Military unit
Luftflotte 1[1] (Air Fleet 1) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed 1 February 1939 from Luftwaffengruppenkommando 1 in Berlin. This Luftwaffe detachment served in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Immola, Finland, for air support of Axis forces in area; with command offices in Malpils, Latvia, (26 June 1944), Eastern front.
Units under Command
Strategic Reconnaissance
Maritime Reconnaissance
Transports
Transports (special works)
This unit was branch of KG 200 with bases in East Prussia, Courland and Baltic areas, stay equipped with:
- Junkers Ju 252A-1
- Junkers Ju 352A-0/A-1 Herkules
- Arado Ar 232B-0 Tausendfüßler for transport special commandos, weapons, vehicles or dropping by parachute secret agents in clandestine missions behind enemy lines.
- I.(TGr.)/KG 200 (Riga)
Bombers
3.Fliegerdivision (3°Air Division) Petseri
Tactical Reconnaissance
- Stab//NAGr 5 (Petseri)
- 1./NAGr 5 (Idriza)
- 1./NAGr 31 (Wesemberg)
Land Air Strike
Night land strike
- Stab/NSGr 1 (Idriza)
- 3./NSGr 1 (Idriza)
- 1./NSGr 1 (Kaunas)
- 2./NSGr 1 (Kaunas)
- Stab/NSGr 3 (Vecuci)
- 1./NSGr 3 (Vecuci)
- 2./NSGr 3 (Vecuci)
- 1./NSGr 12 (Vecuci)
- 1./(Detach)NSGr 12(Riga–Spilve)
- Stab/NSGr 11 (Rahkla)[a]
- 1./NSGr 11 (Rahkla)
- 2./NSGr 11 (Rahkla)
- 2./NSG 12 (Libau)