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Täffner, Otto

Date of birth:
July 17th, 1896 (Wolfstein/Palatinate, Duitsland)
Date of death:
May 1st, 1945
Buried on:
German War Cemetery am Nagelberg
Row: 1. Grave: 245.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
1st October 1939: Major;
1st March 1942: Oberstleutnant;
October 1944: Oberst.

Career:
October 1939: III. / Flak-Regiment 9;
1943 until June 1944: Kommandeur Leichte Flak-Abteilung 668.
June 1944: Kommandeur Feld-Flakartillerieschule 31 (West) at Chartres in France;
October 1944: Kommandeur Feld-Flakartillerieschule 40 (Ost) at Senica in Slovakia.

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Sources

  • Photo 1: Koen Hermsen
  • - Foto
    - Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, Abteilung für Wehrmachtpropaganda; 57 folders (Geheim-Akten) of "Personalveränderungen"
    - Mehner K. and Teuber R., Die deutsche Luftwaffe 1939-1945, Führung und Truppe, Norderstedt, 1993
    - Zweng C., Die Dienststellen, Kommandobehörden und Truppenteile der Luftwaffe 1935-1945, Band 1: Nr. 1-10, Osnabrück, 1999
    - Volksbund

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