Luftflotte 3[1] (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 3 in Munich and redesignated Luftwaffenkommando West (Air Command West) on 26 September 1944. This Luftwaffe detachment was based in German-occupied areas of Northern France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Vichy France, to support the Axis power's forces in area. Its command offices were in Paris, France (on 26 June 1944).
^For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organisation
Luftflotte3 (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 Luftflotte3 (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. Luftflotte3 targeted...
commanding Luftflotte 2, was ordered to send 50 sorties per night against London and attack eastern harbours in daylight. Sperrle, commanding Luftflotte3, was...
coasts. Luftflotte 2 (Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring), was responsible for the bombing of south-east England and the London area. Luftflotte3 (Generalfeldmarschall...
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...
Vienna. The Luftflotte was redesignated on 21 April 1945, to Luftwaffenkommando 4, and became subordinated to Luftflotte 6. It was the Luftflotte 4, that...
Generalfeldmarschall Hugo Sperrle's Luftflotte3 assuming responsibility for the night-time "blitz" attacks while Luftflotte 2 conducted the main daylight operations...
The task of carrying out the attacks was given to bomber groups of Luftflotte3. These were KG 2 and KG 6, formed from the earlier Küstenfliegergruppe...
Hugo Sperrle, the commander of Luftflotte3, 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 Luftflotte3 on one side, and RAF Air Vice Marshal Keith Park's No...
challenges at this juncture. The first was the reinforcing of Luftflotte3 from Luftflotte Reich, to deal with the imminent Allied invasion of France. The...
occupation: 1940: Luftflotte 2, Luftflotte3 operated from airfields in northern France during the Battle of Britain. Luftflotte3 stayed there to defend...
Luftflotte 1 (Air Fleet 1) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed 1 February 1939 from Luftwaffengruppenkommando...
(60 km) north of Munich, I./JG 433 was activated as the first Gruppe of Luftflotte3 under the command of Hauptmann Dietrich Graf von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth...
attempt. Little damage was done. The cancellation order had not reached Luftflotte3 HQ at all. Its commander, Hugo Sperrle ordered attacks to commence. At...
Do 217. Luftflotte3, under the command of Generalfeldmarschall Hugo Sperrle was to carry out the bulk of the operation. Göring ordered that Luftflotte 2 transfer...
p. 938. Burleigh 1997, p. 69. Hebert 2010, pp. 216–217. Hebert 2010, p. 3. Hebert 2010, p. 151. Hebert 2010, p. 90. Hebert 2010, pp. 185–186. See Detlev...
to determine the level of defence. He reported his brief landing to Luftflotte3 which came to the decision that the islands were not defended. A platoon...
Commander of Luftflotte 2 (Air Fleet 2) Erhard Milch, Inspector General of the Luftwaffe Hugo Sperrle, Commander of the Luftflotte3 (Air Fleet 3) This number...
than half of the available (or serviceable) aircraft on the Luftflotte 2 and Luftflotte3 order of battle were involved in the action that day, so it...
Coventry during the war. It was carried out by 515 German bombers, from Luftflotte3 and from the pathfinders of Kampfgruppe 100. The attack, code-named Unternehmen...
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