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...

officer of Luftwaffengruppenkommando 3 (Air Force Group Command 3) the forerunner of Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3) in February 1938. Sperrle was used during...

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...

invasion of Poland. Luftflotte 1 (Northeast Germany) Luftflotte 2 (Northwest Germany) Luftflotte 3 (Southwest Germany) Luftflotte 4 (Southeast Germany...

commanding Luftflotte 2, was ordered to send 50 sorties per night against London and attack eastern harbours in daylight. Sperrle, commanding Luftflotte 3, was...

coasts. Luftflotte 2 (Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring), was responsible for the bombing of south-east England and the London area. Luftflotte 3 (Generalfeldmarschall...

Generalfeldmarschall Hugo Sperrle's Luftflotte 3 assuming responsibility for the night-time "blitz" attacks while Luftflotte 2 conducted the main daylight operations...

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...

Russian front. The last Luftflotte created was Luftflotte Reich on 5 February 1944 and was to direct operation in Germany. Each Luftflotte in turn was divided...

The task of carrying out the attacks was given to bomber groups of Luftflotte 3. These were KG 2 and KG 6, formed from the earlier Küstenfliegergruppe...

Wehrmacht, Oberstleutnant Koller was to serve as the Operations Officer of Luftflotte 3 in co-ordination with the German 9th Army. Koller became the Chef der...

Vienna. The Luftflotte was redesignated on 21 April 1945, to Luftwaffenkommando 4, and became subordinated to Luftflotte 6. It was the Luftflotte 4, that...

(Stargard) 3.(H)/21 (Stargard) 4.(H)/21 (Stargard) 1.(H)/41 (Reichenberg) 2.(H)/41 (Reichenberg) 3.(F)/10 (Neuhausen) 2.(F)/11 (Großenhain) 3.(F)/11 (Großenhain)...

Hugo Sperrle, the commander of Luftflotte 3, was already alarmed at German losses. Albert Kesselring, the Luftflotte 2 commander, could ill-afford losses...

skirmishes took place, between Albert Kesselring's Luftflotte 2 and Hugo Sperrle's Luftflotte 3 on one side, and RAF Air Vice Marshal Keith Park's No...

challenges at this juncture. The first was the reinforcing of Luftflotte 3 from Luftflotte Reich, to deal with the imminent Allied invasion of France. The...

occupation: 1940: Luftflotte 2, Luftflotte 3 operated from airfields in northern France during the Battle of Britain. Luftflotte 3 stayed there to defend...

(60 km) north of Munich, I./JG 433 was activated as the first Gruppe of Luftflotte 3 under the command of Hauptmann Dietrich Graf von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth...

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depended on the quality of air support, acting as flying artillery. Luftflotte 3 and Luftflotte 2 (Albert Kesselring), executed the heaviest air bombardment...

attempt. Little damage was done. The cancellation order had not reached Luftflotte 3 HQ at all. Its commander, Hugo Sperrle ordered attacks to commence. At...

commander of two Luftwaffe wings. During World War II he commanded a Luftflotte 2 corps from 3 October 1939 and was appointed Major general and commander of...

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...

Commander of Luftflotte 2 (Air Fleet 2) Erhard Milch, Inspector General of the Luftwaffe Hugo Sperrle, Commander of the Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3) This number...

Organisation Todt Amy Elizabeth Thorpe Western Front (Frankreich) Area (Luftflotte 3, France) World War II in the Basque Country Given full constituent powers...

Coventry during the war. It was carried out by 515 German bombers, of Luftflotte 3 shuttling to the target from their bases in northern France with guidance...

1944). He was made commander of the Luftwaffenkommando West, formerly Luftflotte 3 on 23 November 1944. Schmid commanded the German forces involved in Operation...

Do 217. Luftflotte 3, under the command of Generalfeldmarschall Hugo Sperrle was to carry out the bulk of the operation. Göring ordered that Luftflotte 2 transfer...

arranged with Oberst (Colonel) Karl Koller, chief of staff of Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3 Generalfeldmarschall Hugo Sperrle). Some training units were mobilised...

under the operational control of the Luftwaffe and was subordinated to Luftflotte 3, commanded by Hugo Sperrle. The command had jurisdiction over all Luftwaffe...