''Luftflotte'' 4For 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 4) 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-Fliegerabt ...

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 World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

. It was formed on March 18, 1939, from Luftwaffenkommando Österreich in

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. The ''Luftflotte'' was redesignated on 21 April 1945, to ''Luftwaffenkommando'' 4, and became subordinated to Luftflotte 6. It was the Luftflotte 4, that was responsible for the bombing campaign of Stalingrad, where ca. 40,000 civilians died. This Luftwaffe detachment was based in

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, Southeast

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and

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n occupied territories, for supporting

Axis forces The Axis powers, ; it, Potenze dell'Asse ; ja, 枢軸国 ''Sūjikukoku'', group=nb originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were ...

; with command offices in Morczyn, Hungary, during 26 June 1944, Eastern Front. See

Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945) Between 1933 and 1945, the organization of the Luftwaffe underwent several changes. Originally, the German military high command, for their air warfare forces, decided to use an organizational structure similar to the army and navy, treating the ...

for explanation of abbreviations used below.

Strategic reconnaissance

*2.(F)/11 ( Jasionka) *2.(F)/22 ( Focşani) *2.(F)/100 (

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of ...

)

Transports (special duties)

*14 St./Transportgeschwader 4 (

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...

)

I. Fliegerkorps (I. Air Corps) Focşani

Strategic reconnaissance

*3.(F)/

121 121 may refer to: *121 (number), a natural number *AD 121, a year in the 2nd century AD *121 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC *121 (Eagle) Sqn *121 (MBTA bus) *121 (New Jersey bus) *Road 121, see list of highways numbered 121 *Russian cruiser Mosk ...

(Ziliştea) *NSt.1 ( Focşani)

Tactical reconnaissance

*Stab/NAGr.1( Chişinău) *2/NAGr.16 ( Chişinău) *Stab/NAGr.14(

Comrat Comrat ( ro, Comrat, ; gag, Komrat, Russian and bg, Комрат, Komrat) is a city and municipality in Moldova and the capital of the autonomous region of Gagauzia. It is located in the south of the country, on the Ialpug River. In 2014, Comr ...

) *1./NAGr.14 (

) *2./NAGr.14 (

Bacău Bacău ( , , ; hu, Bákó; la, Bacovia) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. At the 2016 national estimation it had a population of 196,883, making it the 12th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of ...

)

Maritime reconnaissance

*Stab/FAGr.125(See) ( Constanţa) *1.(F)/125 (See) (

Varna, Bulgaria Varna ( bg, Варна, ) is the third-largest city in Bulgaria and the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and in the Northern Bulgaria region. Situated strategically in the Gulf of Varna, the city has been a m ...

) *3.(F)/125 (See) (

Mamaia Mamaia () is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea shore and a district of Constanța. Considered to be Romania's most popular resort,Robert Reid, Leif Pettersen, ''Romania & Moldova'', Lonely Planet, 2007, p. 294 Mamaia is situated immediately nor ...

) *(Rum)A.St.22/1 ( Ciocârlia, Romania) *(Rum)101.A.St. (

) *(Bulg)See. A.St.(

)

Fighters

*Stab/

JG 52 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 52 (JG 52) was a German World War II fighter ''Geschwader'' (wing) that exclusively used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 throughout the war. The unit originally formed near Munich in November 1938, then moved to a base near Stuttg ...

(Manzar) *I./JG 52 (

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

, Romania) *II./JG 52 (Manzar) *III./JG 52 (

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: * Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lett ...

) *15(Kroat.)/JG 52 (Ziliştea)

Land air strike

*Stab/ SG 2 ( Huşi) *I./SG 2 ( Huşi) *II./SG 2 (Ziliştea) *III./SG 2 ( Huşi) *II./ SG 10 ( Culm) *10.(Pz)/SG 2 ( Trotuş) *14.(Pz)/SG 2 ( Trotuş)

Night land attack

*Stab/NSGr.5 (Manzar) *1./NSGr.5 (

) *2./NSGr.5 ( Chişinău) *3./NSGr.5 ( Chişinău)

Bombers (medium)

*I./KG.4 ( Focşani)

VIII.Fliegerkorps (VIII Air Corps) Lubien
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

Strategic reconnaissance

*2.(F)/11 ( Jasionka) *2.(F)/100 (

Lubin Lubin (; german: Lüben, szl, Lubin) is a city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is the administrative seat of Lubin County, and also of the rural district called Gmina Lubin, although it is not part of the territory of ...

)

Tactical reconnaissance

*Stab/NAGr.2( Strunybaby) *1./NAGr.2( Strunybaby) *2./NAGr.2( Strunybaby)

Land air strike

*Stab IV(Pz)/SG.9 ( Lisiatycze) *12.(Pz)/SG.9 ( Strunybaby) *13.(Pz)/SG.9( Lisiatycze) *Stab./SG.77 ( Jasionka) *I./SG.77 ( Jasionka) *II./SG.77(

Lemberg Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ...

) *III./SG.77( Cuniov) *10.(Pz)/SG.77( Starzava) *(Ung)S.St. G.102/1( Cuniov) *(Ung)(101 C.O.)St. G.101( Borgond-

Balaton Lake Balaton is a lake in Hungary, the largest lake in Central Europe Balaton may also refer to: * 2242 Balaton, a main-belt asteroid * Balaton (car), a Hungarian microcar * Balaton (village), in Heves county, Hungary * Balaton, Minnesota, a c ...

)

Night land attack

*Stab/NSGr.4 ( Hordinia) *1./NSGr.4 ( Hordinia)

Bombers

*14.(Eis.)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 2 ...

)

Fliegerführer 102 Ungarn (102 Air Direction in Hungary) Łabunie

Tactical reconnaissance

*(Ung)N.A.St.102/1 ( Łabunie) *7./NAGr.32 ( Łabunie)

Fighters

*(Ung)J.St.102/1 (

Zamość Zamość (; yi, זאמאשטש, Zamoshtsh; la, Zamoscia) is a historical city in southeastern Poland. It is situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about from Lublin, from Warsaw. In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021. ...

)

Bombers

*(Ung)K.St.102/1 ( Klemensova)

Rapid bombers

*(Ung)SK.St.102/1 ( Klemensova)

Romanien I Fliegerkorps (I Romanian Air Corps) Tecuci

Strategic/tactical reconnaissance

*(Rum)2.(F) A.St. (Iveşti) *(Rum)102 A.St. ( Vilkov) *(Rum)(C.A.1)1A.St.(

)

Fighters

*(Rum)II./JG.3 (

) *(Rum)65./J.St. (

) *(Rum)66./J.St. (

) *(Rum)67./J.St. (

) *Stab(Rum) IV.JGr.45 ( Ianca) *(Rum).45 J.St. ( Ianca) *(Rum).46 J.St. ( Ianca) *(Rum).49 J.St. ( Ianca) *(Rum).IX JGr. ( Tecuci) *(Rum).47 J.St.( Tecuci) *(Rum).48 J.St.( Tecuci) *(Rum).56 J.St.( Tecuci)

Tactical support (dive bombers)

*(Rum)StG.3 ( Călimănești?) StG is ''Sturzkampfgeschwader'',

dive bomber A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops. Diving towards the target simplifies the bomb's trajectory and allows the pilot to keep visual contact through ...

s *(Rum)StG.4 ( Huşi) *(Rum)StG.8 ( Matca) *(Rum)(G.P.)StG.3(Detach) (

) *(Rum)(G.P.)StG.3 ( Cioara-Dolcești)

Bombers

*(Rum)KG.2 ( Țăndărei) *(Rum)KG.4 ( Țăndărei) *(Rum)76 K.St.( Ianca) *(Rum)78 K.St.( Ianca) *(Rum)V KGr. ( Iveşti) *(Rum)K.St.1/3 (Ciocârlia)

Kom. Gen.d.dtsch. Lw.i. Rum (general in chief of German Air Force in Romania)
Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...

Jagdabschnittsführer Rum. (chief of sector fighters of Romania)
Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...

Fighters

*I./JG.53 ( Târgşorul-Nou) *III./JG.77 (

Mizil Mizil () is a town in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. Located in the southeastern part of the county, it lies along the road between the cities of Ploiești and Buzău, and to the northeast of the national capital, Bucharest. Its position led i ...

) *(Rum)I./JG.2 ( Roşiori) *(Rum)43. J.St.( Roşiori) *(Rum)63.J.St.( Roşiori) *(Rum)64.J.St.( Roşiori) *(Rum)VII JGr.(

Popești-Leordeni Popești-Leordeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, south of downtown Bucharest, although from the northern edge of the town to the southern edge of Bucharest the distance is less than . Most of its inhabitants commute to Buchare ...

) *(Rum)59./VII JGr.(

) *(Rum)61./VII JGr.(

) *(Rum)62./VII JGr.(

) *(Rum)VII.JGr. (

Boteni Boteni is a commune in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Balabani, Boteni, Lunca and Muscel. Natives *Petre Țuțea Petre Țuțea (; 6 October 1902 – 3 December 1991) was a Romanian philosopher, journalist ...

) *(Rum)53./VII.J.St (

) *(Rum)57./VII.J.St.(

) *(Rum)51.J.St. (Ţepeş Vodă) *(Rum)52.J.St. (

) *(Rum)58.J.St. ( Pipera)

Night fighters

*10./NJG.6 ( Otopeni-

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...

) *12./NJG.6 ( Otopeni-

) *11./(Detach)NJG.100 ( Otopeni-

) *4./(N)JG.301 (

) *6./(N)JG.301 ( Târgşorul-Nou) *(Rum)1./NJ.St. ( Otopeni-

)

Commanding officers

*Generaloberst

Alexander Löhr Alexander Löhr (20 May 1885 – 26 February 1947) was an Austrian Air Force commander during the 1930s and, after the annexation of Austria, he was a Luftwaffe commander. Löhr served in the Luftwaffe during World War II, rising to commander o ...

, 18 March 1939 – 20 July 1942 *Generalfeldmarschall

Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen Wolfram Karl Ludwig Moritz Hermann Freiherr von Richthofen (10 October 1895 – 12 July 1945) was a German World War I flying ace who rose to the rank of '' Generalfeldmarschall'' in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Born in 1895 into a f ...

, 20 July 1942 – 4 September 1943 *Generaloberst Otto Deßloch, 4 September 1943 – 17 August 1944 *Generalleutnant

Alexander Holle __NOTOC__ Alexander Holle (27 February 1898 – 16 July 1978) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Luftwaffe's Condor Legion during the German involvement in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cro ...

, 25 August 1944 – 27 September 1944 *Generaloberst Otto Deßloch, 28 September 1944 – 21 April 1945

Chief of staff

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2007-0104-500, Herbert Olbrich

*Oberst

Günther Korten Günther Korten (26 July 1898 – 22 July 1944) was a German Colonel General and Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe in World War II. He died from injuries suffered in the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944. Biography ...

, 18 March 1939 – 19 December 1939 *Oberst

Herbert Olbrich Herbert Olbrich (1 July 1897 in Friedheim – 29 October 1976 in München) was a Luftwaffe Generalleutnant during World War II, and a recipient of the Slovak victory cross order. He was captured in Flensburg on 12 May 1945 and became a Briti ...

, 19 December 1939 – 21 July 1940 *Obstlt Andreas Nielsen, 21 July 1940 – 3 November 1940 *Oberst Richard Schimpf, 4 November 1940 – 15 January 1941 *Generalleutnant

, 15 January 1941 – 12 August 1942 *Oberst Hans-Detlef Herhudt von Rohden, 24 August 1942 – 23 February 1943 *Oberst Karl-Heinrich Schulz, 1 March 1943 – 25 March 1943 *General Otto Deßloch, 26 March 1943 – 3 September 1943 *Generalmajor Karl-Heinrich Schulz, 3 September 1943 – 21 April 1945

References

;Notes ;References
Luftflotte 4 @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht

{{Luftflotten German Air Fleets in World War II Military units and formations established in 1939 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945

Strategic reconnaissance

Transports (special duties)

I. Fliegerkorps (I. Air Corps) Focşani

Strategic reconnaissance

Tactical reconnaissance

Maritime reconnaissance

Fighters

Land air strike

Night land attack

Bombers (medium)

VIII.Fliegerkorps (VIII Air Corps) Lubien Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

Strategic reconnaissance

Tactical reconnaissance

Land air strike

Night land attack

Bombers

Fliegerführer 102 Ungarn (102 Air Direction in Hungary) Łabunie

Tactical reconnaissance

Fighters

Bombers

Rapid bombers

Romanien I Fliegerkorps (I Romanian Air Corps) Tecuci

Strategic/tactical reconnaissance

Fighters

Tactical support (dive bombers)

Bombers

Fighters

Night fighters

Commanding officers

Chief of staff

References

VIII.Fliegerkorps (VIII Air Corps) Lubien
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...