Original WWII German Luftwaffe Soldbuch – Obergefreiter Heinrich Becker – Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment Moskau

Description

Issued to Becker in 1942.

He served as a radioman for sometime in the following units:

Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment Moskau

The Moscow Air District Signal Regiment was established in Minsk in November 1941 with two detachments for the Moscow Field Air District:
Regiment Staff from Staff / 15th Air District Signal Regiment
Staff I. Detachment as a new formation
1st (Signal) Company as a new formation
2nd (Signal) Company as a new formation
3rd (Signal) Company as a new formation
4th (Signal) Company as a new formation
Staff II. Detachment from Staff V. / 2nd Air District Signal Regiment
8th (Heavy Air Signal) Company from 13th / 2nd Air District Signal Regiment
9th (Heavy Air Signal) Company from 15th / 2nd Air District Signal Regiment
10th (Heavy Air Signal) Company from 15th / 2nd Air District Signal Regiment
11th (Heavy Air Signal) Company from 32nd / Air District Signal Regiment 2
12th (Heavy Air Signal) Company as a New Formation
The regiment was deployed with its headquarters and 1st Battalion in Minsk and 2nd Battalion in Pinsk. In April 1942, the regiment transferred the 9th Heavy Air Signal Company to the 2nd Air District Signal Regiment as the new 15th Company. The company was subsequently reorganized. In October 1942, the 4th Company was transferred to the 82nd Air District Signal Regiment as the 1st Company and was reorganized from the 4th / Air District Signal Regiment Kharkov in April 1943. In June 1943, the regiment was renamed the 27th Air District Signal Regiment. The 4th Company of the regiment was reorganized as the 4th / Air District Signal Regiment 25 in April 1944 and reorganized in Kolodishchi a month later.
The regiment was disbanded on September 2, 1944. The 1st Company became Air Intelligence Operations Company 104, while the 10th – 12th Heavy Air Signaling Companies remained as independent companies. They were deployed in the Radom/Warsaw area in 1945, where they suffered heavy losses.

Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment 2

The 2nd Air District Communications Regiment was formed on 30 September 1939 for the newly formed Air District 2. The regiment initially consisted of: 1st (Telephone) Company 2nd (Staff Communications) Company 3rd (Telephone and Telex Operations) Company 5th (Air Reporting) Company 17th (Replacement) Company Over the next two years the regiment was reinforced to include: Regimental Staff I (Operations) Department II (Air Reporting) Department III (Replacement) Department V (Air Reporting) Department with a total of 23 companies. The II (Air Reporting) Department, set up at the beginning of May 1940 with 8th – 10th Companies, relocated to the Black Forest after it was fully formed and was deployed in the 7th Army sector on the Upper Rhine. From June 15, 1940, the division participated in the 7th Army’s advance into Alsace. After the armistice, the division moved via Trier and Luxembourg to Etampes in France. From there, the division marched to the Atlantic coast and took up positions from the Spanish border to the mouth of the Loire.

It would seem he was drafted into a replacement driving unit and was captured, and returned to his sector in Germany.

July 1942 – Issued a K98 Rifle and Bayonet.

Rare Merkblatt for Plants fit for Consumption !!

Awarded: Trades Badge for Drivers – July 1944.

Interesting ID for – French Occupied Zone in Germany Post War with period photo.