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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.

Luftwaffe Lehrdivision (Development and Operational Training Division)[]

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Tactical Reconnaissance[]

  • 9.(H)/LG.2 (Jüterbog-Dammdisambiguation needed)

Strategic Reconnaissance[]

  • 7.(F)/LG.2 (Jüterbog-Dammdisambiguation needed)
  • 8.(F)/LG.2 (Jüterbog-Dammdisambiguation needed)

Fighters[]

  • Stab/LG.2 (Jüterbog-Dammdisambiguation needed)
  • 1.(J)/LG.2 (Garzdisambiguation needed)
  • 11.(N)/LG.2 (Garzdisambiguation needed)

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)[]

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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)

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)

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-Dammdisambiguation needed)
  • 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 (Heiligenbeildisambiguation needed)
  • III./KG.3 (Heiligenbeildisambiguation needed)
  • 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)

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)

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)[]

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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)

Strategical 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 (Landsbergdisambiguation needed)
  • I./KG.51 (Landsbergdisambiguation needed)
  • 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 am Main)

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

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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)

Strategical 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[]

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North Sea sector[]

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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)

Squadron Embarked in vessel[]

  • 1./BFlGr.196 (Wilhelmshaven)

Baltic Sea area[]

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Coastal squadrons[]

  • Stab/KuFlGr.506(KGr.806) (Dievenowdisambiguation needed)
  • 1.(M)/KuFlGr.506 (Dievenowdisambiguation needed)
  • 2.(F)/KuFlGr.506 (Dievenowdisambiguation needed)
  • 3.(Mz)/KuFlGr.506 (Dievenowdisambiguation needed)
  • 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)

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)
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