The 15. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division was formed in Russia in November 1942 from surplus personnel of Luftflotte 4 and assigned to Heeresgruppe Don on the southern sector of the Eastern front. After suffering heavy losses, the division was reinforced in March 1943 with personnel from the disbanded 7. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division and 8. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division. As a result of sustaining heavy losses in the fighting at Taganrog, the division was not transferred to the Heer and was instead disbanded in November 1943. The remnants were allocated to the 336. Infanterie-Division.

Commanders

General der Flieger Alfred Mahnke (1 Nov 1942 - 1 Jan 1943)
Oberst Heinrich Cornrody (1 Jan 1943 - 15 Feb 1943)
Generalleutnant Willibald Spang (15 Feb 1943 - 6 Nov 1943)

Operations Officers (Ia)

Major Wolf (Oct 1942 - Dec 1942)
Major August Fischer-See (1 Jan 1943 - ?)

Area of operations

Eastern front, southern sector (Nov 1942 - Nov 1943)

Order of battle

Stab der Division
Luftwaffen-Jäger-Regiment 29
Luftwaffen-Jäger-Regiment 30
Luftwaffen-Artillerie-Regiment 15
Panzerjäger-Abteilung der Luftwaffen-Feld-Division 15
Luftwaffen-Pionier-Bataillon 15
Radfahr-Kompanie der Luftwaffen-Feld-Division 15
Luftnachrichten-Kompanie der Luftwaffen-Feld-Division 15
Versorgungseinheiten der Luftwaffen-Feld-Division 15

Sources used

Antonio Muñoz - Göring’s Grenadiers: The Luftwaffe Field Divisions, 1942-1945
Georg Tessin - Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht 1933-1945

Reference material on this unit

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