11) to oversee the air defense of Luftgau Westfrankreich in German-occupied France was created from a previous command staff named Fortress Flak Commander III (Höherer Kommandeur der Festungs-Flak III).

[1] The initial division HQ was stationed at Bordeaux, with Helmuth Richter as divisional commander.

[3] In January 1943, it was moved to the southern France and deployed its HQ to Nîmes, from where it oversaw the 45th, 69th, 85th and 653rd Flak Regiments.

It was deployed under air district Luftgau VIII and eventually placed under the supervision of I Flak Corps in April 1945.

Towards the end of the war, it subsequently was in Cosel, Troppau and Mährisch-Ostrau,[1] in Czechoslovakia.