3. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division
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- Last Updated: 07 April 2012 07 April 2012
Commanders
Generalleutnant Robert Pistorius (26 Sep 42 - 24 Jan 44)Operations Officers (Ia)
Major Paul Passlick (Nov 1942 - 1943)Major Orthmann (1943 - Jan 1944)
Area of operations
Germany (Sep 1942 - Nov 1942)Eastern front, central sector (Nov 1942 - Jan 1944)
Order of battle
Stab der DivisionI.-IV. Bataillon (Infanterie, without regimental staff)
Radfahr-Kompanie 3 (L)
Artillerie-Regiment 3 (L)
Flak-Abteilung der Luftwaffen-Feld-Division 3 (1)
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 3 (L)
Pionier-Kompanie 3 (L)
Nachrichten-Kompanie 3 (L)
Versorgungstruppen 3 (L)
Footnotes
1. Redesignated IV./Luftwaffen-Artillerie-Regiment 3 in 1943; transferred from the division in November 1943 and redesignated I./Flak-Regiment 43.Sources used
Antonio Muñoz - Göring’s Grenadiers: The Luftwaffe Field Divisions, 1942-1945Georg Tessin - Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht 1933-1945