Gefechtsstand Bunker. | ||||
The Luftnachrichten Dienst. | ||||
XII Flieger Korps & I Jagdkorps, Zeist, Name unknown. | ||||
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Villa De Breul, the location of GefStd XII Flg.Korps and I JK, the bunker may never have been used operationally. |
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Drawing of bunker. |
The bunker in the spring of 1945. The newly dug trenches indicates recent use. |
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Immediate post war photo. Note painted windows and fake balcony for camouflage. | The building in the 90'ties. | |||
Location. | Recce photo of the bunker and De Breul (just to the left of the black line). With the kind permission of Willem Tiemens. | |||
I Jagdkorps, Braunschweig-Querum, METEOR 1 ?. |
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After a long and futile search I finally got the right clue. The GefStd was located in the Ln-Kasernen in Querum - to-day called the Husaren-Kaserne. This was followed up by Michael Grube, who found a reinforced, gas-proofed cellar, with amour doors and an emergency exit in the former Stabsgebäude. And the final proof: A tunnel from the cellar leading to the Offiziers Kasino :-). During an attack on the city on the night of 29 MAR/30 MAR 1944 the GefStd suffered severe damage. | ||||
Quote from the KTB of I JK, 08.12.43: | ||||
"Mit Wirkung vom 10.12.43 wird der Ausweichgefechststand Ge.Kdo. I. Jagdkorps auf dem Kommandowege Aufgestellt. Aufstellungsort Braunschweig-Querum":
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The location of the GefStd at the Husaren-Kaserne. | ||||
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The Stabsgebäude. |
Details from the cellar. |
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I Jagdkorps/IX Fliegerkorps (Jagd), Treuenbrietzen, Meteor 4. |
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Location by Kai Blitz on the grounds of the Johanniter-Krankenhaus. |
Picture from "Schwere Kämpfe in und um Treuenbrietzen" via Kai Blitz. Using the door as the only available yardstick it is assessed that the bunker was with a layout and of a size similar to that of II JK. | |||
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The hospital in 1936. |
Re-drawn artist impression of the area in 1945, based on new information provided by Mr. Jürgen Zapf. The bunker was demolished by the Soviets post war. |
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This - from my point of vantage sensational photo - depicts the Reichlage Karte in the GefStd in Treuenbrietzen. The map is obviously in scale 1:500.000. Deutsche Chronik – Bilder, Daten, Dokumente 1933 – 1945, Verlag der Nation, Berlin 1981. Via Mr Leif Petersen. | Sketch of the ops.-room drawn by Lt.Gen. J (Beppo) Schmid the commander of I JK in connection with a POW interrogation. | |||
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