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)[]

Tactical Reconnaissance[]

9.(H)/LG.2 (Jüterbog-Damm)

Strategic Reconnaissance[]

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

Fighters[]

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

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 ()
10.(See)/LG.1 ()

Dive bombers[]

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

Luftflotte 1 (Air Fleet 1) Nordostdeutschland (Northeast Germany)[]

Tactical (Army) Reconnaissance (Heeres-Aufklärungsgruppen)[]

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)[]

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 ()
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-Damm)
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 (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[]

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 (-)
2. (H) / 12 (-)
3. (H) / 12 (-)
4. (H) / 12 (-)
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)[]

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 ()
I./JG.52 (Böblingen)
I./JG.53 (Wiesbaden-)
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 (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 ()
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)[]

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-Schöngarten, today Copernicus Airport Wrocław)
I./St. G.77 (Brieg)
II./St. G.77 (Breslau-Schöngarten)
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[]

North Sea sector[]

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[]

Coastal squadrons[]

Stab/KuFlGr.506(KGr.806) (Dievenow)
1.(M)/KuFlGr.506 (Dievenow)
2.(F)/KuFlGr.506 (Dievenow)
3.(Mz)/KuFlGr.506 (Dievenow)
Stab/KuFlGr.706 ()
1.(M)/KuFlGr.706 ()
3.(Mz)/KuFlGr.706 ()
2.(F)/KuFlGr.606 ()

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)