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During World War II, German pilots claimed roughly 70,000 aerial victories, while over 75,000 Luftwaffe aircraft were destroyed or significantly damaged. Of these, nearly 40,000 were lost entirely. The Luftwaffe had only two commanders-in-chief throughout its history: Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring and later Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter ...
This list covers aircraft of the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War from 1939 to 1945. Numerical designations are largely within the RLM designation system.. The Luftwaffe officially existed from 1933–1945 but training had started in the 1920s, before the Nazi seizure of power, and many aircraft made in the inter-war years were used during World War II.
So-named Aufklärungsgruppe reconnaissance units existed in two basic forms for the Luftwaffe in World War II: Aufklärungsgruppe (F) – a long range reconnaissance Gruppe. It was later changed to Fernaufklärungsgruppe (FAGr), from Fern, the German word for "far"; Aufklärungsgruppe (H) were units initially attached to the army (Heer).
On 1 September 1939 German forces invaded Poland, triggering World War II. The Luftwaffe begun the invasion by bombing the undefended town of Wieluń. The Luftwaffe was an instrumental component of the Blitzkrieg battle plan. The Luftwaffe assigned two airfleets to the campaign.
The aircraft in this list include prototype versions of aircraft used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and unfinished wartime experimental programmes. In the former, development can stretch back to the 1920s and in the latter the project must have started between 1939-1945.
Luftwaffe Order of Battle August 1940. Luftflotte 1 (Poland) Luftflotte 2 (The Netherlands, Belgium, Northern Germany) ... German Air Fleets in World War II.
The Luftwaffe, from its founding in 1933 to the end of World War II in 1945, used ranks similar to other air forces at the time; however, some Luftwaffe ranks had no equivalent in the Allied air forces.
I Luftwaffe Field Corps, planned during the winter of 1942–1943 on the basis of the 13th Air Corps (German: XIII. Fliegerkorps), but never really established.; II Luftwaffe Field Corps, October 1942–1 November 1943: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th Luftwaffe Field Divisions (Alfred Schlemm)