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) edit

Tactical Reconnaissance edit

9.(H)/LG.2 (Jüterbog-Damm)

Strategic Reconnaissance edit

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

Fighters edit

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

Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters) edit

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

Bombers edit

Stab/LG.1 (Greifswald)
I.(K)/LG.1 (Neubrandenburg)
II.(K)/LG.1 (Schwerin)
III.(K)/LG.1 (Greifswald)
10.(See)/LG.1 (Travermunde)

Dive bombers edit

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

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

Tactical (Army) Reconnaissance (Heeres-Aufklärungsgruppen) edit

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 (Fern-Aufklärungsgruppen) edit

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 edit

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) edit

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

Bombers edit

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 edit

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) edit

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

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

Tactical Reconnaissance edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters) edit

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

Bombers edit

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) edit

Tactical Reconnaissance edit

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 edit

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

Fighters edit

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) edit

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

Bombers edit

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 edit

III./ST.G.51 (Wertheim am Main)

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

Tactical Reconnaissance edit

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 edit

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

Fighters edit

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

Zerstörer (Heavy Fighters) edit

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

Bombers edit

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 edit

Stab/St. G.77 (Breslau-Schöngarten, today Wrocław Airport)
I./St. G.77 (Brieg)
II./St. G.77 (Breslau-Schöngarten)
I./St. G.76 (Graz)

Transport units edit

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 edit

North Sea sector edit

Coastal squadrons edit

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 edit

1./BFlGr.196 (Wilhelmshaven)

Baltic Sea area edit

Coastal squadrons edit

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)

Squadron Embarked in vessel edit

1./BFlGr.196 (Kiel-Holtenau)
4.(St)/TGr.186 (Kiel-Holtenau)
5.(J)/TGr.186 (Kiel-Holtenau)
6.(J)/TGr.186 (Kiel-Holtenau)