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 in Berlin.

On 16 Apr 1945 redesignated while absorbing parts of Stab/

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:

Visit our site for a tarot reading!

This webpage was updated 22nd April 2024

-xxx-