28th August 1940
Bau Bataillon 4/XI
Official cover sent from Luftwaffe Bau Bataillon 4/XI at Bockhorn with a typewritten reply to a correspondent who has previously requested that Flieger (Flg. = Private) Bratherig be given leave. the request is denied. Whilst there may be no connection, it is to be noted that an R. Bratherig was killed in his Ju 52 near the Hague on 10th May 1940. ref: 28.08.1940
The correspondence denying a request for leave
'Reading' the abbreviated address in the upper left corner:
2./ - 2nd Company
Lw, B.batl. - Luftwaffe, Bau Bataillon (Construction)
4/XI - 4th Battalion/ Luftgau XI
Notes:
4th Battalion formed in Summer 1940 with 3 companies. Disbanded Summer 1943.
Feldpost numbers 01588 and 02344
Luftwaffe construction units were established in 1939 from Reichsarbeitsdienst units transferred to the Luftwaffe, and reinforced with technically competent older conscripts, later also with prisoners of war and foreign volunteers (Hiwis). The main task was the construction and maintenance of military air bases. In 1944 the bulk of the construction units were transferred to the Organization Todt; those remaining under Luftwaffe control becoming Luftwaffe pioneers.
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