[2] It was the first newly-formed motorized flak division that was deployed in the field to provide additional combat strength on the Eastern Front, in this case to Army Group Center in the aftermath of the Battle of Moscow (1941/42).

[1] At the Battle of Kursk, it fought for the 9th Army, as part of Luftflotte 6, and reported 383 downed Soviet aircraft.

[8] By the end of the year 1943, it was at Zboriv, still under the supervision of II Flak Corps (still under Luftflotte 6).

After the destruction of Army Group Center, dubbed "Operation Bagration" on the Soviet side, the 12th Flak Division was initially at Baranavichy and later at Mława.

[1] Much of the division was destroyed in the Battle of Berlin until 2 May 1945, though remnants of the division managed to escape westwards, evade encirclement by the Red Army and surrendered to United States Army forces on 9 May.