Luftflotte_6 Knowpia

Luftflotte 6^[1] (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 Ost in Central Russia (Smolensk). The Luftwaffe units listed here were detached in Belarus, East Poland, East Prussia, Ukraine, Slovakia and in Russian-occupied lands for air support of Axis forces in the sector; with command offices in Pryluky and Belarus during June 26, 1944 within the Eastern front.

Strategical reconnaissance edit

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

Bombers (Medium/Heavy) edit

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

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

Strategical reconnaissance edit

1(F)/100 (Pinsk)

Tactical reconnaissance edit

Stab/NAGr.4 (Biała Podlaska)
3/NAGr.4 (Kobryn)
12/NAGr.4 (Brest-Litovsk)

Bombers (Medium) edit

10.(Kroat)KG.3 (Smolensk)
Stab/KG.4 (Białystok)
II./KG.4 (Baranovichi)
III./KG.4 (Baranovichi)
Stab/KG.27 (Krosno)
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-Irena)
I./KG.55 (Dęblin-Ułęż)
II./KG.55 (Dęblin-Irena)
III./KG.55 (Groyek)

1.Fliegerdivision (1° Air Division) Orscha edit

Tactical reconnaissance edit

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

Tactical support edit

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

Land air strike edit

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 edit

Tactical reconnaissance edit

12./NAGr.12 (Mogilev)
2./NAGr.5 (Budslav)
4./NAGr.31 (Budslav)

Night land attack edit

Stab/NSGr.2 (Lida)
1./NSGr.2 (Bobruisk)
3./NSGr.2 (Lida)
4./NSGr.2 (Mogilev)
1.Ostfl. St.(Russische) (Minsk)
1/NSGr.1 (Kovno)
2/NSGr.1 (Kovno)
Stab I./Eins. Gr. Fl. Sch. Div. (Borisov)
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 edit

Fighters edit

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 edit

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 edit

Fighters edit

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

Night fighters edit

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

Luftwaffe special transport units (1944-45) edit

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.