Joachim Elle was promoted to Major (E) in Stab / Luftflotte 2 on 1 August 1939. On 6 July 1940 he was promoted to Oberstleutnant and appointed as provisional Kommandeur Luftwaffe-Nachrichten-Abteilung (H) (motorisiert) 7. in December 1941 he became Nafü (Nachrichtenführer) of Jagdfliegerführer 3. On 1 April 1942 he was promoted to Oberst and appointed as Kommandeur Luftwaffe-Nachrichten-Regiment 53. On 14 January 1943 - as the Kommandeur of Luftwaffe-Nachrichten-Regiment 53 and Nafü of Jagdfliegerführer 3 - he became the member of Luftwaffe mission in Romania. In August 1944 he was appointed as Nafü and Kommandeur of German Luftwaffe in Romania. In September 1944 Elle became the Kommandeur of Luftwaffe-Nachrichten-Regiment 211. His last appointment in the war were as the Nafü of 1. Jagddivision on 1 February 1945.
Source :
"Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries: Section A-F" by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey
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