German Flak

schwere Flak-Abteilung 514 (o)

Formed 26 Aug 1939 in Berlin with 1. - 6. schwere Batterien, and no Stab. Until Jul 1942 known as Res.Flak-Abt. 514.

In mid-1940 reorganised as a normal gemischte Abteilung with 5 Batterien:

Stab/Res.514 from Stab/
1./Res.514 from 3./514
2./Res.514 from 4./514
3./Res.514 from 5./514
4./Res.514 from Fla-MG-Res.Kp. 56
5./Res.514 from le.Res.Flak-Bttr. 1./III

(the old 1. - 2. and 6./514 had become 1. - 3./

Reorganised as a schwere Abteilung in 1943:

4./gem.514 became 4./ and was reformed
5./gem.514 became 3./ and was reformed
6./s.514 new

7./s.514 was formed in 1944.

Stab/s.514 operated as Stab/Flakgruppe Aachen until Sep 1944, when it was reorganised as a gemischte Abteilung and moved to the western front.

In Dec 1944 reduced to 2. - 4./s.514:

Stab/s.514 became Stab/
5./s.514 became 1./
6./s.514 became 2./
7./s.514 became 3./
1./s.514 became 1./

2./s.514 was also known as RAD 6./334.

Service:

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