The 7th Flak Division (German: Flak-Division 7) was a Flak division of the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II.
In March 1940, the air defenses in the Ruhr area, currently under exclusive control of 4th Air Defense Command (the later 4th Flak Division), then deployed to Düsseldorf, were reorganized through the creation of the new 7th Air Defense Command (Luftverteidigungs-Kommando Nr.
[1]: 78 In the meantime, Menzel had been succeeded by Max Hesse on 5 May 1941 and by Heinrich Burchard on 1 August 1941.
The final divisional commander was a colonel-ranked officer (later promoted to Generalmajor) named Alfred Erhard, who assumed command on 1 August 1944.
[4]: 219 Towards the end of the war, the 7th Flak Division was mobilized for ground-level combat and sent to Mönchengladbach.