Luftwaffe units before the 1939 invasion of Poland

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In peace time these Luftwaffe detachments were based in Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia ; but they were moved to advanced bases on the outbreak of hostilities with Poland, the "Fall Weiss" Operation, on September 1,1939.

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[edit] Luftwaffe Lehrdivision (Development and Operational Training Division)

[edit] Tactical Reconnaissance

[edit] Strategical Reconnaissance

[edit] Fighters

[edit] Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)

[edit] Bombers

[edit] Dive bombers

[edit] Luftflotte 1 (Air Fleet 1) Nordostdeutschland (Northeast Germany)

[edit] Tactical Reconnaissance

[edit] Strategical Reconnaissance

[edit] Fighters

[edit] Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)

[edit] Bombers

[edit] Dive Bombers

[edit] Land Air Strike (Operative Training)

  • II.(Schl)/LG.2 (Tutow)

[edit] Luftflotte 2 (Air Fleet 2) Nordwestdeutschland (Northwest Germany)

[edit] Tactical Reconnaissance

[edit] Strategical Reconnaissance

[edit] Fighters

[edit] Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)

[edit] Bombers

[edit] Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3) Südwestdeutschland (Southwest Germany)

[edit] Tactical Reconnaissance

[edit] Strategical Reconnaissance

[edit] Fighters

[edit] Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)

  • I./ZG.52 (JGr.52) (Illeshein)

[edit] Bombers

[edit] Dive Bombers

[edit] Luftflotte 4 (Air Fleet 4) Südostdeutschland (Southeast Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia)

[edit] Tactical Reconnaissance

  • 1.(H)/14 (Kottingbrunn)
  • 2.(H)/14 (Kottingbrunn)
  • 3.(H)/14 (Kottingbrunn)
  • 1.(H)/31 (Brieg)
  • 2.(H)/31 (Brieg)
  • 4.(H)/31 (Brieg)

[edit] Strategical Reconnaissance

[edit] Fighters

[edit] Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)

  • I./ZG.76 (Olmutz)
  • II./ZG.76 (JGr.176) (Gablingen)

[edit] Bombers

[edit] Dive Bombers

[edit] Transport units

[edit] Maritime Reconnaissance, Embarked and Sea regular units

[edit] North Sea sector

[edit] Coastal squadrons

[edit] Squadron Embarked in vessel

  • 1./BFlGr.196 (Wilhemshaven)

[edit] Baltic Sea area

[edit] Coastal squadrons

  • Stab/KuFlGr.506(KGr.806) (Dievenow)
  • 1.(M)/KuFlGr.506 (Dievenow)
  • 2.(F)/KuFlGr.506 (Dievenow)
  • 3.(Mz)/KuFlGr.506 (Dievenow)
  • Stab/KuFlGr.706 (Kamp bei Kolberg)
  • 1.(M)/KuFlGr.706 (Kamp bei Kolberg)
  • 3.(Mz)/KuFlGr.706 (Kamp bei Kolberg)
  • 2.(F)/KuFlGr.606 (Kamp bei Kolberg)

[edit] Squadron Embarked in vessel

  • 1./BFlGr.196 (Kiel-Holtenau)
  • 4.(St)/TGr.186 (Kiel-Holtenau)
  • 5.(J)/TGr.186 (Kiel-Holtenau)
  • 6.(J)/TGr.186 (Kiel-Holtenau)