Luftflotte 1
Luftflotte 1 | |
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Flag for the Chief of a Luftflotte | |
Active | 1 February 1939 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Branch | Luftwaffe |
Type | Command |
Disbanded | 16 April 1945 |
Luftflotte 1[1] (Air Fleet 1) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed 1 February 1939 from Luftwaffengruppenkommando 1 in Berlin. This Luftwaffe detachment served in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Immola, Finland for air support of Axis forces in area; with command offices in Malpils, Latvia, (26 June 1944), Eastern front.
Units under Command
Strategic Reconnaissance
Maritime Reconnaissance
Transports
Transports (special works)
This unit was branch of KG 200 with bases in East Prussia, Kurland and Baltic areas, stay equipped with:
- Junkers Ju 252A-1
- Junkers Ju 352A-0/A-1 Herkules
- Arado Ar 232B-0 Tausendfüßler for transport special commandos, weapons, vehicles or dropping by parachute secret agents in clandestine missions behind enemy lines.
- I.(TGr.)/KG 200 (Riga)
Bombers
- 14.(Eis)/KG 55 (Jakobstadt)
3.Fliegerdivision (3°Air Division) Petseri
Tactical Reconnaissance
- Stab//NAGr 5 (Petseri)
- 1./NAGr 5 (Idriza)
- 1./NAGr 31 (Wesemberg)
Land Air Strike
- I/SG 3 (Jakobstadt)
Night land strike
- Stab/NSGr 1 (Idriza)
- 3./NSGr 1 (Idriza)
- 1./NSGr 1 (Kaunas)
- 2./NSGr 1 (Kaunas)
- Stab/NSGr 3 (Vecuci)
- 1./NSGr 3 (Vecuci)
- 2./NSGr 3 (Vecuci)
- 1./NSGr 12 (Vecuci)
- 1./(Detach)NSGr 12(Riga–Spilve)
- Stab/NSGr 11(Rahkla)
- 1./NSGr 11 (Rahkla)
- 2./NSGr 11 (Rahkla)
- 2./NSG 12 (Libau)
Jagdabschnittfuhrer Ostland (Fighter direction in Ostland) Riga-Spilve
Fighters
Tactical Reconnaissance
- 1./NAGr 5 (Immola)
Fighters
- II./JG 54 (Immola)
Land Air Strike
- Stab/SG 3 (Immola)
- 1./SG 3 (Immola)
- 2./SG 3 (Immola)
- 3./SG 3 (Immola)
Commanding officers
- Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring, 1 February 1939 – 11 January 1940
- Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, 12 January 1940 – 10 May 1940
- General Wilhelm Wimmer, 11 May 1940 – 19 August 1940
- Generaloberst Alfred Keller, 20 August 1940 – 12 June 1943
- Generaloberst Günther Korten, 12 June 1943 – 23 August 1943
- General Kurt Pflugbeil, 24 August 1943 – 16 April 1945
Chief of staff
- Generalmajor Wilhelm Speidel, 1 February 1939 – 19 December 1939
- Generalleutnant Ulrich Kessler, 19 December 1939 – 25 April 1940
- Oberst Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch, 1 May 1940 – 9 May 1940
- Generalmajor Dr. Robert Knauss, 9 May 1940 – 4 October 1940
- Generalmajor Otto Schöbel, 5 October 1940 – 16 January 1941
- Generalmajor Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch, 16 January 1941 – 13 October 1941
- Generalmajor Herbert Rieckhoff, 13 October 1941 – 23 February 1943
- Generalmajor Hans Detlef Herhudt von Rohden, 23 February 1943 – 24 August 1943
- Generalmajor Klaus Uebe, 25 August 1943 – 24 December 1944
- Oberstleutnant Paul-Werner Hozzel, 25 December 1944 – 16 April 1945
Subordinated units
- II, III/Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg" (Ju 88A)
- Kampfgeschwader 76 (Ju 88A)
- Kampfgeschwader 77 (Ju 88A)
- K.Fl.Gr. 806 (Ju 88A)
- Jagdgeschwader 54 (Bf 109F)
- 2(F) Ob.d.L. (Do 215B)
- 5(F) 122 (Ju 88D)
- eleven squadrons of (Hs 126)
- SAGr 125 (Ar 95, Ar 196, He 114)
- one transport squadron (Ju 52)
- five liaison squadrons (Fi 156)
- IV. Flakkorps (anti-aircraft artillery)
- 2. Flak-Division
- 6. Flak-Division
Abbreviations
- FAGr = Fernaufklärungsgruppe = Reconnaissance aircraft.
- Gruppe = equivalent to a RAF Wing.
- JG = Jagdgeschwader = Fighters.
- Geschwader = equivalent to a Royal Air Force Group.
- KG = Kampfgeschwader = Bombers.
- KG zbV = Kampfgeschwader zur besonderen Verwendung = Transport aircraft, later TG.
- NAGr = Nahaufklärungsgruppe = Observation aircraft.
- NASt = Nahaufklärungsstaffel = Observation aircraft.
- Staffel = equivalent to a RAF Squadron.
- NSGr = Nachtschlachtgruppe = Night ground attack.
- SAGr = Seeaufklärungsgruppe = Maritime patrol aircraft
- SG = Schlachtgeschwader = Ground attack.
- TG = Transportgeschwader= Transport aircraft.
References
- Notes
- ↑ For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organisation
- References
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