Luftwaffe units before the 1939 invasion of Poland

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.

Luftwaffe Lehrdivision (Development and Operational Training Division)

Tactical Reconnaissance

*9.(H)/LG.2 (Jüterbog-Damm)

trategical Reconnaissance

*7.(F)/LG.2 (Jüterbog-Damm)
*8.(F)/LG.2 (Jüterbog-Damm)

Fighters

*Stab/LG.2 (Jüterbog-Damm)
*1.(J)/LG.2 (Garz)
*11.(N)/LG.2 (Garz)

Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)

*I.(Z)/LG.1 (Barth)

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)

Dive bombers

*IV.(St.)/LG.1 (Barth)

Luftflotte 1 (Air Fleet 1) Nordostdeutschland (Northeast Germany)

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)

trategical 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)

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)

Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)

*I./ZG.1 (Jüterbog-Damm)
*II./ZG.1(JGr.101) (Fürstenwalde)
*I./ZG.2 (JGr.102) (Bernburg)

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)

Dive Bombers

*Stab/St. G.1 (Insterburg)
*I./St. G.2 (Cottbus)
*II./St. G.2 (Stolp - Reitz)
*III./St. G.2 (Langensalza)

Land Air Strike (Operative Training)

*II.(Schl)/LG.2 (Tutow)

Luftflotte 2 (Air Fleet 2) Nordwestdeutschland (Northwest Germany)

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)

trategical 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)

Fighters

*I./JG.26 (Cologne-Ostheim)
*II./JG.21 (Düsseldorf)
*10.(N)/JG.2 (Düsseldorf)

Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)

*I./ZG.26 (Dortmund)
*II./ZG.26 (Werl)
*II./ZG.26 (Lippstadt)

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 (Wunstorf)
*III./KG.27 (Delmenhorst)
*II./KG.28 (Gütersloh)

Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3) Südwestdeutschland (Southwest Germany)

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)

trategical Reconnaissance

*1.(F)/123 (Würzburg)
*2.(F)/123 (Würzburg)
*3.(F)/123 (Würzburg)

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)

Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)

*I./ZG.52 (JGr.52) (Illesheim)

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)

Dive Bombers

*III./ST.G.51 (Wertheim)

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

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)

trategical Reconnaissance

*1.(F)/14 (Kottingbrunn)
*2.(F)/31 (Brieg)
*4.(F)/31 (Wiener Neustadt)

Fighters

*I./JG.76 (Wien-Aspern)
*I./JG.77 (Breslau)
*II./JG.77 (Pilsen)

Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters)

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

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)

Dive Bombers

*Stab/St. G.77 (Breslau-Schongarten)
*I./St. G.77 (Brieg)
*II./St. G.77 (Breslau-Schongarten)
*I./St. G.76 (Graz)

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 (Neuruppin)
*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)

Maritime Reconnaissance, Embarked and Sea regular units

North Sea sector

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)

quadron Embarked in vessel

*1./BFlGr.196 (Wilhelmshaven)

Baltic Sea area

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)

quadron 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)