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.
[edit] Luftwaffe Lehrdivision (Development and Operational Training Division)
[edit] Tactical Reconnaissance
[edit] Strategical Reconnaissance
[edit] Fighters
[edit] Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)
- I.(Z)/LG.1 (Barth)
[edit] Bombers
- Stab/LG.1 (Greifswald)
- I.(K)/LG.1 (Neubrandenburg)
- II.(K)/LG.1 (Schwerin)
- III.(K)/LG.1 (Greifwald)
- 10.(See)/LG.1 (Travermunde)
[edit] Dive bombers
- IV.(St.)/LG.1 (Barth)
[edit] Luftflotte 1 (Air Fleet 1) Nordostdeutschland (Northeast Germany)
[edit] Tactical Reconnaissance
- 1.(H)/10 (Neuhausen)
- 2.(H)/10 (Neuhausen)
- 1.(H)/11 (Großenhain)
- 1.(H)/21 (Stargard)
- 2.(H)/21 (Stargard)
- 3.(H)/21 (Stargard)
- 4.(H)/21 (Stargard)
- 1.(H)/41 (Reichenberg)
- 2.(H)/41 (Reichenberg)
[edit] Strategical Reconnaissance
- 3.(F)/10 (Neuhausen)
- 2.(F)/11 (Großenhain)
- 3.(F)/11 (Großenhain)
- 4.(F)/11 (Großenhain)
- 1.(F)/120 (Neuhausen)
- 1.(F)/121 (Prenzlau)
- 2.(F)/121 (Prenzlau)
- 3.(F)/121 (Prenzlau)
- 4.(F)/121 (Prenzlau)
[edit] Fighters
- I./JG.1 (Seerappen)
- I./JG.21 (Jesau)
- I./JG.2 (Doberitz)
- 10.(N)/JG.2 (Fürstenwalde)
- 1./JG.20 (Fürstenwalde)
- 2./JG.20 (Fürstenwalde)
- Stab/JG.3 (Bernburg)
- I./JG.3 (Zerbst)
[edit] Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)
- I./ZG.1 (Jüterbog-Damm)
- II./ZG.1(JGr.101) (Fürstenwalde)
- I./ZG.2 (JGr.102) (Bernburg)
[edit] Bombers
- Stab/KG.1 (Neubrandenburg)
- I./KG.152(II./KG.1) (Neubrandenburg)
- I./KG.1 (Kolberg)
- Stab/KG.2 (Cottbus)
- I./KG.2 (Liegnitz)
- II./KG.2 (Liegnitz)
- Stab./KG.3 (Elbing)
- II./KG.3 (Heiligenbeil)
- III./KG.3 (Heiligenbeil)
- I./KG.25 (Rechlin)
- Stab./KG.4 (Erfurt)
- I./KG.4 (Gotha)
- II./KG.4 (Erfurt)
- III./KG.4 (Nordhausen)
[edit] Dive Bombers
- Stab/St. G.1 (Insterburg)
- I./St. G.2 (Cottbus)
- II./St. G.2 (Stolp-Reitz)
- III./St. G.2 (Langensalza)
[edit] Land Air Strike (Operative Training)
- II.(Schl)/LG.2 (Tutow)
[edit] Luftflotte 2 (Air Fleet 2) Nordwestdeutschland (Northwest Germany)
[edit] Tactical Reconnaissance
- 1.(H)/12 (Münster-Loddenheide)
- 2.(H)/12 (Münster-Loddenheide)
- 3.(H)/12 (Münster-Loddenheide)
- 4.(H)/12 (Münster-Loddenheide)
- 4.(H)/22 (Kassel-Rothwesten)
[edit] Strategical Reconnaissance
- 1.(F)/22 (Kassel-Rothwesten)
- 2.(F)/22 (Kassel-Rothwesten)
- 3.(F)/22 (Kassel-Rothwesten)
- 1.(F)/122 (Goslar)
- 2.(F)/122 (Goslar)
- 3.(F)/122 (Goslar)
[edit] Fighters
- I./JG.26 (Cologne-Ostheim)
- II./JG.21 (Düsseldorf)
- 10.(N)/JG.2 (Düsseldorf)
[edit] Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)
[edit] Bombers
- Stab/KG.26 (Lüneburg)
- I./KG.26 (Lübeck-Blankensee)
- II./KG.26 (Lüneburg)
- Stab/KG.27 (Hannover-Langenhagen)
- I./KG.27 (Hannover-Langenhagen)
- II./KG.27 (Wundstorf)
- III./KG.27 (Delmenhorst)
- II./KG.28 (Gütersloh)
[edit] Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3) Südwestdeutschland (Southwest Germany)
[edit] Tactical Reconnaissance
- 1.(H)/13 (Göppingen)
- 2.(H)/13 (Göppingen)
- 3.(H)/13 (Göppingen)
- 4.(H)/13 (Göppingen)
- 5.(H)/13 (Göppingen)
- 1.(H)/23 (Eschwege)
- 2.(H)/23 (Eschwege)
- 4.(H)/23 (Eschwege)
[edit] Strategical Reconnaissance
[edit] Fighters
- I./JG.51 (Bad-Aibling)
- I./JG.52 (Böblingen)
- I./JG.53 (Wiesbaden-Erbenhein)
- II./JG.53 (Mannheim-Sandhofen)
- 1./JG.70 (Nürnberg)
- 2./JG.70 (Nürnberg)
- 1./JG.71 (Friedrichshafen)
- 2./JG.71 (Friedrichshafen)
- 10.(N)/JG.72 (Mannheim-Sandhofen)
- 11.(N)/JG.72 (Stuttgart-Echterdingen)
[edit] Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)
- I./ZG.52 (JGr.52) (Illeshein)
[edit] Bombers
- Stab/KG.51 (Landsberg)
- I./KG.51 (Landsberg)
- III./KG.51 (Memmingen)
- Stab/KG.53 (Ansbach)
- I./KG.53 (Ansbach)
- II./KG.53 (Schwäbisch Hall)
- III./KG.53 (Giebelstadt)
- Stab./KG.54 (Fritzlar)
- I./KG.54 (Fritzlar)
- Stab/KG.55 (Gießen)
- I./KG.55 (Langendiebach)
- II./KG.55 (Gießen)
[edit] Dive Bombers
- III./ST.G.51 (Wertheim)
[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
- 1.(F)/14 (Kottingbrunn)
- 2.(F)/31 (Brieg)
- 4.(F)/31 (Wiener Neustadt)
[edit] Fighters
- I./JG.76 (Wien-Aspern)
- I./JG.77 (Breslau)
- II./JG.77 (Pilsen)
[edit] Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)
[edit] Bombers
- Stab/KG.76 (Wiener Neustadt)
- I./KG.76 (Wiener Neustadt)
- III./KG.76 (Wels)
- Stab/KG.77 (Prag-Kbely)
- I./KG.77 (Prag-Kbely)
- II./KG.77 (Brünn)
- III./KG.77 (Olmutz)
[edit] Dive Bombers
- Stab/St. G.77 (Breslau-Schongarten)
- I./St. G.77 (Brieg)
- II./St. G.77 (Breslau-Schongarten)
- I./St. G.76 (Graz)
[edit] Transport units
- Stab/KGzbV. 1 (Fürstenwalde-Burg)
- I./KGzbV.1 (Burg)
- II./KGzbV.1 (Stendal)
- III./KGzbV.1 (Berlin-Tempelhof)
- IV./KGzbV.1 (Braunschweig)
- Stab/KGzbV.2 (Neruppin)
- I./KGzbV.2 (Tutow)
- II./KGzbV.2 (Faßberg)
- III./KGzbV.2 (Lechfeld)
- I./KGzbV.172 ((Berlin-Tempelhof)
- II./KGzbV.172 (Berlin-Tempelhof)
- 10./KGzbV.172 (Berlin-Tempelhof)
- KGr.zbV.9(Heavy) (Berlin-Tempelhof)
[edit] Maritime Reconnaissance, Embarked and Sea regular units
[edit] North Sea sector
[edit] Coastal squadrons
- Stab/KuFlGr.106 (Norderney)
- 1.(M)/KuFlGr.106 (Norderney)
- 2.(F)/KuFlGr.106 (Norderney)
- 3.(Mz)/KuFlGr.106 (Borkum)
- 1.(M)/KuFlGr.306 (Norderney)
- Stab/KuFlGr.406 (List-Sylt)
- 1.(M)/KuFlGr.406 (List-Sylt)
- 2.(F)/KuFlGr.406 (List-Sylt)
- 3.(Mz)/KuFlGr406 (List-Sylt)
[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)
