Structure of the Luftwaffe. Part 3 - Luftflotte 3

Luftflotte 3 was formed on 1 February 1939 from Luftwaffengruppenkommando 3 in Munich and
redesignated Luftwaffenkommando West (Air Command West) on 26 September 1944. This Luftwaffe detachment was based in German-occupied areas of Northern France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Vichy France, to support the Axis power's forces in area. Its command offices were in Paris, France (on 26 June 1944).

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Oberbefehlshaber:

Gen Feldm Hugo Sperrle, 1.2.1939 - 23.8.1944

Gen Ob Otto Dessloch, 23.8.1944 - 22.9.1944

Gen Lt Alexander Holle, 22.9.1944 - 26.9.1944

Chef des Stabes:

Gen Maj Maximilian Ritter von Pohl, 1.2.1939 - 10.6.1940

Oberst Günther Korten, 11.6.1940 - 31.12.1940

Gen Maj Karl Koller, 1.1.1941 - 23.8.1943

Gen Lt Hermann Plocher, 1.10.1943 - 26.9.1944

Command headquarters location

1 February1939 - August 1939 in München
August 1939 - September 1939 in Roth, near Nürnberg
September 1939 - June 1940 in Bad Orb (Germany)
June 1940 - August 1944 in Paris
August 1944 - 2nd September 1944 Arlon (Belgium)
2nd September 1944 - 26th September 1944 Mannheim-Sandhofen (Germany)

Controlled the following units during the war:

I. Fliegerkorps, 10.1939 - 15.5.1940 and end.8.1940 - 5.1941

II. Fliegerkorps, 22.9.1939 - 7.1940 and 12.1943-8.1944

IV. Fliegerkorps, 7.1940 - 5.1941

V. Fliegerkorps, 10.1939 - 5.1941

VIII. Fliegerkorps, 13.5.1940 - end.8.1940

IX. Fliegerkorps, 5.1941 - 9.1944

X. Fliegerkorps, 1.4.1944 - 5.9.1944

II. Jagdkorps, 9.1943 - 9.1944

2. Flieger-Division, 1.1944 - 7.1944

5. Flieger-Division, 2.1939 - 10.1939

6. Flieger-Division, 2.1939 - 10.1939

Fliegerführer Atlantik, 3.41 - 1.4.44

Höherer Jagdfliegerführer West, 1942 - 9.43

Jagdfliegerführer 2, 5.1941 - 1942

Jagdfliegerführer 3, 1.1940 - 1942

Jagdfliegerführer Süddeutschland, 2.1943 - mid.1943?

Jagdfliegerführer Südfrankreich, late 1942 - 9.1943

Luftgau-Kommando VII, 10.1937 - 21.3.1941

Luftgau-Kommando XII, 10.1937 - 21.3.1941 (Flak only, rest from 1.1.1943)

Luftgau-Kommando XIII, 10.1937 - 30.1.1941

Luftgau-Kommando Belgien-Nordfrankreich, 5.1941 - 9.1944

Luftgau-Kommando Holland, 5.1941 - 1.1944

Luftgau-Kommando Westfrankreich, 6.1940 - 9.1944

Luftgaustab z.b.V. 3, 4.1940 - 6.1940

Luftgaustab z.b.V. 16, 4.1940 - 6.1940

I. Flakkorps, 10.1939 - 9.1940

II. Flakkorps, 12.1940-3.1941?

III. Flakkorps, 2.1944 - 9.1944

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Luftnachrichten-Regiment 3

Luftnachrichten-Regiment 13

Luftnachrichten-Regiment 23