Luftnachrichten-Regiment 200

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redcell
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Re: Luftnachrichten-Regiment 200

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Post by redcell » 13 Feb 2018, 21:39

I have informations about a location of a radar station: it was in Petrovia (now Croatia); commander was Captain Fuchs (surnamed Istria Fox).
Italians were in a strange position: they had both Italian and German uniforms; they were German Luftwaffe for sure: in 1994 or so on some of them received letters from Bundeswehr with instructions on how to use their tour of duty period under Luftwaffe for occupational pension.

On 9th September 1944 some of them were boarded on San Marco steamship travelling from Umago (now Croatia) to Trieste. From Trieste Italian personnel would have to go to attend a radar course at Villa Masieri in Tricesimo near Udine (Italy). But steamship was engaged and sinked by English RAF fighters. After this seems radar course was suspended.

Other news: there were a camouflated station (it seems a fisherman's house) near Bibione (Italy) an air sighting station managed by Italians of Luftnachrichten-Regiment 200: they had to count and identify planes going to bomb Germany and Italy (planes was flying over this place as this was the airway I suppose). Often they wasn't wearing uniforms to avoid being identified by escort fighters flying over.

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Re: Luftnachrichten-Regiment 200

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Post by Joda » 17 Jun 2019, 10:41

I rise again this old thread just because I have in hands a Luft SB where the soldier served a similar military career as described above ;)

As he was mobilized in summer 1942, after about 9 months of "Luftnachrichten" training he joined Ln.Rgt.200 in June 1943.
I suppose this unit was formed (or only renamed) from Ln.Abt."Afrika", just because he joined Ln.Abt.Afrika the same day of his following unit, Ln.Rgt.200.
He served there until about Aug.1944 when he started the Fallschirmjager Schule IV and, once patented, he joined the F.J.Regiment 1 in Italy.

About Ln.Rgt.200, I would be interested in the story of 1.-12.-15. kompanien, the ones in which my soldier served..any info about??

Thanks in advance


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Re: Luftnachrichten-Regiment 200

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Post by baffobruno » 13 May 2021, 19:05

Hi. My name is Bruno and I live in Treviso, a little town 20 miles north of Venice. My father told me that from april 1944 to defend the town and the
airport (Westside of it) there was a Flak battery (4.FlakABt.Mot.311) and not far from that a training school for LuftnachrichtenRegiment 200 at Villa Franchetti, countryside of San Trovaso, between Treviso and Preganziol. I have no onther infos about the period, but my city was heavily bombed for the first time on 7th April 1944 by 159 B-17 four-engined bombers (15th USAAF) with thousands of victims and 80% of the town burnt down. 80 bombers were slightly hit by A/A artillery fire but only 1 or 2 so severely to ditch near Rosolina Mare (Chioggia, VENICE). Not a single bomb hit the the airfield, who was leaded by FeldluftgauKommando XXVIII (*)and only partially by the ANR (Aeroporto ARmato n. 22, 222 for Luftwaffe). There already exists a nearby Type Tobruk bunker N.W, side of the boundary while yars ago a big shelter was demolished on the opposite side (serving the dispersals built by TODT Organisation).
Best regards
Bruno
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Note: FlugPlatzKommando 201/VII

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Re: Luftnachrichten-Regiment 200

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Post by rgilkey » 12 Mar 2024, 22:23

Would you have any input on the activities of this regiment 217 and what my great grandfather would have been doing as a Lieutenant of this unit or company? Would their work have been associated with air intelligence against the US and the nuclear aspects of the war?
Thanks!

(WehrBezirksKommando Neuss). 01.06.1943 Feldwebel, promoted to Leutnant(Kreis Offizier/Luftnachrichten)…? 01.02.1945 Leutnant, Zugführer 15.(Jägerleit- Kompanie „Hermes“) II./Luftnachrichten Regiment 217.

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Re: Luftnachrichten-Regiment 200

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Post by Larry D. » 13 Mar 2024, 16:26

rgilkey:

A week or so ago you posted either here or on http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/ a bunch of Luftwaffe acronyms and abbreviations that were in your g-g-father's papers and I gave you the translation into English for every one of them. Did you not see this? You should be able to tell what he did in the Luftwaffe from this. And no, his job had nothing to do with air intelligence or nuclear strategy and weapons. Yoy can look up Ln.-Rgt. 217 on website www.ww2.dk for more details on this regiment.

L. deZ.

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