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Help needed- 415 ОПАБ-1st formation battle route
Hi guys
I need some help with finding battle route of 415 seperate machine gun-artillery battalion (отедельный пулеметно артиллерийский баталион-ОПАБ) -1st formation existing from april 1942 untill march 1943.
I’d like to know to what front, army it was attached to, when, where etc.
I’ve tried to find it but I’ve only found informations about 2nd formation attached to 33rd army 1st BF.
Any information will be interesting.
Best Regards and thank you in advance
Jacob
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07-23-2018 10:19 AM
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Jacob, what makes you think that these are two different formations? Maybe it is the same 415 ОПАБ from 29 April 1942 to 09 May 1945.
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The map of the fortified area 156 - the Moscow defence ring in April 1945.
Here you can see the sector assigned to 415 OPAB (lear Domodedovo, where airfield is located).
There is also handwritten mark "under formation", as the 415th was formed by the end of April 1942.
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I was thinking that there were 2 formings of this unit due to what I’ve found but now I see I misunderstood the text and what I was thinking was date of existence of unit were periods in which battalion was attached to army.
Thank you for this map Igor. Im looking also for later feats of this unit. Soldier which Im trying to research was in this battalion since its forming untill October 1943 or April 1944. I know that during this his service in 415 OPAB he was wounded somewhere near Konotop in Ukraine in October 1943.
I’ve also found that 415 OPAB participied in March 1944 in fighting near Davidovichi Belarus but period May 1942-January 1944 remains unknown.
According to documents I have 415 OPAB until May 1942 remained in Moscow defense in western front but in May it was relocated. And here is a problem. One document says it was moved to central front and another says Voronezh front.
Best Regards
Jacob
Last edited by Marinecollector42; 07-24-2018 at 07:26 PM.
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Jacob, you need to refer to or post here the documents you used to make your conclusions on the unit. Otherwise it is difficult/impossible to analyze information.
Last edited by Egorka; 07-26-2018 at 03:08 PM.
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There is also a citation for combat merit but I can only "For meritorious fighting…" and them somethink I can't read, also some abbreviation. It's dated february 1943 so time when he was in 415 OPAB. Maybe this will geave some information about unit's location at this time?
The entries on the first page read: “For excellent combat and political readiness awarded with RKKA badge - Feb 1943 - 1. BAttery commander Sr. Lt. XXXXX”.
“1 Ukrainian front- IV.1944”
“Order Red Star 06. 10.44 decree #025”
Last edited by Egorka; 07-28-2018 at 11:31 PM.
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