FP# for Marine Btl. Heller

[Tom Peters]

I found a G-2 report that quoted the FP# for a "marine btl. Heller" (autumn 1944, west front) as 62137. However, the FP reference guide I have doesnt list this #. Does anyone have a formal identification of this number ?

thanks,

Tom

[hucks216]

FpNr 62137...

(23.4.1944-24.11.1944) 31.7.1944 Stab u. 1.-7. Kompanie Alarm-Einheit 35 A (Marine),
(23.4.1944-24.11.1944) 14.9.1944 Stab u. 1.-7. Kompanie Marine-Bataillon Heller,
am 16.11.1944 gestrichen

[hucks216]

The Feldpost Number database on this site also lists the same units...

http://www.axishistory.com/axis-nations ... st-numbers

[Tom Peters]

Thanks for the info. I had assumed Heller was another name for a shiff.stamm.abt. in southern France, but now I know better.

thanks,

Mad Dog

[hucks216]

The only thing that Lexikon mentions about this unit is...

Das Marine-Bataillon Heller wurde im August 1944 mit sieben Kompanien als Alarm-Einheit aufgestellt. Einsatz unklar, das Bataillon wurde im Herbst 1944 aufgelöst.
(The Marine battalion Heller was set up in August 1944 with seven companies as an alarm unit. Use unclear, the battalion was disbanded in the fall of 1944.)

[Tom Peters]

Heller gets a few hits from the 19th army area:

206-2.1 (VI Corps G-2 October 1944)
Oct 1

T311 R141 (HeeresGroup G)
Sept 10 (7186343)

RH20-19/99 (19th Army)
Sept 16 (122)

RH20-19/101 (19th Army)
Sept 24 (173) ("Marine Kp.Heller")

RH20-19/103 (19th Army)
Sept 21 gliederung
Sept 26 Gliederung (s)


Heller might of been part of the exodus of units from the French west coast in August.

thanks,

Mad Dog