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You're welcome. I hope you'll be able to find more details on the fate of your uncle's plane and who were involved. It is still a long shot, but...

I may have found the first German reference to the mission, although there are (as always) some discrepancies:

When it comes to microfilms kept at Nara, this is probably the best start: Sturmpanzer.com - Sturmpanzer and WW2 German Army Research The...

Tom, did you ever follow up with the AHF member 'andernach' about the actions of SS-Flak-Abt.12 in this period? (RFI: Hubert Meyer , The 12th SS:...

The red line indicates the boundary of a municipality. The straight section is fairly arbitrary, but 'Odon' indicates the Odon river. Hence the...

You're very welcome Tom. Glad to be able to help a bit in your quest to find out what happened to your uncle. I find cases like yours deeply...

I./53 would indeed appear to be the most likely battalion because of the location of its five batteries. The map in the book, while interesting,...

This message on the kill claim was directed to the Ia of the III.Flak-Korps and may well originate from Flak-Sturm-Rgt.4 which is the only unit...

Hello Tom, thank you for your very thorough post. We have already briefly discussed this on AHF, but I noticed I never followed up on that. Any...

Thanks for the link. Looks interesting. I've only glanced over this, but one thing that's important to realize when it comes to determining German...

FWIW: On 9 June LXXXIV.A.K. was informed that it would receive 13./Sich.Rgt.193 to guard the POW camp at Amigny (just NW of Alencon). Generally...

To get you started: 1950. Will try to post a better and earlier version later. I sure would be interested to learn more about the German presence...

Last time I looked into this division I found it was poorly covered online. Very few of its records appear to have been digitized . I certainly...

Based on the cover I assume this is about the flying troops rather than the Flak and paratroopers?

Have you tried the Axis History Forum? I know there are experts on both the 1. and 12.SS there. Niels

The fighting around La Fiere remains difficult to understand and the many conflicting sources do not make it easier. It is a shame that the aerial...

There were no Flak-trains, but there were trains with Flak. These weapons belonged to a dedicated railroad Flak battalion: le.Flak-Abt.955 (E.Tr)....

Thanks for posting Steven. It's a long time since I last looked at these particular microfilms (I wish the quality was better). I've little doubt...

Hello Steven, over the past few years I've not spend too much time reading and searching for personnel accounts, but as you can see from other...