Fliegerführer Afrika

Fliegerführer Afrika was part of Luftflotte 2 (Air Fleet 2), one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It acted in the Mediterranean and Libya in North African areas during 1941-1942. The commanders were Generalmajor Stefan Fröhlich and Generalleutnant Otto Hoffmann von Waldau, who led the German air support to the German Afrika Korps campaign during the winter of 1941-1942.

The specific aircraft in use by these commanders was one He 111 P-4 (VG+ES), fully equipped (armed with 5 MG 15 and one MG 17, capacity to load 1,000 kg of bombs in belly and another 1,000 kg under the wings, also exterior fuel tanks).

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Commanding officers

Fliegerführer

Order of battle

Luftflotte 12(MittelMeer-Afrika)(1941-42)

Fliegerkorps II

Korpskette X.Fliegerkorps Afrika

Fliegerführer Afrika(Ägyptenfeldzug)

Luftwaffe Kommando Sudost

II Seenot Dienstfuhrer

II Sanitats-Flugbereitschaft Bengasi

Luftflotte 2 (MittelMeer-Afrika)(1942-43)

Fliegerführer Afrika(Libyen-Tunesien)

Fliegerfuhrer Tunis

Fliegerkorps Tunis

General der Deutschen Luftwaffe beim Oberkommand der Kgl.Ital Luftwaffe (ITALUFT)

V Squadra Aerea (Italian 5th Air Fleet)

XIX.Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee/Armata Corazzata Italo-Tedesca (Flak Div.) Kommando

List of aircraft in use by Fliegerführer Afrika

German Aircraft

Italian Aircraft

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Notes
  1. ^ Oberstleutant Martin Harlinghausen had acted as Fliegerführer Afrika from January 1941 to 20 February 1941, but without any Stab.
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