Luftnachrichten-Regiment 57

Kommandeure:

?

Stab:

Formed 1.44 in Paris from Stab/Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment Holland.

8.44 to Metz, and disbanded 9.44.

I. Abteilung:

Formed 5.43 in Paris(?) with:

1. Fernsprech- und Fernschreib-Betriebs-Kompanie in Paris(?)

Reorganised in 3.44:

1. Fernsprech- und Fernschreib-Betriebs-Kompanie in Paris(?)

2. Funk-Kompanie in Paris (new)

3. Flugmelde-Auswerte- und Betriebs-Kompanie in Paris (new)

4. Telegrafen-Bau-Kompanie in Paris (new) [8.44 to Rochefort]

9.44 withdrawn to Kreis Tübingen with 1. - 3. Kompanien, attached to the 16. Flieger-Division. 10.44 in Karlsruhe

On 27.2.45 Stab I./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 57 became Stab/Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 66.

II. Abteilung:

The companies were formed 5.43, while the Stab II./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 57 was formed in 12.43 from Stab III./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 53. Probably stationed in the Paris area.

4. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Dreux(?) (Stellung "?") [designation uncertain]

5. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Les Alluets-le-Roi (Stellung "Perlhuhn"), formed from 27./Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment Westfrankreich

6. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Etampes (Stellung "Emu")

7. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Nangis (Stellung "Nusskaher")

9. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Le Plessis-Belleville(?) (Stellung "Bussard") [designation uncertain]

In 3.44 4./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 57 became 8./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 57

The entire Abteilung was disbanded 9.44, except 6. and 9. Kompanien which still existed in early 1945. 12.44 in Augsberg-Pfersee.

III. Abteilung:

Formed 3.44 in Orleans(?) with:

10. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Brou (Stellung "Barbe")

11. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Orleans (Stellung "Orang")

12. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Bellegarde (Stellung "Bekassine") [formed 3.44]

13. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Brinon (Stellung "Brillenschlange") [formed 3.44]

14. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Chantillon Coligny (Stellung "Schildkröte")

15. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Briare (Stellung "Barsch") [designation uncertain, formed 3.44]

The entire Abteilung was disbanded 9.44.

IV. Abteilung

Formed 5.43 in Troyes(?).

16. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Estissac (Stellung "Eisvogel")

17. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Troyes (Stellung "Turmfalk")

18. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Coulange s. Yonn (Stellung "Kanarienvogel")

19. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Saulieu (Stellung "Sautier")

20. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Nevers (Stellung "Nebelkrähe")

21. Flugmelde-Leit-Kompanie in Autun (Stellung "?")

The entire Abteilung was disbanded 9.44. The IV. Abteilung and 16.-21. Kompanien are not listed in the Feldpostübersicht, but appears on various Allied Intelligence reports as well as German radar organisation maps.