Gary Kennedy wrote: ↑16 Jan 2021, 20:51
The BA-MA holdings are erratic, to say the least. In my early attempts to research the subject of KStNs I was able to benefit from the hard work of others who had been able to visit the archives and assess what was in them. If there are specific KStN that you're trying to establish the whereabouts of, then if you want to post up a list of reference numbers and dates I can check to see if they are known to be in the BA-MA holdings.
Regarding KAN, I had a very brief search done a few years ago, that was not as rewarding as hoped and more difficult than it should have been. I don't know if there is a list of KAN documents held at BA-MA. I was interested in any for the Panzer Grenadiers myself but have no idea if there are any left.
Gary
Thanks. I am trying to reconstruct mid war divisions (including less common types like Jäger, Gebirgs, etc. which tend to have a lot of missing KStN) as well as some GHQ units. Here's a list (erm, it turned out a bit bigger than expected, but there really are a lot of missing KStN):
- 25 1.2.41
- 102 1.11.41
- 111a 1.11.41
- 112 1.11.41
- 120b 10.5.43 (There's also a 12.3.43, I doubt they differ much so either would be fine)
- 123 1.2.41
- 125 1.2.41
- 131a 1.11.41
- 152 1.11.41
- 155a 1.12.41
- 165a 10.5.43
- 165b 10.5.43
- 169 6.11.42
- 210 1.11.41
- 406b 15.3.43
- 411 1.11.41
- 415 1.11.41
- 416 1.11.41
- 417 1.11.41
- 432 1.12.42
- 434b 15.3.43
- 485 1.11.41
- 578 1.11.41
- 584 1.11.41
- 584b 15.3.43
- 702a 1.4.43
- 703 01.02.41
- 706 1.11.41
- 706 1.4.43
- 711a 1.11.41
- 711a 1.4.43
- 711b 1.4.43
- 712 1.11.41
- 721 1.11.41
- 741 01.04.43
- 742 01.04.43
- 743b 1.11.41
- 746 (there are many early war versions of this one, but none is available afaik, so whichever would do)
- 809 1.3.42
- 834 1.4.42
- 836 1.3.42
- 863 1.5.42
- 869 1.5.42
- 879 1.2.41
- 1140 1.6.42
- 1144 1.11.41
- 1145 22.1.42
- 1146 1.11.41
- 1148a 15.2.42
- 1153a (gp) 1.4.43
- 1171 1.11.41
- 1175 1.11.41
- 1241 1.3.42
- 1244 1.3.42
- 1254 1.3.42
- 1278 1.2.41
- 1309 1.11.41
- 1309 1.4.43
- 1314 1.11.41
- 1314 1.1.43
- 1317 1.11.41
- 1711 1.3.42
- 2301 1.7.42 (or 1.3.42, both seem to have existed)
If the pre-war version of those (like the 1937-38 variants) are available I'd also be interested in them.
As for KAN, as Max104740 has said, there are fortunately also documents that contain only 1 KAN each, as a result the title of the document makes it possible to know which KAN it is. For instance, RH 15/986 contains the KAN 1114(gp) 1.11.41, which I am planning to order. It's a relatively small list though, which is why I hope the documents in the range I have given might hold more (the idea being that the KAN would help reconstruct missing KStN).
As for the Luftwaffe, I am trying to reconstruct the Field divisions. Unfortunately a list of KStN is harder to provide, though I have
this document, which gives the list of KStN (no date, but it should be late 1942 or early 1943). None of those are available afaik, except 5127 and 5227 (from Germandocsinrussia).
It seems there was a new set of KStN issued for these divisions in May 1943, somewhere in the 9300-9600 range (for instance 9425 (L) Sturmgeschützbatterie (mot) einer Luftwaffen-Felddivision), but I haven't been able to get my hands on a full list.
