- Luftwaffe units before the 1939 invasion of Poland
In peace time these Luftwaffe detachments were based in
Germany ,Austria ,Bohemia ,Moravia , andSlovakia ; 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 )
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