3. Flieger-Division - Parachute Division

Kommandeure:

• Oberst Herbert Rieckhoff, Dec 1943 - 26 Sep 1943
• GenMaj Dipl.Ing. Werner Zech, 26 Sep 1943 - 6 Jan 1944
• Gen.d.Flg. Walter Boenicke, 6 Jan 1944 - 30 May 1944
• GenMaj Sigismund Freiherr von Falkenstein, 1 Jun 1944 - 8 May 1945

Ia:

• Maj Rudolf Jenett, 10 Dec 1943 - May 1945

Formed Dec 1943 in Pleskau from Fliegerführer 1.

HQ at:

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
Dec 1943 - 1 Mar 1944	Pleskau
2 Mar 1944 - 16 Jul 1944	Petseri
18 Jul 1944 - 26 Jul 1944	Dunaburg
27 Jul 1944 - Aug 1944	Jakobstadt
Aug 1944 - 24 Sep 1944	Veselawa
27 Sep 1944 - Nov 1944	Riga-Spilve
2 Nov 1944 - Jan 1945	Bad Essen
Jan 1945 - 9 Feb 1945	Sagan-Kupper
Feb 1945 - May 1945	Olmütz

Subordinated to:

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
Sep 1943 - Nov 1944	Luftflotte 1
Nov 1944 - Jan 1945	Luftwaffenkommando West
Jan 1945 - May 1945	Luftflotte 6

Controlled the following units during the war:

• Flugbereitschaft/3. Flieger-Division, Dec 1942 - ?
• Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 73

Feb 1944 with:

• II./SG1 at Wesenberg
• I. and II./SG3 at Pleskau
• I./SG5 at Dno
• NSGr.1 at Idriza
• NSGr.3 at Pleskau
• NSGr.11 at Jöhwi
• II./JG5 at Dorpat
• I. and IV./JG54 at Wesenberg

Oct 1944 with:

• II. and III./SG3 at Libau
• III./SG4 at Tuckum
• NSGr.3 at Schrunden
• NAGr.5 at Frauenburg