Marineartillerieabteilung 609
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- Published: 18 December 2012 18 December 2012
- Last Updated: 18 December 2012 18 December 2012
by Gareth Collins
Formed in Flatow in Pomerania in August 1943. The Abteilung was then moved to the Peloponnese in southern Greece and based in Kalamata under the control of Seekommandant Peloponnes. In October 1944 it retreated over Thessaloniki and Croatia to Zelje. It surrendered to Yugoslavian forces.
Kommandeur
Korvettenkapitän M.A. der Reserve Dr. Kurt Jahncke (00 Aug 1943-00 May 1945)
Sources used
Research by Gareth Collins
Erich Gröner - Die Schiffe der deutschen Kriegsmarine und ihr Verbleib 1939-1945, J.F. Lehmanns Verlag, München (1976)
Hans H. Hildebrand - Die organisatorische Entwicklung der Marine nebst Stellenbesetzung 1848 bis 1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück (2000)
Hans H. Hildebrand & Ernest Henriot – Deutschlands Admirale 1849-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück (1989)
Hans H. Hildebrand, Albert Röhr & Hans-Otto Steinmetz – Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe, Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg (1980)
Walter Lohmann & Hans H. Hildebrand – Die Deutsche Kriegsmarine, Verlag Hans-Henning Podzun, Bad Nauheim (1956)
Reference material on this unit
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