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Originally Posted by DuWhat
Been a member for several years but I tend to read and learn instead of post as you guys knowledge is so much more than mine. Not i'm stumped. I recently purchased from a granddaughter of a deseased WWII vetran a Luftwaffe belt and buckel that he brought back. Standard flying eagle buckel with appears to be a 'brown' belt and i'm wondering if it belonged to a member of a Flak unit. Reason i'm asking is it is marked in two places on the back of belt "5/s.Flakl.Rgt.II".
I assume this is 5th Unit of Flak Regiment II???? Also if that is correct any ideal of where the unit was based? Any help with the id of this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Robert
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According to that link, most all the 3rd Flak Corps was destroyed in the Faliase Pocket during their retreat after Normandy and what was left of the personnel escaped to Germany. It was later re-organized and and "could" have been in Holland, part of the 1st Flak Bde during Operation Market Garden, Flak units at Arnheim/Oosterbeek, Eindhoven and Nijmegen drop zones shooting down those C-47s and gliders during the airdrops is well known by photos and german combat film. I don't think they were in, if they were there, in the Arnhiem/Oosterbeek fighting though. I have been to all three drop zones and those towns mentioned above.
I would think that the soldier who thought it important to mark his belt would also mark his holster which was probably a Flak NCO.
Find that holster with pistol and hopefully it will be marked also. I had two holsters with the owners name inside the holster.
Good luck