19.
FALLSCHIRMJAEGER SOLDBUCH Grouping - FJR
29 - FALLSCHIRM-PANZERZERSTÖR ABT. 11 -
Rare!
Named grouping to Wolfgang PFEIFER
who served at war's end in
Fallschirmjaeger Regiment 29. He was
originally in flight observer training
in 1943 and into 1944 when he as
assigned to KAMPFGESCHWADER 55 "Greif."
then transferred to Fallschirmjager
service with EXTREMELY RARE unit -
FALLSCHIRM-PANZERZERSTÖR ABT. 11 -
certainly a unit using Panzerschreck
rocket launchers! then assigned to FJR
29 fighting in the final battles of the
War in the East. Also comes with his
FLugbuch listing several flights and
ID's.
The 29th Parachute Regiment was set up
in March 1945 in the area north of Graz.
The regiment is not included in the
field post overview. The regiment was
subordinate to the 10th Parachute
Division. The regular personnel of the
regiment came from the 2nd /
Fallschirmjäger Regiment 3 and the 2nd /
Fallschirmjäger Regiment 11. A 13th
(grenade launcher) and a 14th (tank
destroyer) company were also partially
set up. Soldiers from the Luftwaffe war
schools in Berlin-Gatow, Straubing,
Fürstenfeldbruck, Dresden and Ergolding
near Landshut, as well as the personnel
from the flying units and the ground
organization of Air Fleet 6, were used
to replenish the regiment. From April
17, 1945, the reinforced II. Battalion
of the regiment, together with the
Parachute Regiment 30 and the III. /
Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 28 deployed
against the Russian formations advancing
south west of Vienna near St. Pölten on
both sides of the Traisen. On April 20,
1945, the association fought in the line
Echenau - Buchberg - Nordrant Traisen -
Wiesenfeld. On April 23, the 2nd
Battalion of the regiment was deployed
east of the 30th Parachute Regiment near
Marktl. On April 27, 1945, the deployed
parts of the regiment were relieved and
marched to Melk together with the 10th
Parachute Division. From there it was
transported by rail to Czechoslovakia to
the left wing of the 8th Army fighting
near Brno. The regiment, which arrived
southwest of Brünn in early May 1945,
was immediately deployed in battalions
against superior Russian armored units.
The regiment was wiped out in heavy
fighting in the Brünn - Tischnowitz -
Iglau area. The rest were taken prisoner
in the area west of Brno.
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