502nd SS Jäger Battalion

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SS-Jäger-Bataillon 502 (502nd SS Light Infantry Battalion) was a

Formed in June 1943, the unit was commanded by

They were later placed on standby for several operations that never took place, including a proposed kidnapping of Philippe Pétain.

In February 1944, a third company was formed from mainly Flemish and Dutch personnel with Hauptsturmführer Hoyer as its commanding officer. In the same month, No. 1 and 2 companies of the battalion went to the Kurmark troop training area for four weeks intensive training, after which they saw combat on the Eastern Front for over a month.

On 20 July 1944, No. 1 Company was deployed in Berlin, briefly occupying the Bendlerblock after the attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler.

In August 1944, fifty members of the unit carried out

In September 1944, SS-Jäger-Bataillon 502 was dissolved and its personnel absorbed into a new battalion,

Development

• Sonderlehrgang z.b.V. „Oranienburg“ (18 April 1943 – 16 June 1943)
• Sonderverband z. b. V. „Friedenthal“ (16 June 1943 – 17 April 1944)
• SS-Jäger-Bataillon 502 (17 April 1944 – 10 November 1944)
• SS-Jagdverband „Mitte“
  (10 November 1944 – 8 Mai 1945)
  • 150. SS-Panzer-Brigade
    (November 1944 - 25–28 December 1944)
  • Division Schwedt Kampfgruppe/Sperrverband Skorzeny (31 January 1945 – 3 March 1945)

References

• O'Reilly, Terence (2008). Hitler's Irishmen. Mercier Press.
  ISBN 978-1-85635-589-6
  .