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HOFFtfANN Gerhard 

t/epl (itabsgetreiter) 

4 COY 40 GJiF SIGS BEGT 

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1-l.ANSFELD Joachim 

Qadet (Jaehnrd.ch) 

10 COY 3 P.11.RA REG!r 

Deserted; 

Beere t N.o: 

lnterroga ted: 

13 Oct 44. to EAI.t near .t~THENS 

MAA/1965 

CSDIC(MB.in). a~. 6 Dec 44. 

30 Ii ov 44, S. PIETP.O 

J-J4.Zi/1966 I 

CSDIC(l:ain), CMF, 7 Dec ltJt.. 

Subjcc.t of rODort TP and TF equipment and procedure: 

Sigs iclentiticationa and per~onal1ties. 

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HOF!Yi.A?lN : PW is a Z1 year old 'W8.tchnaker from near BBESL/1.U who volunteered. 

for the GAF in 1936. Ho ha.s a.l'\ays served in the sigS' branch. 

He ha.a worked as a toloprini.er nechanio since 1940. He duserted 

because he had strong sym;pa.thies f'or the Greeks, whom he says he 

helped to lioten in to Allied broadcasts. FW tal...Jced m.llingly. 

He is being ewcuated to UK tor f'u.rtli.er specialised interrogation. 

Reliabil~tz : Fairly good. 

Mn.NSF.ELD : PB is a 27 70ar old c~rcial student from BORSIGWEBK (Silesia)who 

"ilD.S in Gta.F aigs frcm :.Opr 39 till Sep lt'+, when he transferred to 

the pa:ratroops. He has not been engaged on telop1'1.nting al.nee 

Jul 44, and his knowledge on technl.co.1 na tterca is not 11early so 

good as that of HOFP.liAI~M. Although a deserter he attoqited to 

be secure. 

Reliability : :Bair 

2. HISroRI a:n YQ'l!EMEllTS 

HOFPMANN : 

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end 39 

; .. pr 40 

lifay 41 

Jun 41 

13 Oct 44 

Ml.NSF.ELD : 

Apr 39 

Odt 42 

Nov 43 

Jan 44 

Feb 44 

,,~pr 44 

Jul '44 

Sep 44 

20 Oct 44 

30 Iiov 44 

With TP Exchange (!ERI'TSCHREIBVERl.iI'fTLUNG)1 Hl.NtlOVER.1 at the 

Luftga.u HQ. 

Vh. th Sigs Coy of' COLOGNE Air De.fence Comnand (LUP.rVER.mID!GUNGS 

Kmii.!MiOO ). • 

Moved "ii'ith G..".F Sigs Regt SOu"'TH-::!:AST to SALONIK/' .... "dith 4 CO"'J of same regt t':> ATHENS (coy later became 4 CO"'J of 

J,.o G.d' Sigs Regt ) • 

Deserted to E/Jii near .la.THENS. 

To 1 GlLF Sigs Regt at KOENIGSBERG. Tre.iriing in sigs \"fQrk. 

.\.fter service in the Polish ca.mpaign, and with VD.1'1.0Ua units, 

posted to 204. GAF Siga Regt (Iasht Fighters), BERLIU. 

Sent to :ilBJU~CE tor int tlt\in2ng. 

To 4 Gi..F Bigs Bn, a.nd with 4 Para Div at NETTONO. 

To Ptll'fl.chutist Detachment Training HQ HiiRTUNG {F.ALLSCHIRll TRUPPE 

LEHRSTJ..B HllRTtU:G) near ROiG as int instructor. 

To 18 GtaF Speoia.l Service .Sigs Coy (mot) near Pl..RIS. Shortly 

after ~ent on course to offl.cers' echool at UALLE. 

Retumed 'GO last u::u.t .. in :mA?rt'"CE. 

Sent to WITTSTOCK for J;>A:ra.chutiat training. 

Posted to 3 Pa.19. Regt. 

Deserted. 
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'· HOFB&ANN could give intm only on 4- Coy. Tlus as responsible for 

naintaining ccmnunications f'or the Luftgau HQ in 11.THEl\S. P:f kneVI no details of tlus, 

e.s he -as employed only on the 2aa.1ntenance of the TP r.aclnncs employed. Only one 

TP exchange ~as mainto.ined by the 001,in I.THENS, t"n.th 15 r.acbines. Ten of these 

\iere used for clear t:ra.nsmssion (r.i.'lde by LORENZ or sm.ms) an:d five for enciphered 

t:ra.nsmissian (T-521 types 11ca 11 t.i.nd "D")• These :r.Acnines txanEll'll.tted by line to an 

'IN atn, fro!!l \'fuich the latter means was used. The receiving atn vlB.s an 'JiV stn, 

from vlb.1ch a line led to a TP stn proper. For turt.her details on TP equipment and 

its use see para 5. 

" telephone exchange was also -:ainto.ined- by the coy. The teleprinter 

exchange also had a branch 11h.1ch sent out met bulletins (\mTERUNISCHBEIB ZEi.fTR.~). 

z... IIENTIFICJ~'l'ICl.JS 

(a) 18 G.11.F' Special Service Si.gs C& (mot) 

l\ccording to i.t.'.rlSFELD, who was with this unit in :m.il;i"'CE fran Jul to 

Sep 44, it is independent a11d does not form part of a bn or regt. It ODJDEI under 

cDJJnand•of the OBdL. B"td'oro DlOVl.ng to PBJ.LtlCE it ..as stationed at DOEBZRITZ, and CSJllB 

under command of Night Fighter comisnd. In JRANCE its prime :l'unct1on \10.S to be the 

establiBhi."aent of communications for tighter and fighter-bomber aerodromes; the TP 

dBts of the Coy {stia belov) wer& equipped with spec1~l vehicloe (SPEZIAL wAGE[t) and 

could be used as mobile TP stns to be sot up at speed on aerodromes. In :fact tho 

Coy \18.B omployed on na:a.ntaininE; comnunico.tions tor 5 PD.ra. ruv. 

The Coy consisted of three platoono, with a total strength of soma 

150 all ranks. 1 o.nd 2 Pls "i"lere WT and telephone construction pls, 3 Pl vas a 

TP/telephone pl. 

3 Pl bad the follcr.11ng TP equipment' 

Three TP vans, two of them nth two TP nnr.hines, ni.dE ~/ SIEM:EfiS,for 

strip transmission (SPRllliGSCHR3IBER) in clear; 

one of them vdth two TP nachincs (type T-52 "C0. 11 ) 

tor enciphered transmission. 

one exchange van, \n. th one TP machine m. th exchange a.ux:l.liar,y; 

one receiving ma.chino; 

one reserve TP rm.chine tor clt.ar tranSlDl.s:.ion. 

(b) 2 C.:..F Sp:cia;l Service Sigs Co;t 

w.NS:BELD heard tho.t this Coy, preauuably of the so.ma type as the 

... a.bove, "o'IB.S stationed some\1here near the Channel cOD.at in eo.rly smmner 44. Iio f'llrthar 

detail~ available. 

5. TP EQUI1¥.EHT (HOF!Yt.NN) 

Pil knew of the following nnch:Lnea - for those in use in his unit see 

para 3. 

(a) T-36 : MAde by LORENz/BIEMENS. lL strip pnnting .iachine, on tho system 

known as iJOKRUll-ICLEINSCln..Im, and lmawn a.a a BTBEIFENBCHREIBER 

or SPRmGSmmmBER. 

{b) T•52 : Four types of mchine, r.o.de during the war, by LOREH2/Sm1ENS, 

1:1.ll capable of t:ra.nsmi tting in clell.r or in cipher. 

T°'JPBS 'Wa:t'ES : 

"J. und B11 

11ca. 11 or 11caesar11 

"D" or 11Do:te." 

"E" or ''Emil", o. typo wluch is snid to be the J.Atest 

available and to be used by tbs !.ra.vy. 

Some ot these DB.chinas are fitted out as page t6le~ri.nters 

(BLATTSCHREIBER) insteiad of as strip toleprinters (SP.RING or 

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(c) SJ~SOE : RI knew this t.o be the cover name for the ·.'T.i.reless tele-

.. printer, though hJ has no detailed. knowledge ot its working. 

SlaEG:i!:FISCH is also the cover name for a WT/'.rP stn. 

liote : HOFFYANN states that the "Oil" and "D" can be used for RV comns. - Two stns co.n also communicate "i"lhan one is equipped with the "i• und 

B" and the other "WJ.th tho 11ca 11 , though a ''C&." at one end cannot 

con.munioa.te vii.th a "D" at the othor. The S/..EGEFISOH oa.n a.lso be 

used for tzansmtting "D" tre.f'f'ic. 

Testing and modifying of TP equipmer.t, e.g. chAnging "ca" to 11D11 

or "D" to ''E", is earned out at tho special workshops (SOIUER· 

~flm.KS~t..TT) of the G.\11' Sigs School at H,,Lu.~.a.s. (¥..a.p ref' : 

GE!-'.lr~i.NY 1 :100,odo Sheet 87 Umgebung von Tt:~ a.s. i,i,.965707). 

6 • TF EQ~Bl.ENT (l.!At"'SFELD) 

(a) pa lmew ot the following sets of TF apparatus vthJ.ch "frdre used by 

Night Fighter Cmmuand. They wro rm.de in BERLDf, by a Belgian tum oalled BELL (?) 1 

-rlho had built them undor US?.. licer1se. 

TJU 

TFb 1 to 6 

MEK 8 

l:fG 15 

7',.\'mK. 12 

(b) The tY:Pe of TF a:ppara.tus used by the Reichspost on trunk lines y,as 

capable of passing ~60 oonvorsa."G1ans over the same lino. 

(c) BOA 12 TF set 

This is capable of pa.ssmg 12 conversations over the same line. Sl.id 

to be 4~11.ca.n nada. No f'urther details available. 

7 • TP PBOQ!DJlm AND SEOURITr 

(a) TP Stn Nams and Code Procedure 

Aceorcb.ng to !'""J.fSFEriD ea.ch G...la.F TP stn 1s given a four-letter DA&ae, 

the first le ttcr for which is f'.l'ilf\ys L for LUFJ.'W.AFFE, the second the initial letter 

of the location ot the stn, th"' third and fourth indicating the HQ served by the stn. 

Thus, LBRL is the stn of the :e::RLIN .air Mini&tr,f, where L=LUE'NAFEE, B=Br:RLIN, 

BL=REICF.SIJJJTY:CJISTERltlli. 

TP exobanges (VERll.IT'.rLU?iGEN) have five letters in their designation, 

·which always begin with VL. Othe:ndsE. letters are allotted OR the above basis. 

PH ate.tea. that Q ~roups were nl'ways used and that their clear rooanJ.ng 

neter changes. 

(b) TP Secur:Ltz in GREECE 

HOFFW'i.NJ:i stated that in 4 Coy 40 t.!J..F Bigs Regt TP tra.namssion in cipher 

was do:ie according to regulations !(Lying dawn secunty measures tor the t:rD.ffio. 

}!onthl7 ~bles vtere issued giving the oo.~bi:na.tLons ot settings and connections for 

the various adjustable parts of the equipmant. Settings ~mre charrged daily at 

0900 hrs. rhe of'ficer i/c TP comns kept the schedule for the rnon'Lh in his security 

box and issued oporators mth a strip 'Wl.th daily settings every morlll.ng. 

8. PERSQii;.LITIES 

Col I SCHUETZE CSO (1.;achrJ.ohtentuehrer) in GAF Sigs 

Regt SOUTHEAST, later 40 Gil' Sigs Regt, 

till j•pr 42, "ilhen he •s posted to ROO, 

ca:paoi ty unk11mm. 
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Lt-Col WJIEBBBUSCH (Oct li4) CSO (nachriohtenf'uehre r) a. t "Km.~ .1\?m'.) 

F.LUG", ..1\THEl'JS. 

C&pt HATTENKOFER (Sep li4) OC 18 Ga'£F Specio.l Servi.co Sigs Coy (mot). 

2/Lt STREICHER ca~ 44) In ,, " II " If II ,, 

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ROSE (Oct 44.) 

ZIMl".GVSia 

lua.tmnn CHRIST.i:alSEN 

OC 5 (?) Coy 40 G..J1 S1gs Regt. 

HOO i/c Special Workshops at ~ Sigs 

School at H.\t.LE (see para 5). 

i/c t&loprinter soc in Spc:;c1&l Workshops. 

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c. s_. n. I. c. (tdiain), 

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H.T.SHERGOLD,ilajor,I.O. 

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12 Dec 44. CS:JIC(*in), CMP, 

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