1939

Before the invasion of Poland

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....

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• Luftflotte 1
  Luftflotte 1
  Luftflotte 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...
  
  (Northeast Germany)
• Luftflotte 2
  Luftflotte 2
  Luftflotte 2 was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed February 1, 1939 in Braunschweig and transferred to Italy on November 15, 1941...
  
  (Northwest Germany)
• Luftflotte 3
  Luftflotte 3
  Luftflotte 3 was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on February 1, 1939 from Luftwaffengruppenkommando 3 in Munich and redesignated Luftwaffenkommando West on September 26, 1944...
  
  (Southwest Germany)
• Luftflotte 4
  Luftflotte 4
  Luftflotte 4 was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on March 18, 1939 from Luftwaffenkommando Österreich in Vienna. The Luftflotte was redesignated on April 21, 1945 to Luftwaffenkommando 4, and became subordinated to Luftflotte 6. It was the...
  
  (Southeast Germany and Austria)

1940

Luftwaffe Order of Battle August 1940

Luftwaffe Order of Battle August 1940

For its Battle of Britain campaign against Great Britain during World War II, the German Luftwaffe had the following Order of Battle in the West. Luftflotte 2 was responsible for the bombing of southeast England and the London area and based in the Pas-de-Calais area in France...

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• Luftflotte 1
  Luftflotte 1
  Luftflotte 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...
  
  (Poland)
• Luftflotte 2 (The Netherlands and Belgium)
• Luftflotte 3 (France)
• Luftflotte 4 (Austria and Czech Republic)
• Luftflotte 5
  Luftflotte 5
  Luftflotte 5 was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed 12 April 1940 in Hamburg for the invasion of Norway....
  
  (Norway and Denmark)

1942

During operations on the Eastern and African fronts.

• Luftflotte 1 (Russian Northern front)
• Luftflotte 2 (North Africa
  Fliegerführer Afrika
  Fliegerführer Afrika was part of Luftflotte 2 , one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It acted in the Mediterranean and Libya in North African areas during 1941-1942...
  
  , Southern Italy and Greece)
• Luftflotte 3 (France, the Netherlands and Belgium)
• Luftflotte 4 (Black Sea coast, Ukraine, the Caucasus)
• Luftflotte 5 (Norway and Finland)
• Luftflotte 6 (Central Russian front, Belarus)

1944

During the last stages of the Eastern front, the Balkans, North Italy and West area.

• Luftflotte 1
  Luftflotte 1
  Luftflotte 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...
  
   (Baltic coasts)
• Luftflotte 2 (Northern Italy)
• Luftflotte 3 (France, Belgium and the Netherlands)
• Luftflotte 4 (Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Romania)
• Luftflotte 5 (Norway and Finland)
• Luftflotte 6 (Russian Central front, Belarus)
• Luftflotte Reich
  Luftflotte Reich
  Luftflotte Reich was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on February 5, 1944 in Berlin-Wannsee from Luftwaffenbefehlshaber Mitte...
  
  Deutschland (Germany)
• Luftflotte 10 (Ergänzungs- und Ausbildungseinheiten; replacement and training units) (Berlin)

1945

During the last period of conflict on the European front.

• Luftflotte 1 (Lithuania)
• Luftflotte 2 (Northern Italy)
• Luftflotte 3 (West Germany and the Netherlands)
• Luftflotte 4 (Hungary and Yugoslavia)
• Luftflotte 5 (Norway and Finland)
• Luftflotte 6 (East Germany)
• Luftflotte Reich (Central Germany)
• Luftflotte 10 (Berlin)