Luftwaffe Units in Africa 1941

[Shamus]

Thanks as well, Larry. You have some excellent source material. Just to confirm your information, and to assure David that I have kept on open mind, I am posting some supporting material. It does not identify the battalion but supports the idea that there were 8,8cm units at Gambut, at least on 23 November 1941 when it was captured by 4th NZ Brigade.

"The enemy was taken by surprise and, though few prisoners were captured, huge stocks of supplies of many kinds were found in the neighbourhood, including large quantities of petrol and diesel oil of which the German Africa Corps stood in great need. The gunners had little time to investigate their new surroundings, however; for the brigade came under shellfire from several directions and for a time the guns were extremely active. V/AA Battery faced west and fired furiously, while A Troop of 25 Battery faced north-west and engaged tanks, guns and transport below the escarpment, as well as pinpointing and destroying a deadly ‘88’."

Thanks again for the good data. I love virtual research and appreciate the help.

[Urmel]

Thread necromancy!

There were no 88s with KG Briel, Hptm. Briel had only 2-cm AA guns at his disposal, according to his report. It is possible that the 88 belonged to a unit tasked with defending the airfield, that it was a gun that came out of the repair shop, or any other explanation.

88s above the Gambut escarpment are a different story though, they probably belonged to I./33.

[David W]

Nice input. You can't beat breathing life into an old "dead" thread!

[DONBOGEN]

Was 1batt flak abt 841 and flakabt 94 in Afrika ???? any ideas folks?

[David W]

841st Leichte FlaK Bataillon (Mot) was. it arrived in Feb '41!

leichte Flak-Abteilung 94 (mot.) Was not. Poland, France & Russia.
Flak-Ersatz-Abteilung 94 Was not. Germany.

914th Leichte FlaK Bataillon was in Tobruk in July 1942. (Just in case the above was a typo!)

[Urmel]

Briel's combat report on Gambut is now online. I believe he was awarded the RK for this?

http://rommelsriposte.com/2015/02/01/co ... mber-1941/

Not directly relevant to the thread, since he was Heer, not Luftwaffe. But should still be of interest.