LW Flak Abt.353 Wehrpass (Flak Kampfabz.)

The Wehrpass shows overall normal signs of use. It's solid and complete with all pages. It belonged to Obergefreiter Strohmeier. Strohmeier joined the Luftwaffe in January 1940 in the 1.Batterie Rekruten-Lehrgang before moving to the 5.Batterie Reserve Flak Abteilung 503. After spending a couple of months with this unit he switched to the 2.Batterie Reserve Festung Flak Abteilung 351. This unit was stationed in Bruchsal, but disbanned in July 1941. The 2.Batterie was used to form the 2.Batterie schwere Flak Abteilung 353. Here Strohmeier served most of time during the war (Mai 1940 - Jan.1944). This abteilung was stationed in Essen, Germany.

According to the 'Gefechtskalender' in the Wehrpass the position Strohmeier's unit had to defend had to deal with a lot of air attacks. This is all noted on pages 32 and 33. With this unit he had a total of 110 days with combat activity and 10 days of combat activity under enemy action.
 
The last unit he served in was the 2.Batterie schwere Flak Abteilung 404. With this unit he had a total of 55 days with combat activity and 21 days of combat activity under enemy action and defence against major British attacks.

Strohmeier was skilled to operated the following weapons' Karabiner 98k, 2cm Flak 30, Flakscheinwerfer 150cm and the 2cm Flak 28 (Oerlikon).

He was awarded the Tätigkeitsabzeichen der Flakartillerie on 17.10.1942 and the Kampfabzeichen Flak Artillerie on the 5.11.1943.