Luftflotte Reich[1] (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 from Luftwaffenbefehlshaber Mitte. Its primary task was to defend German air space during the Defense of the Reich campaign.
It was among the only Luftwaffe division that was in possession of a sizable number of Me 262s and Me 163s[2] fielding over 140 rocket aircraft as late as February 1945.
^For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organisation
LuftflotteReich (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...
reinforcing of Luftflotte 3 from LuftflotteReich, to deal with the imminent Allied invasion of France. The second was protecting the Reich's airspace from...
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...
Sperrle's air fleet was the diversion and reinforcement of LuftflotteReich at the expense of Luftflotte 3. By June 1944, the number of fighter aircraft available...
reinforce the home defence, which became LuftflotteReich, and back to the Channel Front when required. The Luftflotte 3 operations staff reported in April...
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...
force. Galland reported that LuftflotteReich had lost 38 percent of its fighter pilots in April 1944, while Luftflotte 3 had lost 24 percent. Altogether...
down one German fighter for three losses. LuftflotteReich was the air fleet responsible for "Defence of the Reich" operations. These elements of JG 27 were...
the Reich merged into one, and though formally JG 2 remained part of Luftflotte 3 and its new incarnation Luftwaffenkommando West, LuftflotteReich made...
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...
reports. Forwarding of tactical intelligence to Luftflotte 3 HQ and to the commanders of LuftflotteReich and Fliegerkorps III. For this to purpose appropriate...
compartment in the rear. Two of these served with Kommando Bonow, a LuftflotteReich experimental test unit. Operations began in March 1945, but the aircraft...
Luftwaffenbefehlshaber Mitte) (Lw Bfh), which later formed Air Fleet Germany (German: LuftflotteReich). In late June 1943 Hauptmann Günther Specht replaced Major Adolf Dickfeld...
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...
October, Kreipe ordered the air fleet defending the Greater German Reich (LuftflotteReich) to hand over seven Jagdgeschwader and Schlachtgeschwader to Air...
It had 32 operational He 177s from 44 in total under the command on LuftflotteReich on 10 January 1945. On 2 February 1945 it received ordered to destroy...
Lightning fighters from the Ninth Air Force. German fighters dispatched by LuftflotteReich never reached the transports. Borris led I. Gruppe to the Goch–Wesel...
Luftflotte 6 (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...
1944, most night fighter units had been moved to the periphery of LuftflotteReich in Italy, Austria, Hungary and Western Europe. Only NJG 1 and 3 remained...
Following the campaign in France, Kesselring's Luftflotte 2 was committed to the Battle of Britain. Luftflotte 2's headquarters was located in Brussels. Kesselring's...
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