Formed 7.41 in Luftgau XI as le.Reserve-Flak-Abt.871 (from 10.42 as le.Flak-Abt. 871), with:

Stab/le.871 new
1./le.871 from le.Res.Flak-Bttr. 25./XI
2./le.871 from le.Res.Flak-Bttr. 24./XI
3./le.871 from le.Flak-Bttr./Gruppe Fürstenwalde

4./le.871 was formed in 10.42 from 4./461.

3./le.871 became le.Flak-Bttr.zbV 3807 in 5.43, and was reformed 6.43; In 7.44 Stab/le.871 became Stab/Heimat-Flak-Abt. 5./XI - not reformed.

Service:

• 1941/45 in Hannover(?)
• 1.11.43 in Hannover under 15. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 25) [Stab/le.871]
  • in Braunschweig under 15. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 65) [1.-3./le.871]
• 1.1.44 in Hannover under 15. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 25)
  • in Braunschweig under 15. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 65) [2./le.871]
  • in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [3./le.871]
• 1.2.44 in Hannover under 15. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 25)
  • in Braunschweig under 15. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 65) [2./le.871]
• 1.3.44 in Hannover under 15. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 25)
  • in Braunschweig under 15. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 65) [2./le.871]
  • in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [3./le.871]
• 1.4.44 in Hannover under 15. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 25)
  • in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [3./le.871]
• 1.5.44 in Hannover under Flak-Brigade zbV (Stab/Flak-Regiment 25)
• 1.6.44 in Hannover under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 25)
  • in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [3./le.871]
• 1.7.44 in Hannover under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 25)
  • in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [3./le.871]
• 1.8.44 in Hannover under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 25) [1.-2., 4./le.871]
  • in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [3./le.871]
• 1.9.44 in Hannover under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 25) [1.-2., 4./le.871 under Stab/s.461]
  • in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [3./le.871 under Stab/le.743]
• 1.10.44 in Hannover under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 25) [1.-2., 4./le.871 under Stab/s.801]
  • in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [3./le.871 under Stab/le.743]
• 1.11.44 in Hannover under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 25) [2., 4./le.871 under Stab/s.801]
  • in Stuttgart under 28. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 139) [1./le.871]
  • in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [3./le.871]
• 1.12.44 in Hannover under 8. Flak-Brigade (Stab/Flak-Regiment 25) [2., 4./le.871 under Stab/s.801]
  • in Stuttgart under 28. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 139) [1./le.871]
  • in Osnabrück under 8. Flak-Division (Stab/Flak-Regiment 9) [3./le.871]

Fieldpost numbers: Stab (31519), 1. Batterie (22017), 2. Batterie (21886), 3. Batterie (27759; from 6.43: 55463), 4. Batterie (24541)

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