7. Flieger-Division - Parachute Division

Kommandeure:

• GenLt Kurt Student, 1 Sep 1938 - 14 May 1940
• GenLt Richard Putzier, 16 May 1940 - 21 Jan 1941
• GenLt Wilhelm Süssmann, 21 Jan 1941 - 20 May 1941
• GenMaj Alfred Sturm, 20 May 1941 - 30 May 1941
• GenLt Erich Petersen, 1 Jun 1941 - 1 Aug 1942
• GenLt Richard Heidrich, 1 Aug 1942 - 1 May 1943

Ia:

• Maj Heinrich Trettner, 1 Sep 1938 - 15 Dec 1940
• Maj Conrad-Bernhard Graf von Üxküll, 1 Jan 1941 - 17 Aug 1942
• Maj Karl Lothar Schulz, 18 Aug 1942 - 27 Aug 1942
• Maj Adolf Haering, 28 Aug 1942 - Apr 1943

Formed 1 Sep 1938 in Berlin to control all parachute units.

In 1 May 1943 redesignated 1. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division.