3rd Luftwaffe Field Division (Germany)

3.Luftwaffen-Feld-Division was formed in mid-1942 and attached to Heeresgruppe Mitte. It was transferred to the German Army on 1 November 1943 and named 3.Feld-Division(L). The division was disbanded on 22 January 1944 after suffering heavy losses at Vitebsk. The remnants were absorbed by 4. Feld-Division(L) and 6. Feld-Division(L).

Commanders

Operations Officers

Area of Operations

Order of battle

Footnotes

1. Redesignated IV./Luftwaffen-Artillerie-Regiment 3 in 1943; transferred from the division in Nov 1943 and redesignated I./Flak-Regiment 43.

Sources Used

Antonio Muñoz - Göring’s Grenadiers: The Luftwaffe Field Divisions, 1942–1945