Flak-Brigade V

Kommandeure:

• GenLt Karl Veith, Aug 1940 - 31 Apr 1942
• GenMaj Max Schaller, 1 May 1942 - 2 Jan 1943
• Oberst Karl Halberstadt, 6 Jan 1943 - 20 Jan 1943
• GenMaj Karl Lüderer, 20 Jan 1943 - 30 Nov 1943
• Oberst Alfred Erhard, 1 Dec 1943 - 30 Jul 1944
• Oberst Kurt Löhr, 1 Aug 1944 - Oct 1944
• Oberst Egon Baur, 27 Oct 1944 - 3 Apr 1945

Ia:

• ?
• Hptm Josef Collingro, 1944 - 3 Apr 1945

Formed Aug 1940 in Dinant from Stab/Flak-Brigade Veith*, and controlled Flak units in the Orleans-Nantes-Brest area. In Jan 1943 moved to Rennes. In Summer 1943 renamed 5. Flak-Brigade.

Organisation 1 Nov 1943:

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 15 (v) in Rennes
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 30 (v) in Cherbourg
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 59 (v) in Paris
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 100 (mot.) in Le Havre
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 79 (mot.) in Lille
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 18 (mot.) in Le Creusot(?)
• Gen.d.Lw.Kanal-Inseln
• Luftnachrichten-Betriebs-Kompanie 165(?)

Stab/Flak-Regiment 18 (mot.) left the brigade in Dec 1943.

Moved to Nimes in Feb 1944 (HQ later at Orange), now with (1 Mar 1944):

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 18 (mot.) in Toulon
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 86 (v) in Narbonne
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 69 (mot.) in Marseille
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 85 (v) in Tarascon
• Luftnachrichten-Betriebs-Kompanie 165(?)

Aug 1944 withdrawn to Belfort and Strassburg.

Became 5. Flak-Brigade (ETr.) in Sep 1944 (controlling all railway AA units in the Reich) with (1 Oct 1944):

Organisation 1 Oct 1944:

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 69 (mot.)
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 72 (Eisb.)
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 159 (ETr.)
• Luftnachrichten-Betriebs-Kompanie 165(?)

Moved to Berlin in Oct 1944, now with (1 Nov 1944):

• Stab/Flak-Regiment 50 (ETr.)
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 159 (ETr.)
• Stab/Flak-Regiment 255 (ETr.)
• Luftnachrichten-Betriebs-Kompanie 165(?)

In Feb 1945 redesignated 30. Flak-Division.

Subordinated to:

Aug 1940 - Mar 1941	II. Flakkorps
Mar 1941 - Sep 1941	Luftgau-Kommando Westfrankreich
Sep 1941 - Oct 1943	Stab/11. Flak-Division(?)
Oct 1943 - Feb 1944	Stab/13. Flak-Division
Feb 1944 - Aug 1944	Luftgau-Kommando Westfrankreich
Aug 1944 - Oct 1944	Luftgau-Kommando V
Oct 1944 - Feb 1945	Luftflotte Reich

* Stab/Flak-Brigade Veith was formed Jun 1940 from Stab/Flugabwehrkommando Schwarzwald (Flak-Regiment 20), to control the Flak units used in the breach of the Maginot-line. After that transferred to Luftgau-Kommando Westfrankreich and became Stab/Flak-Brigade V.