Date of birth:

July 20th, 1921

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Herbert Krause served from August 1939 until July 1942 with I. / Flak-Regiment 51 within the 6.Flak-Division (motorisiert). He was in 1940 active in France and 1941-42 in northern Russia. From July 1942 until March he served with leichte Flak-Abteilung 75 of the same Division (a.o. Leningrad ). Between March to August 1943 he was detached with the Staff of the 6.FIak-Division (motorisiert) after which he served with I. / Flak-Abteilung 111 leicht (motorisiert) of that same Division, then still active in northern Russia.
In January 1944 he was transferred to schwere Flak-Abteilung 267(o), a stationary heavy Flak unit, based in northern Germany (Bremen). Between August 1944 and January 1945, he served with schwere Flak-Abteilung 647(o), a stationary heavy Flak unit, then based in Eastern Germany. The final months of the war he served again with schwere Flak-Abteilung 647(o) in Bremen.

Promotions:
1st October 1939: Gefreiter;
25th February 1940: Unteroffizier-Anwärter;
1st January 1941: Unteroffizier;
1st August 1941: Wachtmeister;
1st May 1942: Leutnant;
1st November 1943: Oberleutnant;
11th December 1944: Hauptmann.

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