Luftflotte 6[1] (Air Fleet 6) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on May 5, 1943 from Luftwaffenkommando Ost in Central Russia (Smolensk). The Luftwaffe units listed here were detached in Belarus, East Poland, East Prussia, Ukraine, Slovakia and in Russian-occupied lands for air support of Axis forces in the sector; with command offices in Pryluky and Belarus during June 26, 1944 within the Eastern front.
^For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organisation
Luftflotte6 (Air Fleet 6) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on May 5, 1943 from Luftwaffenkommando...
Vienna. The Luftflotte was redesignated on 21 April 1945, to Luftwaffenkommando 4, and became subordinated to Luftflotte6. It was the Luftflotte 4, that...
commander of Luftflottenkommando Ost (Luftflotte6) 92nd Swords on 28 August 1944 as Generaloberst and commander of Luftflotte6 Golden Party Badge of the NSDAP...
Fliegerkorps VIII and 346 for Luftflotte6) with 420 being written off (192 from Fliegerkorps VIII and 229 from Luftflotte6). The breakdown as shown in...
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...
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...
Luftwaffe committed I, II, III./St.G 1 and III./StG 3 under the command of Luftflotte6. I., II, III. of StGs 2 and 3 were committed under the command of Fliegerkorps...
Luftflotte 3 (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...
- Air support for Army Group South VIII Fliegerkorps (8th Air Corps) Luftflotte6 (6th Air Fleet) (Robert Ritter von Greim as commander-in-chief and Friedrich...
Luftflotte 5 (Air Fleet 5) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed 12 April 1940 in Hamburg for the invasion...
Luftflotte Reich (Air Fleet Reich) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on February 5, 1944 in Berlin-Wannsee...
1943. At the Battle of Kursk, it fought for the 9th Army, as part of Luftflotte6, and reported 383 downed Soviet aircraft. It was supported at Kursk by...
Gold on 31 March 1944 as Major im Generalstab (in the General Staff) in Luftflotte6 Mahlke, Helmut (1993), Stuka Angriff: Sturzflug, Mittler Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8132-0425-4...
during the battle for Smolensk, from 6–19 July, Kesselring's air fleet lost 447 aircraft. In late 1941, Luftflotte 2 supported the final German offensive...
West. Luftflotte 2 was responsible for the bombing of southeast England and the London area and based in the Pas-de-Calais area in France. Luftflotte 3 targeted...
Instrument of Surrender documents had been signed, all the units attached to Luftflotte6 moved to an internment camp in the Aschbach area where other elements...
all accessible research." Robert Ritter von Greim's Luftflotte6, with some support from Luftflotte 4, was assigned seven bomber wings to carry out the...
Luftwaffengruppenkommando 3 (Air Force Group Command 3) the forerunner of Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3) in February 1938. Sperrle was used during the Anschluss...
World War (paperback ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280666-6. Lord Ismay (2001). NATO, the first 5 years. NATO archives. C A Portal_P Ossad...
from the air support role. Robert Ritter von Greim's Luftflotte6, with support from Luftflotte 4, was assigned seven bomber wings to carry out a strategic...
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