Luftwaffe Bau-Kompanie 53 / Luftgau XI.
Material: aluminum
Further information:
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Luftgaue/Luftgau11.htm
Unit History (translated and edited from the original German entry):
1. Formation and Subordination:
Established on 12 October 1937 in Hanover; relocated to Hamburg in March 1940. In spring 1940, Denmark was also placed under the authority of the Luftgau headquarters.
2. Commanders:
– 12 October 1937: Major General Christian Friedrich Willich
– 1 February 1939: General of the Air Force Ludwig Wolff
3. Subordinate Airfields and Air Bases:
Airfields included: Rechlin, Perleberg, Wittstock, Ludwigslust, Hagenow, Uetersen, Neumünster, Stendal, Gardelegen, Hoya, Faßberg, Celle, Wunstorf, Vechta, Hage, Oldenburg, Varel, Tutow, Barth, Anklam, Westerland, Schleswig, Holtenau, Bremerhaven, Parow, Bug (Rügen), Rotenburg, Diepholz, Dedelsdorf, Borkum, Wilhelmshaven, Tönning, Tarnewitz.
Air bases included: Nordholz, Vechta, Hage, Marx, Brockzetel, Varel, Zwischenahn, Große Breite, Wittensee, Selenter See, Kohlebissen, Hustedt, Bissel.
Additional airfields: Zwischenahn, Wangerooge, Rerik.
Major airfields: Blankensee, Delmenhorst, Greifswald, Güstrow, Husum-Schwesing, Jever, Parchim, Langenhagen, Lüneburg, Salzwedel, Schwerin, Stade.
Subordinate Air Defense Units:
– Headquarters / Fighter Wing 1 (30 Nov – Dec 1939)
– II./Jagdgeschwader 77 (20 Aug – 1 Oct 1939)
– II.(J)/Carrier Group 186 (September 1939)
– Headquarters / Zerstörergeschwader 26 (September 1939)
– I./Zerstörergeschwader 26 (September 1939)
– III./Zerstörergeschwader 26 (September 1939)
