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. It was formed on May 5, 1943 from Luftwaffenkommando Ost in Central Russia ( Smolensk). The Luftwaffe units listed here were detached in

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, East Poland,

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

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

Strategical reconnaissance

*Stab/FAGr.2 (

Baranovichi Baranavichy ( ; be, Бара́навічы, Łacinka: , ; russian: Бара́новичи; yi, באַראַנאָוויטש; pl, Baranowicze) is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus, with a population (as of 2019) of 179,000. It is not ...

) *1.(F)/11 (Baranovichi) *1.(F)/14 (Baranovichi) *NSt.4 ( Bobruisk)

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)

Tactical reconnaissance

*Stab/NAGr.4 (

Biała Podlaska Biała Podlaska ( la, Alba Ducalis) is a city in eastern Poland with 56,498 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the capital of Biała Podlaska Voivodeship (1975–1998). ...

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

Bombers (Medium)

*10.(Kroat)KG.3 ( Smolensk) *Stab/KG.4 (

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...

) *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 Krosno County, county in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. The estimated population of the town is 47,140 inha ...

) *I./KG.27 (Krosno) *II./KG.27 (Krosno) *III./KG.27 ( Mielec) *Stab./KG.53 ( Radom) *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 of ...

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) *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 and north-west of the regional capital Lublin Lublin ...

) *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 A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Kievan Rus', Bulgaria, Russia, Wallachia and Moldavia, and later Romania, Lithuania and among Baltic Germans. Boyars were sec ...

) *10(Pz)/SG.3 (Toloschin) *Stab/SG.9 ( Schippenbeil) *Stab/SG.10 (

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) *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 Lithuani ...

) *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 (

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) *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 (

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) *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, 5 May 1943 – 24 April 1945 *Generaloberst

Otto Deßloch Otto Dessloch (11 June 1889 – 13 May 1977) was a German Luftwaffe general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Career Dessloch was born in Bamberg, he joined the Bavarian A ...

, 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

;Notes ;References
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