Could anyone help to identify 5./Krftf.-Abt./501
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Could anyone help to identify 5./Krftf.-Abt./501
Hello,
For some research, I'm trying to find what this abbreviation is : 5/krftf-abt/501.
I believe it means 5./ Kraftfahr-Abteilung 501 or in english : 5th company of the 501st transport batallion.
Am I right ?
And if so, could anyone please help me to find what this unit was ? I've already tried, but alas unsuccessfully.
Thank you for your help,
Guillaume
For some research, I'm trying to find what this abbreviation is : 5/krftf-abt/501.
I believe it means 5./ Kraftfahr-Abteilung 501 or in english : 5th company of the 501st transport batallion.
Am I right ?
And if so, could anyone please help me to find what this unit was ? I've already tried, but alas unsuccessfully.
Thank you for your help,
Guillaume
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Re: Could anyone help to identify 5./Krftf.-Abt./501
Thank you Stewy for your quick reply. It could indeed be the unit I'm looking for.
But is Kraftwagen-Transport-Abteilung, the same unit than "krftf-abt", which could rather be "Kraftfahr-Abteilung" ? Just asking, as I don't know the answer !
However, I couldn't find any 501st Kraftfahr-Abteilung, so if there is one 501st Kraftwagen-Transport-Abteilung, could really the one I'm lookng for.
Guillaume
But is Kraftwagen-Transport-Abteilung, the same unit than "krftf-abt", which could rather be "Kraftfahr-Abteilung" ? Just asking, as I don't know the answer !
However, I couldn't find any 501st Kraftfahr-Abteilung, so if there is one 501st Kraftwagen-Transport-Abteilung, could really the one I'm lookng for.
Guillaume
Re: Could anyone help to identify 5./Krftf.-Abt./501
Kraftfahr-Abteilung (some of them earlier in the war also called Nachschub-Kolonne-Abteilung) is not the same unit as Kraftwagen-Transport-Abteilung.
Is the spelling correct? What the source? Any additional information, like dates, places, etc. could be helpful.
Is the spelling correct? What the source? Any additional information, like dates, places, etc. could be helpful.
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Re: Could anyone help to identify 5./Krftf.-Abt./501
Hello,
I've returned to my sources and got some precisions.
Indeed, it's 5.Kompanie/kraftfahr-Abteilung 501 and the ID of the soldier i'm looking for was 731-3/Kf.Ers.Abt.17.
Alas, I have no date (except that he left this unit just before august 1943) and no place, except that he was on the eastern front.
Guillaume
I've returned to my sources and got some precisions.
Indeed, it's 5.Kompanie/kraftfahr-Abteilung 501 and the ID of the soldier i'm looking for was 731-3/Kf.Ers.Abt.17.
Alas, I have no date (except that he left this unit just before august 1943) and no place, except that he was on the eastern front.
Guillaume
Re: Could anyone help to identify 5./Krftf.-Abt./501
A lot of these type of units are really difficult to track their exact whereabouts. Stewy
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Re: Could anyone help to identify 5./Krftf.-Abt./501
Indeed !
As I've seen browsing the net for them, many have changed many times through the war.
My other problem is that I have the mention of supposedly two different units (5.Kompanie/kraftfahr-Abteilung 501 and 3/Kf.Ers.Abt.17). How should I consider this ?
As I've seen browsing the net for them, many have changed many times through the war.
My other problem is that I have the mention of supposedly two different units (5.Kompanie/kraftfahr-Abteilung 501 and 3/Kf.Ers.Abt.17). How should I consider this ?
Re: Could anyone help to identify 5./Krftf.-Abt./501
If you have Soldbuch, wehrpass or docs, any paperwork please post it. It would help members here assist you no end. I've got a lot of driver related paperwork & some units were all over the place especially later on in the war. A real headache. Stewy
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Re: Could anyone help to identify 5./Krftf.-Abt./501
Here is what I finally got about this soldier :
ID number : 731-3/Kf.Ers.Abt.17
He was on the 1st of december 1942 : Feld-Werkstätte 522
then on the 12 december 1942 : Kraftwagen-Transport-Regiments-Stab z.b.V. 981
then on the 16th december 1942 : 4. Verfügungs-Reserve-Kompanie/Kraftwagen-Transport-Regiment z.b.V.981
and finally in 1943 (until august) : 5.Kompanie/kraftfahr-Abteilung 501
Here's everything I got... Hope it can help.
Guillaume
ID number : 731-3/Kf.Ers.Abt.17
He was on the 1st of december 1942 : Feld-Werkstätte 522
then on the 12 december 1942 : Kraftwagen-Transport-Regiments-Stab z.b.V. 981
then on the 16th december 1942 : 4. Verfügungs-Reserve-Kompanie/Kraftwagen-Transport-Regiment z.b.V.981
and finally in 1943 (until august) : 5.Kompanie/kraftfahr-Abteilung 501
Here's everything I got... Hope it can help.
Guillaume