# 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
### 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)