Luftwaffe order of battle April 1940

Further information: Organization of the Luftwaffe during World War II

Main article: Operation Weserübung

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]

X. Fliegerkorps

Commanded by Generalleutnant Hans Geisler

Parent unit	Geschwader Base	Unit (Gruppe/Staffel)	Aircraft type	Commanding officer
Jagdgeschwader 77	Husum	II. Gruppe	Messerschmitt Bf 109E	Hauptmann Karl Hentschel
Zerstörergeschwader 26	Barth	I, II. Gruppe	Messerschmitt Bf 110C	Hauptmann Karl Kaschka/ Wilhelm Makrocki
Zerstörergeschwader 76	Westerland	I. Gruppe	Messerschmitt Bf 110C
Zerstörergeschwader 1	Westerland	III. Gruppe	Messerschmitt Bf 110C
Kampfgeschwader 4	Fassberg	Stab, and II. Gruppe	Heinkel He 111
Kampfgeschwader 4	Perleberg	I. Gruppe	Heinkel He 111
Kampfgeschwader 4	Lüneburg	III. Gruppe	Heinkel He 111
Kampfgeschwader 26	Varel	Stab, and I. Gruppe	Heinkel He 111
Kampfgeschwader 26	Marx	II. Gruppe	Heinkel He 111
KGr100	Nordholz		Heinkel He 111
Kampfgeschwader 30	Westerland	Stab, I., II., III., and Z. Gruppe	Heinkel He 111
Sturzkampfgeschwader 1	Kiel-Holtena	I. Gruppe	Junkers Ju 87B and R	Major Paul-Werner Hozzel
1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122	Hamburg – Fuhlsbüttel	I. Gruppe	Heinkel He 111
Wetterkette	Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel		Heinkel He 111
Korpstransportstaffel	Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel		Junkers Ju 52
1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 120	Lübeck/Kiel		Dornier Do 17 and Heinkel He 111

See also

• Luftwaffe Organization
• German Air Fleets in World War II

References

1. Hooton 2007, p. 32.

Bibliography

• Hooton, E.R (2007). Luftwaffe at War; Blitzkrieg in the West: Volume 2. London: Chevron/Ian Allan. ISBN   978-1-85780-272-6.