8th Air Corps (VIII. Fliegerkorps) was formed 19 July 1939 in Oppeln as Fliegerführer z.b.V. ("for special purposes"). It was renamed to the 8th Air Corps...

Generalmajor Walter Hagen, 1 February 1943 – February 1943 Fliegerkorps II Korpskette X.Fliegerkorps Afrika JagdKommando Kreta Fliegerführer Afrika (Ägyptenfeldzug)...

was given Fliegerkorps VIII (a specialised ground attack Corps, commanded by tactical specialist Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen), Fliegerkorps II (commanded...

with other formations. Wolfram von Richthofen's Fliegerkorps VIII joined Fliegerkorps I from Luftflotte 2 to give Luftflotte 1 much needed ground support...

Kesselring's Luftflotte 2 and the headquarters of Fliegerkorps I were moved to the Mediterranean Theatre. This left Richthofen's Fliegerkorps VIII in control...

Verwendung (z.b.V.) – for special employment. Sometimes a killing squad/unit, but also used for divisions raised for special reasons (e.g., the Division zbV Afrika)...

operations in North Africa or the organisation of convoys to Libya. Fliegerkorps II and Fliegerkorps X were subordinate to the usual Luftwaffe chain of command...

to 100 officers. Each Fliegerkorps would have a number of smaller units under its command. Each Geschwader within the Fliegerkorps was roughly the size...

Data as of 3 August 1941. 2.(F)/ObdL Wekusta (2nd Squadron, Long-Range reconnaissance Luftwaffe High Command) 1 KGr z.b.V. 106 (1st Transport Squadron...

for example I./JG 2, while Staffeln were described with their number (1./JG 2). The wing could be subordinated to a Fliegerkorps, Fliegerdivision or...

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Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen's Fliegerführer zbV which became the Fliegerkorps VIII. Richthofen's forces operated under the command of Luftflotte 4...

the French campaign reveals all but one of the Luftwaffe's Fliegerkorps (I. Fliegerkorps) contained Ju 88s in the combat role. The mixed bomber units...

Fliegerkorps II (Air Corps II), which controlled Luftwaffe operations in Africa, as part of Luftflotte 2 (Air Fleet 2). Subordinate to Fliegerkorps II...

Gruppo, based on Sciacca. The Italian units were joined by the German II Fliegerkorps, but when the German aircraft were moved to North Africa, the CANT bombing...

Fliegerkorps II. The work and long and tedious, requiring crews to fly long hours circling convoys, escorting transports or hunting submarines. NJG 2...

handled by Fliegerkorps X against Kessler's protests to have all such units under his command. Even so, Fliegerkorps X lost bomber units—such as KG 2—to the...

'birthday'. The National Socialist Flyers Corps (Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps or NSFK) was formed in 1937 to give pre-military flying training to male...

1940 JG 27 supported Army Group A and B's invasion of Belgium. Rödel was part of I./JG 27, attached to Fliegerkorps VIII. Rödel was assigned as Adolf Galland's...

aircraft and menaced the rear of Division z.b.V. Afrika. After the failure of a counter-attack by Division z.b.V. Afrika and the "Bologna" Division the division...

commanding officer. StG 77 was placed under the command of Fliegerführer z.b.V., under Wolfram von Richthofen, part of Luftflotte 4. During the course...

Allied forces in the encirclement. KG 51 was placed under the command of Fliegerkorps V (Flying Corps 5). On the first day of the offensive, I./KG 51, now under...

first aircraft, Shannon's, made six runs before taking a break. Maudslay (Z for Zebra) then attempted a run but the bomb struck the top of the dam and...

Bazargio-Dobruja, Romania. 26 May A Luftwaffe Ju 52/3m of 1./KGrzbV 107 (Fliegerkorps X) struck trees for reasons unknown and crashed at Åmot, Østerdalen...

Regiments: 110th and 111th motorized infantry Panzer Abteilung z.b.V 40 The Luftwaffe's X Fliegerkorps was commanded by Generalleutnant Hans Ferdinand Geisler;...

Staffel/VIII. Fliegerkorps) of JG-27 detached in Luftflotte 2 managed Hs 123s in collaboration of II.(Schl.)/LG 2 units for ground strikes along Bf 109E-7/B fighter-bombers...

local authorities. Förster was subsequently transferred to command Fliegerkorps I, and on 2 June was succeeded by General der Flakartillerie Ludwig von Schröder...

ships in the region. The Luftwaffe had 1,068 aircraft in the II and X. Fliegerkorps, the Regia had 285 aircraft in Sardinia of which 115 were torpedo-bombers...

To support the ground forces the Luftwaffe committed I. Fliegerkorps and VIII. Fliegerkorps under Luftflotte 6 and Luftflotte 4 (under the command of...

/Infanterie-Regiment 16. According to Scherzer as chief of the general staff of the IV. Fliegerkorps. According to Scherzer as Hauptmann of the Reserves zur Verwendung (for...