnant d.Res
1.3.1939 - Oberleutnant d.Res
5.9.1939 - Hauptmann d.Res
1.11.1941 - Major d.Res
Units
1942 - Kommandeur Fernaufkl.Gr.4
1944 - Kommandeur I./FJR9
Conflicting info from Bundesarchive & Deutsche Dienstelle
Missing 3.9.1944 and KIA 3.9.1944 near Quevy le Grand in Belgium.
Buried at Soldatenfriedhof Lommel P61-81
Awards
15.4.1942 - Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
14.10.1942 - Ritterkreuz
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