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Luftflotte 1

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Luftflotte 1 ("Air Fleet 1") was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on 1 February 1939 from Luftwaffengruppenkommando 1 in Berlin. This Luftwaffe detachment served in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland, supporting Axis forces in area; with command offices in Malpils, Latvia, (26 June 1944), Eastern front.

Units under command

=Strategic reconnaissance=

  • Stab/FAGr 1 (Riga–Spilve)
  • 3.(F)/22 (Riga–Spilve)
  • 5.(F)/122 (Mitau)
  • NASt 3 (Riga–Spilve)

=Maritime reconnaissance=

=Transports=

  • 1./TGr 10(Ital.) (Riga–Spilve)

=Transports (special works)=

This unit was branch of Kampfgeschwader 200 (KG 200) with bases in East Prussia, Courland and the Baltic. It was equipped with:

  • Junkers Ju 252
  • Junkers Ju 352 Herkules
  • Arado Ar 232 Tausendfüßler for transporting special commandos, weapons, vehicles or dropping secret agents in clandestine missions behind enemy lines.
  • I.(TGr.)/KG 200 (based at Riga)

=Bombers=

=''3.Fliegerdivision'' (3rd air division) Petseri=

==Tactical Reconnaissance==

  • Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5
  • Stab//NAGr 5 (Petseri)
  • 1./NAGr 5 (Idriza)
  • Nahaufklärungsgruppe 31
  • 1./NAGr 31 (Wesemberg)

==Land Air Strike==

  • I/SG 3 (Jakobstadt)

==Night ground attack==

  • Nachtschlachtgruppe 1
  • Stab/NSGr 1 (Idriza)
  • 3./NSGr 1 (Idriza)
  • 1./NSGr 1 (Kaunas)
  • 2./NSGr 1 (Kaunas)
  • Nachtschlachtgruppe 1
  • Stab/NSGr 3 (Vecuci)
  • 1./NSGr 3 (Vecuci)
  • 2./NSGr 3 (Vecuci)
  • 1./NSGr 12 (Vecuci)
  • Nachtschlachtgruppe 12
  • 1./(Detach)NSGr 12(Riga–Spilve)
  • Nachtschlachtgruppe 11
  • Stab/NSGr 11 (Rahkla){{efn|Not to be confused with Rahkla, Rakvere Parish.}}
  • 1./NSGr 11 (Rahkla)
  • 2./NSGr 11 (Rahkla)
  • 2./NSG 12 (Libau)

''Jagdabschnittführer Ostland'' ("fighter direction in Ostland") Riga-Spilve

JG 54 with fighters

Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey (Kuhlmey combat unit) Immola

Tactical reconnaissance

Fighters

  • II./JG 54 (Immola)

Ground attack

Commanding officers

Chiefs 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

Subordinate units

ImageSize = width:580 height:520

PlotArea = width:465 height:460 left:35 bottom:20

AlignBars = early

DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy # European date format

Period = from:01/01/1937 till:08/05/1945 #

TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal

ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:01/01/1937

ScaleMinor = grid:blue unit:month increment:3 start:01/01/1937

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color:red width:10

bar:1FD from:01/02/1939 till:22/09/1939 text:1. Flieger-Division

bar:2FD from:01/02/1939 till:31/08/1939 text:2. Flieger-Division

bar:3FD from:01/02/1943 till:31/10/1944 text:3. Flieger-Division

bar:LLD from:01/08/1939 till:04/10/1939 text:Luftwaffen-Lehr-Division

bar:1FK from:01/05/1941 till:19/07/1942 text:I. Fliegerkorps

bar:8FK from:01/07/1941 till:28/09/1941 text:VIII. Fliegerkorps

bar:FF1 from:01/07/1942 till:28/02/1943 text:Fliegerführer 1

bar:FFO from:01/04/1941 till:30/11/1941 text:Fliegerführer Ostsee

bar:LKO from:01/02/1939 till:30/09/1939 text:Luftwaffenkommando Ostpreussen

bar:JAO from:01/12/1943 till:17/09/1944 text:Jagdabschnittsführer Ostland

bar:GVK from:01/06/1944 till:30/06/1944 text:Gefechtsverband Kulmey

bar:LK1 from:01/08/1938 till:01/01/1943 text:Luftgau-Kommando I

bar:LK2 from:30/09/1939 till:31/05/1941 text:Luftgau-Kommando II

bar:LK3 from:01/10/1937 till:24/03/1941 text:Luftgau-Kommando III

bar:LK4 from:01/10/1937 till:24/03/1941 text:Luftgau-Kommando IV

bar:LK8 from:01/02/1939 till:01/04/1939 text:Luftgau-Kommando VIII

bar:LKP from:01/11/1941 till:30/06/1943 text:Luftgau-Kommando Petersburg/Riga

bar:FK26 from:01/06/1943 till:31/08/1944 text:Feldluftgau-Kommando XXVI

bar:LV1 from:01/08/1939 till:31/10/1939 text:Luftgaustab z.b.V. 1

bar:LV1 from:01/06/1941 till:30/11/1941

bar:LV3 from:01/08/1939 till:31/10/1939 text:Luftgaustab z.b.V. 3

bar:LV10 from:01/06/1941 till:30/11/1941 text:Luftgaustab z.b.V. 10

bar:4FK from:01/06/1944 till:30/06/1944 text:IV. Flakkorps

bar:2FKD from:01/01/1942 till:30/09/1944 text:2. Flak-Division

bar:6FKD from:01/04/1942 till:16/04/1945 text:6. Flak-Division

bar:LR1 from:start till:end text:Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1

bar:LR11 from:start till:end text:Luftnachrichten-Regiment 11

bar:LR21 from:start till:end text:Luftnachrichten-Regiment 21

Abbreviations

See also

References

;Notes

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;References

{{Reflist}}

  • [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Luftflotten/Luftflotte1.htm Luftflotte 1 @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]
  • [http://www.ww2.dk/air/hq/lfl1.htm Luftflotte 1 @ The Luftwaffe, 1933-45]

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Category:German Air Fleets in World War II

Category:Military units and formations established in 1939

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945