Luftflotte 1
Appearance
Luftflotte 1[1] (Air Fleet 1) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed February 1, 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, (June 26, 1944), Eastern front.
Units under Command
Strategic Reconnaissance
Maritime Reconnaissance
- 1./SAGr 127 (Reval-Uleministe)
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
Land Air Strike
- I/SG 3 (Jakobstadt)
Night land strike
- Stab/NSGr 1 (Idriza)
- 3./NSGr 1 (Idriza)
- 1./NSGr 1 (Kovno)
- 2./NSGr 1 (Kovno)
- 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
Gefechtsverband Kulmey (Kulmey Combat Unit)Immola
Tactical Reconnaissance
- 1./NAGr 5 (Immola)
Fighters
- II./JG 54 (Immola)
Land Air Strike
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 Siegfried 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)
- 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 Fighter Bombers.
- SAGr = Seeaufklärungsgruppe = Maritime Patrol aircraft
- SG = Schlachtgeschwader = Fighter bombers.
- TG = Transportgeschwader= Transport aircraft.
References
- Notes
- ^ For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organisation
- References