• Luftflotte 6 (Air Fleet 6) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on May 5, 1943 from Luftwaffenkommando...
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    Vienna. The Luftflotte was redesignated on 21 April 1945, to Luftwaffenkommando 4, and became subordinated to Luftflotte 6. It was the Luftflotte 4, that...
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  • invasion of Poland. Luftflotte 1 (Northeast Germany) Luftflotte 2 (Northwest Germany) Luftflotte 3 (Southwest Germany) Luftflotte 4 (Southeast Germany...
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    commander of Luftflottenkommando Ost (Luftflotte 6) 92nd Swords on 28 August 1944 as Generaloberst and commander of Luftflotte 6 Golden Party Badge of the NSDAP...
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    September he again served as commander of Luftflotte 4 until he succeeded Robert Ritter von Greim as head of Luftflotte 6 during the last days of the war. Deßloch...
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    German rule expanded. Luftflotte 5 was created in 1940 to direct operations in Norway and Denmark. Luftflotte 6 was created on 6 May 1943 from Luftwaffenkommando...
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    Fliegerkorps VIII and 346 for Luftflotte 6) with 420 being written off (192 from Fliegerkorps VIII and 229 from Luftflotte 6). The breakdown as shown in...
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  • Luftflotte 2 (Air Fleet 2) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed 1 February 1939 in Braunschweig and...
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    700 aircraft of Luftflotte 4 (including the veteran air units of 8th Air Corps) and the 300-400 aircraft of the nearby Luftflotte 6. However, due to...
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  • Luftflotte 5 (Air Fleet 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...
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    Luftflotte 1 ("Air Fleet 1") was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on 1 February 1939 from Luftwaffengruppenkommando...
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    Luftwaffe committed I, II, III./St.G 1 and III./StG 3 under the command of Luftflotte 6. I., II, III. of StGs 2 and 3 were committed under the command of Fliegerkorps...
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  • Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on 1 February 1939 from Luftwaffengruppenkommando...
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  • - Air support for Army Group South VIII Fliegerkorps (8th Air Corps) Luftflotte 6 (6th Air Fleet) (Robert Ritter von Greim as commander-in-chief and Friedrich...
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    Fliegerdivision, Luftflotte 6, contained SG 1 and 10 totalling 76 Fw 190s. JG 54, attached to Jagdabschnittfuhrer Ostland (Fighter Area East) of Luftflotte 1 had...
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  • 1943. At the Battle of Kursk, it fought for the 9th Army, as part of Luftflotte 6, and reported 383 downed Soviet aircraft. It was supported at Kursk by...
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    Oberst (Colonel) on 1 November 1943 and served in the staff of Luftflotte 6 (Air Fleet 6) until the end of World War II. He died in Kiel on 19 August 1955...
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  • 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. Luftflotte 3 targeted...
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    Gold on 31 March 1944 as Major im Generalstab (in the General Staff) in Luftflotte 6 Mahlke, Helmut (1993), Stuka Angriff: Sturzflug, Mittler Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8132-0425-4...
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    during the battle for Smolensk, from 6–19 July, Kesselring's air fleet lost 447 aircraft. In late 1941, Luftflotte 2 supported the final German offensive...
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    Luftflotte Reich (Air Fleet 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...
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  • to: United States Sixth Fleet IJN 6th Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy Luftflotte 6 Sixth Fleet (wargame), a 1975 Cold War wargame that simulates combat...
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    all accessible research." Robert Ritter von Greim's Luftflotte 6, with some support from Luftflotte 4, was assigned seven bomber wings to carry out the...
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  • Citadel which initiated the Battle of Kursk. Subordinated to Luftflotte 6 (Air Fleet 6), the Gruppe began relocating on 2 July and arrived at the airfield...
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    received 900 new aircraft in July. In contrast, Luftflotte 2 had lost 447 in the opening battles for Smolensk, 6 to 19 July. On the Eastern Front the Luftwaffe...
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    Luftwaffengruppenkommando 3 (Air Force Group Command 3) the forerunner of Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3) in February 1938. Sperrle was used during the Anschluss...
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  • Luftwaffe assigned two airfleets to the campaign. Albert Kesselring's Luftflotte 1 was equipped with 807 aircraft, which was augmented by 92 Seaplanes...
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  • Instrument of Surrender documents had been signed, all the units attached to Luftflotte 6 moved to an internment camp in the Aschbach area where other elements...
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    Division, armored train No. 75, and aircraft from the 6th Air Fleet (Luftflotte 6). The course of the battles on August 5 made the German command realize...
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  • Stab relocated to Königsberg-Seewiesen and subordinated to the Luftflotte 6 (Air Fleet 6) in January 1945. The Stab relocated again on 27 February 1945...
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