Luftwaffe Order of Battle April 1940

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For its campaign against Norway and Denmark during World War II, the German Luftwaffe had the following Order of Battle on 9 April 1940. [1]

<i>Luftwaffe</i> Aerial warfare branch of the German military forces during World War II

The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the Luftstreitkräfte of the Army and the Marine-Fliegerabteilung of the Navy, had been disbanded in May 1920 as a result of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles which stated that Germany was forbidden to have any air force.

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X. Fliegerkorps

Commanded by Generalleutnant Hans Geisler

Parent unitGeschwader BaseUnit (Gruppe/Staffel)Aircraft TypeCommanding Officer
Jagdgeschwader 77 HusumII. Gruppe Messerschmitt Bf 109EHauptmann Karl Hentschel
Zerstörergeschwader 26 Barth I, II. Gruppe Messerschmitt Bf 110CHauptmann Karl Kaschka/ Wilhelm Makrocki
Zerstörergeschwader 76 Westerland I. GruppeMesserschmitt Bf 110C
Zerstörergeschwader 1 WesterlandIII. GruppeMesserschmitt Bf 110C
Kampfgeschwader 4 Fassberg Stab, and II. Gruppe Heinkel He 111
Kampfgeschwader 4 Perleberg I. GruppeHeinkel He 111
Kampfgeschwader 4 Lüneburg III. GruppeHeinkel He 111
Kampfgeschwader 26 Varel Stab, and I. GruppeHeinkel He 111
Kampfgeschwader 26 Marx II. GruppeHeinkel He 111
KGr100 Nordholz Heinkel He 111
Kampfgeschwader 30 WesterlandStab, I., II., III., and Z. GruppeHeinkel He 111
Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 Kiel-HoltenaI. Gruppe Junkers Ju 87B and RMajor Paul-Werner Hozzel
1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122 Hamburg Fuhlsbüttel I. GruppeHeinkel He 111
WetterketteHamburg-FuhlsbüttelHeinkel He 111
KorpstransportstaffelHamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Junkers Ju 52
1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 120 Lübeck/Kiel Dornier Do 17 and Heinkel He 111

See also

A list of Luftwaffe "Luftflotten" and their locations between 1939 and 1945.

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  1. Hooton 2007, p. 32.

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