Does anyone know if the German kfz. 385 Tankwagen was used anywhere other than Luftwaffe airfields. Thank you.

Sorry can't help, but it is a question that is also bugging me...
I've looked through John Milsom's German Military Vehicles of WW2 which has a list of the kfz numbers in the back. 385 is definitely an aircraft refuelling truck, as is 384. It doesn't list any other tank wagons under a different number, although there are water trucks.
However, I have seen photos of tank trucks used elsewhere, specifically an articulated one used by an SS unit.
Logically, you would expect motorised units to use them.

There's an interesting thread about Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe tankers on the Axis History forum :

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=114231

AFAIK fuel in Wehrmacht units was usually carried by standard cargo trucks loaded with jerrycans and drums...

H.P.

Once again Frenchy brings home the bacon!
Doh! I have John Milsom and Peter Chamberlains book too - I've just gone to look at the photo. I don't think this is likely to be anything Opel Blitz related, my guess is that it's on an Einheits six wheeler chassis, due to the obviously pre - or early war timescale.
I'm not sure the bowser shown in France is even a German vehicle, it looks captured or impressed to me.
The photo on the axis history forum showing the Opels loaded on the train was interesting. I can't agree with the correspondent identifying the soldiers as Luftwaffe. They look like Heer to me. Luftwaffe troops seldom wore service dress, the Fliegerbluse was standard issue and much more popular. SD was pretty much reserved for ceremonial.
Overall it looks as though if a unit was lucky enough to have tankers it used them, otherwise the exception seems to prove the rule!

Thanks for your time Hohenstaufen. Looks like I'm building a Luftwaffe truck

Thanks for the photos Frenchy