Luftflotte 6For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see

Luftwaffe Organisation The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...

(Air Fleet 6) was one of the primary divisions of the German

Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. It was formed on May 5, 1943 from Luftwaffenkommando Ost in Central Russia (

Smolensk Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest ...

). The Luftwaffe units listed here were detached in

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

, East Poland, East Prussia,

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

and in Russian-occupied lands for air support of Axis forces in the sector; with command offices in

Pryluky Pryluky ( uk, Прилу́ки ) is a city and municipality located on the Udai River in Chernihiv Oblast, north-central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Pryluky Raion (district). Located nearby is the Pryluky air base, a ma ...

and Belarus during June 26, 1944 within the Eastern front.

Strategical reconnaissance

*Stab/FAGr.2 ( Baranovichi) *1.(F)/11 (Baranovichi) *1.(F)/14 (Baranovichi) *NSt.4 (

Bobruisk Babruysk, Babrujsk or Bobruisk ( be, Бабруйск , Łacinka: , rus, Бобруйск, Bobrujsk, bɐˈbruɪ̯s̪k, yi, באָברויסק ) is a city in the Mogilev Region of eastern Belarus on the Berezina River. , its population was 209 ...

)

Bombers (Medium/Heavy)

*14.(Eis)/KG.3 ( Puchivichi) *Stab/KG.1 Hindenburg ( Prohwehren) *II./KG.1 Hindenburg (Prohwehren)

IV.Fliegerkorps (IV.Air Corps) Brest-Litovsk

Strategical reconnaissance

*1(F)/100 (

Pinsk Pinsk ( be, Пі́нск; russian: Пи́нск ; Polish: Pińsk; ) is a city located in the Brest Region of Belarus, in the Polesia region, at the confluence of the Pina River and the Pripyat River. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk ...

)

Tactical reconnaissance

*Stab/NAGr.4 ( Biała Podlaska) *3/NAGr.4 (

Kobryn Kobryn ( be, Кобрын; russian: Кобрин; pl, Kobryń; lt, Kobrynas; uk, Кобринь, Kobryn'; yi, קאָברין) is a city in the Brest Region of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn District. The city is located in the southwest ...

) *12/NAGr.4 (Brest-Litovsk)

Bombers (Medium)

*10.(Kroat)KG.3 (

) *Stab/KG.4 ( Białystok) *II./KG.4 (Baranovichi) *III./KG.4 (Baranovichi) *Stab/KG.27 (

Krosno Krosno (in full ''The Royal Free City of Krosno'', pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Krosno) is a historical town and county in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. The estimated population of the town is 47,140 inhabitants as of ...

) *I./KG.27 (Krosno) *II./KG.27 (Krosno) *III./KG.27 (

Mielec Mielec ( yi, מעליץ-Melitz) is the largest city and seat of Mielec County. Mielec is located in south-eastern Poland (Lesser Poland), in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Województwo Podkarpackie). The population of Mielec in December 2021 wa ...

) *Stab./KG.53 (

Radom Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the seat of a separate Radom Voivodeship (1975� ...

) *I./KG.53 (Radom) *II./KG.53 ( Piastov) *III./KG.53 (Radom) *Stab./KG.55 (

Dęblin Dęblin is a town at the confluence of Vistula and Wieprz rivers, in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. Dęblin is the part of the agglomeration with adjacent towns of Ryki and Puławy, which altogether has over 100 000 inhabitants. The population o ...

- Irena) *I./KG.55 (Dęblin-

Ułęż Ułęż is a village in Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Ułęż. It lies approximately east of Ryki Ryki is a town in eastern Poland between Warsaw and ...

) *II./KG.55 (Dęblin-Irena) *III./KG.55 ( Groyek)

1.Fliegerdivision (1° Air Division) Orscha

Tactical reconnaissance

*Stab/NAGr.10 ( Toloschin) *2/NAGr.4 ( Orscha) *13/NaGr.14 (Toloschin)

Tactical support

*III./St. G.77 (Smolensk) *I.(Kroat)ST.G. 1 (

Eichwalde Eichwalde is a municipality of the Dahme-Spreewald district in Brandenburg, Germany, situated at the southeastern Berlin city limits. With 2.8 km² (1.1 sq mi) it is the smallest Brandenburg municipality by area, while its population density i ...

)

Land air strike

*I/SG.1 (Toloschin) *II/SG.1 ( Vinla) *10(Pz)/SG.1 ( Boyari) *10(Pz)/SG.3 (Toloschin) *Stab/SG.9 ( Schippenbeil) *Stab/SG.10 ( Dokudovo) *III/SG.10 (Dokudovo)

Fliegerführer 1 (Flight Director 1) Minsk

Tactical reconnaissance

*12./NAGr.12 (

Mogilev Mogilev (russian: Могилёв, Mogilyov, ; yi, מאָלעוו, Molev, ) or Mahilyow ( be, Магілёў, Mahilioŭ, ) is a city in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River, about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the bor ...

) *2./NAGr.5 ( Budslav) *4./NAGr.31 (Budslav)

Night land attack

*Stab/NSGr.2 (

Lida Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region. Etymology The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuan ...

) *1./NSGr.2 (Bobruisk) *3./NSGr.2 (Lida) *4./NSGr.2 (

) *1.Ostfl. St.(Russische) (

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

) *1/NSGr.1 ( Kovno) *2/NSGr.1 (Kovno) *Stab I./Eins. Gr. Fl. Sch. Div. (

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) *Russisch Lehr Fl. Div. (Borisov) *2/Eins. Gr. Fl. Sch Div. (Borisov) *3/Eins. Gr. Fl. Sch. Div. (Borisov) *1/Eins. Gr. Fl. Sch. Div. (Dubinskaya)

Jagdabschnittführer 6 (Fighter Direction 6) Pryluky

Fighters

*I.Stab/JG.51 (Orscha) *II.Stab./JG.51 (Orscha) *I/JG.51 (Orscha) *III./JG.51 (Bobruisk) *IV./JG.51 (Mogilev) *III./JG.11 (Dokudovo)

Night fighters

*I.Stab/NJG.100 (Baranovichi) *1./NJG.100 (Baranovichi) *1./NJG.100 (Biala-Podlaska) *1./NJG.100 (detach) (Baranovichi) *1./NJG.100 (Detach) (Dokudovo) *3./NJG.100 (Radom) *3./NJG.100 (Dokudovo) *4./NJG.100 (Puchivichi)

Jagdabschnittführer Ostpreussen (Fighter Direction in East Prussia) Powunden

Fighters

*Stab/JG.52 (

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was name ...

) *I./JG.52(Detach) (Königsberg) *II./JG.52(Detach) (Königsberg)

Night fighters

*II./NJG.100 (Powunden) *II./NJG.100 (Detach) (Eichwalde) *II./NJG.100 (Detach) ( Prohwehren)

Luftwaffe special transport units (1944-45)

This unit was based in Muhldorf, Bavaria, which also included helicopters including: *Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drachen *Flettner Fl 265 *Flettner 282B Kolibri For operations on the Western and Eastern front, the airfields in France (West) and East Prussia undertook some of the special liaisons, personnel transport, rescue of wounded personnel, observation/air patrol and other similar missions in the last days of the conflict. *Transportstaffeln 40 (East area)

Commanding officers

*Generalfeldmarschall

Robert Ritter von Greim Robert ''Ritter'' von Greim (born Robert Greim; 22 June 1892 – 24 May 1945) was a German field marshal and First World War flying ace. In April 1945, in the last days of World War II, Adolf Hitler appointed Greim commander-in-chief of the ''L ...

, 5 May 1943 – 24 April 1945 *Generaloberst Otto Deßloch, 27 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

Chief of staff

*Generalmajor

Friedrich Kless __NOTOC__ Friedrich Kless (7 October 1906 – 6 April 1994) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Awards and decorations * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 October 1940 as ''Ma ...

, 11 May 1943 – 8 May 1945

References

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Luftflotte 6 @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht

{{Luftflotten German Air Fleets in World War II Military units and formations established in 1943 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945