26 May 1944 Part 4

26 May 1944 Part 4 Vehicles transferred from island stocks

Date note: 26 May 1944.

26 May 1944 continued

Motor transport continued

From island stocks, 25 delivery vans were assigned to LXXXIV Army Corps headquarters and eleven passenger cars to Army Supply Office 603.

Saloon cars are to be converted into saloons with sliding roofs only for regimental and battalion commanders. Company commanders are to drive open cars — improvised bucket-seat vehicles.

Conversion of Métro buses has been ordered. They will be fitted with two side doors and one rear door. Seats will be arranged lengthwise and windows replaced with plywood panels. The buses will also receive a large opening in the roof for air defence.

Administrative affairs

Discussion with Captain Schumacher, staff officer for armed-forces casualty affairs with the Commander Southwest France, who will join the Army as mobile armed-forces graves officer in the event of combat, concerning his responsibilities, measures already implemented in the Army area and preparations still to be made.

Requests from the Army to the Commanders Southwest and Northwest France to provide liaison detachments and agricultural officers to divisions newly transferred into the Army area.

27 May 1944

Motor transport

The 21st Panzer Division transfers 90 lorries to XXXXVII Panzer Corps headquarters under Army Group B headquarters/Ia order No. 1948/44, Secret.

Administrative affairs

All files and records relating to energy supply are handed over to Qu 2 by the dissolved IV Wi section, the Army’s military economic officer.

28 May 1944

Fuel

The 21st Panzer Division has received 60 cubic metres of petrol to render terrain threatened by airborne landings unusable.

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