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

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 (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)

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 (Münster Loddenheide-)
2. (H) / 12 (Münster Loddenheide-)
3. (H) / 12 (Münster Loddenheide-)
4. (H) / 12 (Münster Loddenheide-)
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 (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)

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 (Langendiebach)
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 Wrocław Airport)
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 (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

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