Formed 7.40 in Essen as le.Reserve-Flak-Abt.743 (from 7.42 as le.Flak-Abt. 743), with 1. - 3. Batterien.

4./le.743 formed 10.41 from 4./512; 5./le.743 was formed 4.2.44 from le.Flak-Bttr.zbV 6927.

In 5.43 4./le.743 became 5./749, and was reformed; 1.45 3./le.743 was disbanded, and was reformed from le.Flak-Bttr.zbV 6857.

Service:

• 8.41 in Nowgorod [as le.743 (v)]
• 2.42 at Sapolje
• 4.42 at Sapolje under 2. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 41)
• 8.42 in Osnabrück [now as le.743 (o)]
• 1.11.43 in Osnabrück under 15. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9)
• 1.1.44 in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9)
• 1.2.44 in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9)
• 1.3.44 in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9)
• 1.4.44 in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9)
• 1.5.44 in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9)
• 1.6.44 in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9)
• 1.7.44 in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9)
  • in Bad Zwischenahn under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 63) [5./le.743]
• 1.8.44 in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [Stab, 1.-5./le.743]
• 1.9.44 in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [Stab, 1.-5./le.743]
• 1.10.44 in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [Stab, 1.-5./le.743]
• 1.11.44 in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [Stab, 1.-4./le.743]
  • in Rheine(?) under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 61) [5./le.743 under Stab/le.879]
• 1.12.44 in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [Stab, 1., 3.-4./le.743]
  • in Münster under 22. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 47) [2./le.743]
  • in Rheine(?) under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 61) [5./le.743 under Stab/le.879]

Fieldpost numbers: Stab (32344), 1. Batterie (32981), 2. Batterie (33121), 3. Batterie (33436, from 1.45: 61534), 4. Batterie (22658, from 6.43: 54043), 5. Batterie (53456)

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