Books on Feldpostnummern

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Peter Kassak
Feldpostummern and Luftwaffe units...
Sat Apr 13 13:41:50 2002
158.195.16.233

HI all.

I have a specific question.
Is it possible to identify the Luftwaffe unit according to the Feldpostnummer? did the units have their own Feldpostnummer during the all time of WWII? Or it was related to the airfield?
I would greatly appreciate if you can sent me some list of the feldpostnummers and the units who owned them.
I am interested in 1943-44, mainly Austrian area.
Thanks for any help...

Peter http://www.lwag.org/ubb/smile.gif

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From TOCH!:

Larry deZeng
FpNs
Sat Apr 13 23:23:36 2002
64.12.104.21

The Feldpostnummern ran all the way up to around 85000, and many of them were issued and reissued as many as 5 or 6 times as units were formed and disbanded. People look them up in the following reference:
Kannapin, Norbert, Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945. 3 Bde (I – III) (Osnabrück, 1980-82).
This is a massive tabulation of all of the Feldpostnummern.
(Larry)

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PK
Thanks a lot (n/t)...
Mon Apr 15 07:56:45 2002
158.195.16.233

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Tom
Feldpostnummer
Sat May 25 08:59:32 2002
212.125.48.14

Hi everybody,
I have a question concerning a Feldpostnummer. It is "L 28731 or 28751". Which unit is it?

Thanks Tom

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Larry deZeng
FpN L 28731
Sat May 25 17:05:00 2002
205.188.198.178

is III./JG 77. L 28751 was a Heer number.
(Larry)

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Tom
Re: FpN L 28731
Sun May 26 16:46:07 2002
212.125.48.12

Thank you very much, Larry, do you also know the Staffel of III./JG 77?
Regards
Tom

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From TOCH!:

Larry deZeng
III./JG 77
Sun May 26 18:03:33 2002
152.163.197.84

Gruppenstab III.: L 24187, 28731;
7.St.: L 33858, 31587, 09797, 32936;
8.St.: L 30508, 32936, 33746;
9.St.: L 18152, 34840, 63624;
10.St.: L 31587;
11.St.: L 32936;
12.St.: L 60738.
To sort these out, you need the 3 Norbert Kannapin volumes on the Feldpostübersicht (Biblio Verlag, early 'eighties), or the Rosch book on Luftwaffe Codes and Markings (Schiffer Publishing, 1995) or the 4-volume Jochen Prien history of JG 77. It's all there.
(Larry)

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From 12 O'Clock High!:

Marko Jeras
When was (post) L 36348 of 15./JG 52 established?
Tue Jul 23 23:36:54 2002
195.29.132.203

Hope somebody have a document with this data.

Thank you in advance and I hope to hear from you soon.

Best regards,

Marko

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LwFlieger
FpN for 15./JG 52
Tue Jul 30 04:49:24 2002
205.188.208.9

According to the Kannapin book, this FpN first appeared sometime in the period July 30 41 to Feb 28th 42. The Staffel was "formed" as 15./JG 52 in October 41 as the Luftwaffe term for the IV Fighter Group (IV. Lovacka skupina) of the Croatian Air Force. The unit was actually created on July 14 41 at Zagreb and had Luftwaffe uniforms when subsequently training in Germany.

Therefore the start date for the use of FpN L36348 is unclear but it was probably from no later than October 41.

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Marko Jeras
Thank you very much for interesting data. All the best. n/t
Tue Jul 30 23:23:34 2002
195.29.61.37

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Russ Heinl
Luftwaffe bases fall of 1944
Tue Aug 20 02:09:56 2002
64.180.97.110

Hello;

Can anyone tell me how I might find a list of all the active Luftwaffe airbases for the the fall of 1944?

Many thanks in advance for any help you might be able to afford.

Cheers
Russ

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Alex Martin
Airfields book
Tue Aug 20 03:38:21 2002
205.188.192.186

Hi,

Here is one book: Fliegerhorstkommandanturen und Flugplatze der deutschen Luftwaffe 1935-1945 by Gianfranco Mattielo, published by Biblio Verlag
I understand it contains almost all of them.

Regards,
Al

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Russ Heinl
Luftwaffe air bases
Tue Aug 20 15:48:32 2002
64.180.97.110

Hi Al;

thanks for the tip on the book, I'll track one down.

Cheers;
Russ

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C. Herrera
Airfield book
Tue Aug 20 04:56:42 2002
67.28.109.66

Alex,
I have that book and it's somewhat disapointing in that it just list the airfields without any more detail.
For instance,
"Rethimon
Nordkueste Kreta."

AND

Pl. Kmdo. Rethymon der Fl. H. Kmdtr. E 203/XVII (GR)
FPNr 53277 (30.6.44)
06.41-1944 in Einsatz...

It does give the Feld Post nummern for each airfield.

Carlos

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Russ Heinl
Luftwaffe air bases
Tue Aug 20 15:54:00 2002
64.180.97.110

Hi Carlos;

Thanks for the info on the book that Al mentioned.

All I need is the squadron or unit that was stationed at certain air bases in the fall of '44. I am cross referencing a missing Luftwaffe cousins trail and know the bases that the American was at who found the item.

It is not a long list, they are all near Metz France. May I email you the list? But would you be kind enough to have a fast look into your book for me?

Please advise, your help is most appreciated.
Cheers;
Russ

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Anonymous
Re: Luftwaffe air bases
Tue Aug 20 22:22:54 2002
192.31.106.35

Russ,

The book does NOT mention any LW units stationed at the bases in question. All it gives is the official designation of the airfield, a FPN, and some other sundry info.

Carlos

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From within a thread on 12 O'Clock High!:

Dave Williams
Where can one find Feldpost Nummers?
Wed May 21 21:10:55 2003
64.235.173.32

Is there a comprehensive, up-to-date listing of all Feldpost Nummers for the entire war? If so, where can such knowledge be found? If not, where can one find the largest accumulation of identified F.Pnr's?
TIA!

Dave Williams

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From TOCH!:

Ed West
Book suggestion
Thu May 22 03:06:47 2003
64.7.186.141

Although I do not own it, there is a 3 volume set:
Die deutsche Feldpostubersicht by Norbert Kannapin that was published by Biblio Verlag, 1980-1982.

Hope this helps,
Ed

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Dave Williams
Thanks...
Thu May 22 17:09:27 2003
64.235.173.32

Thanks Ed... I'll keep an eye out for it!

Dave

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Marcel Hogenhuis
VMD-Verlag (CD-Roms) still alive ?
Wed Jan 7 16:36:53 2004
217.122.92.115

Hello,

I recently got a CD-Rom from a reseller with a very handy database of Feldpostnumbers. Now I am looking for the catalog of CD-Roms but www.vmd-media.com nor the email address do respond. Any ideas whether this company does still exist?

All the best, Marcel Hogenhuis
Study Group Venlo Airfield in WW-2

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Steve W.
VDM or VMD?
Wed Jan 7 18:43:00 2004
205.188.208.166

VDM Verlag is the Heinz Nickel operation in Zweibrücken, but I've never heard of VMD. Is that a new publisher? Where are they located?

Steve

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falcon
http://www.vdmedien.de (nm)
Wed Jan 7 19:01:29 2004
62.226.126.172