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3rd Luftwaffe Field Division

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from November 1942 to October 1943. Responsibility for the division was transferred to the
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This was later expanded to a regiment and designated I/43rd Motorised Flak Regiment.
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that fought in World War II. It was formed using surplus ground crew of the
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from late 1942 to early 1944 at which time it was disbanded.
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Towards the end of 1942, the division was assigned to
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A luftwaffe soldier on sentry duty somewhere in Russia
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1944
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Nazi Germany
Luftwaffe
Infantry
Division
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Luftwaffe
Wehrmacht
Eastern Front
such divisions
Generalmajor
Robert Pistorious
Army Group Centre
Eastern Front
Nevel
Army
4th
6th Luftwaffe Field Divisions
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