Luftflotte 1

Oberbefehlshaber:

• GenFeldm Albert Kesselring, 1 Feb 1939 - 11 Jan 1940
• GenOb Hans-Jurgen Stumpff, 12 Jan 1940 - 10 May 1940
• Gen Wilhelm Wimmer, 11 May 1940 - 19 Aug 1940
• GenOb Alfred Keller, 20 Aug 1940 - 12 Jun 1943
• GenOb Günther Korten, 12 Jun 1943 - 23 Aug 1943
• Gen Kurt Pflugbeil, 24 Aug 1943 - 16 Apr 1945

Chef des Stabes:

• GenMaj Wilhelm Speidel, 1 Feb 1939 - 19 Dec 1939
• GenLt Ulrich Kessler, 19 Dec 1939 - 25 Apr 1940
• Oberst Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch, 1 May 1940 - 9 May 1940
• GenMaj Dr. Robert Knauss, 9 May 1940 - 4 Oct 1940
• GenMaj Otto Schöbel, 5 Oct 1940 - 16 Jan 1941
• GenMaj Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch, 16 Jan 1941 - 13 Oct 1941
• GenMaj Herbert Rieckhoff, 13 Oct 1941 - 23 Feb 1943
• GenMaj Hans Detlef Herhudt von Rohden, 23 Feb 1943 - 24 Aug 1943
• GenMaj Klaus Siegfried Uebe, 25 Aug 1943 - 24 Dec 1944
• Obstlt Paul-Werner Hozzel, 25 Dec 1944 - 16 Apr 1945

Formed 1 Feb 1939 from Luftwaffengruppenkommando 1 in Berlin.

On 16 Apr 1945 redesignated Luftwaffenkommando Kurland, while absorbing parts of Stab/6. Flak-Division.

HQ at:

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date	Location
1 Feb 1939 - Aug 1939	Berlin
Aug 1939 - Oct 1939	Henningsholm, near Stettin
Oct 1939 - May 1941	Berlin
May 1941 - Jul 1941	Norkitten, near Insterburg
Jul 1941	Waldlager (Dunaburg)
Jul 1941 - 17 Feb 1944	Ostrow (there Feb 1942)
18 Feb 1944 - 27 Sep 1944	Malpils
27 Sep 1944 - 3 Oct 1944	Riga-Spilve
3 Oct 1944 - Nov 1944	Kazdanka (also there 4 Mar 1945)
Nov 1944 - Feb 1945	Zara
Feb 1945 - 16 Apr 1945	Haserpoth (Kurland) [there 1 Mar 1945]

Controlled the following units during the war:

• Verbindungsstaffel/Luftflotte 1 (He 111)
• 1. Flieger-Division, 1 Feb 1939 - 22 Sep 1939
• 2. Flieger-Division, Feb 1939 - Aug 1939
• 3. Flieger-Division, Feb 1943 - Oct 1944
• Luftwaffen-Lehr-Division, Aug 1939 - 4 Oct 1939
• I. Fliegerkorps, May 1941 - 19 Jul 1942
• VIII. Fliegerkorps, Jul 1941 - 28 Sep 1941
• Fliegerführer 1, Jul 1942 - Feb 1943
• Fliegerführer Ostsee, 1 Apr 1941 - Nov 1941
• Luftwaffenkommando Ostpreussen, 1 Feb 1939 - 30 Sep 1939
• Jagdabschnittsführer Ostland, Dec 1943 - 17 Sep 1944
• Gefechtsverband Kulmey, Jun 1944 only
• Luftgau-Kommando I, Aug 1938 - 1 Jan 1943
• Luftgau-Kommando II, 30 Sep 1939 - May 1941
• Luftgau-Kommando III, Oct 1937 - 24 Mar 1941
• Luftgau-Kommando IV, Oct 1937 - 24 Mar 1941
• Luftgau-Kommando VIII, 1 Feb 1939 - 1 Apr 1939
• Luftgau-Kommando Petersburg/Riga, Nov 1941 - Jun 1943
• Feldluftgau-Kommando XXVI, Jun 1943 - Aug 1944
• Luftgaustab z.b.V. 1, Aug 1939 - Oct 1939 and Jun 1941 - Nov 1941
• Luftgaustab z.b.V. 3, Aug 1939 - Oct 1939
• Luftgaustab z.b.V. 10, Jun 1941 - Nov 1941
• IV. Flakkorps, Jun 1944 (forming)
• 2. Flak-Division, Jan 1942 - Sep 1944
• 6. Flak-Division, Apr 1942 - 16 Apr 1945
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• Luftnachrichten-Regiment 1
• Luftnachrichten-Regiment 11
• Luftnachrichten-Regiment 21