17th November 1942 Beobachtungs Batterie 100
Feldpost cover sent to Oberwachtmeister W. Recker at Ballon Batterie 100 stationed at this time at Jüterbog camp. the contents of the envelope include a hand written letter and a typescript personnel sheet (copy using Roto-Werke?/Mimeograph?) with hand written additions. These list people to their jobs within Ballonzugs B 7.
Note regarding 'Oberwachtmeister' - Oberfeldwebel was taken on as second-highest Protégée-NCO rank by the German Wehrmacht in 1935. In the military branch cavalry, artillery and anti-aircraft artillery it was called Oberwachtmeister.
Ballon Batterie 100
The balloon battery (mot) 100 was created in the winter of 1939/40 in the village of Zinna on the Jüterbog military training area. Its commander was Captain Luyken. From January 1940, the battery stood on the West Wall, then took part in the French campaign and then came to the Channel coast to be prepared for Operation Sea Lion. On the 22nd June 1941, the battery fought on the Eastern Front until October 1942. It was commanded back to Jüterbog to serve in the home garrison as a basis for four new balloon trains, which were supplied to individual observation departments, such as the Observation Detachments 27 and 44.
Document with current envelope details the personnel and their duties
Notes from contributors at Forum der Wermacht:
The designation Bb. 7 should actually mean Beobachtungs-Abteilung 7 :
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/B.../BeobAbt7-R.htm
According to the description in the book by Froben, Aufklärende Artillerie, p. 690, the Balloon Battery 100 was transferred to Jüterbog in October 1942, where it was reorganised into a total of four balloon platoons. It was possibly intended to assign one of these to the B 7. However, this certainly did not take place, as the division was surrounded at Stalingrad was encircled.
The balloon platoon of Bb. 7 was formed by splitting the balloon battery (mot.) 101 in July 1942.
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