Luftwaffe Orders of Battle
17 August 1940

Serviceable Aircraft Strengths
Single-engined fighters	787
Twin-engined fighters	219
Night fighters	63
Fighter-bombers	119
Dive-bombers	294
Twin-engined bombers	960
Four-engined bombers	7
Long-range reconaissance aircraft	185
Short-range and army cooperation aircraft	135
Coastal aircraft	162
Transport aircraft	226
Total	3157

Luftflotte 2

Unit	Type	Strength	Svcble
Stab/JG 3	Bf 109E	2	2
I/JG 3		30	24
II/JG 3		34	30
III/JG 3		34	25
Stab/JG 26		4	2
I/JG 26		34	24
II/JG 26		35	29
III/JG 26		39	33
Stab/JG 51		4	2
I/JG 51		29	23
II/JG 51		25	25
III/JG 51		39	39
Stab/JG 52		2	1
I/JG 52		45	36
II/JG 52		35	23
Stab/JG 54		4	3
I/JG 54		34	24
II/JG 54		38	36
III/JG 54		36	29
I (Jagd)/LG 2		39	36
II (Sch.)/LG 2		39	34
ErprGr 210	Bf 109E/Bf 110	30	15
Stab/ZG 26	Bf 110	2	2
I/ZG 26		31	21
II/ZG 26		36	29
III/ZG 26		33	21
Stab/ZG 76		2	2
II/ZG 26		30	24
III/ZG 26		23	12
II/NJG 1	Ju 88C/Do 17Z	38	14
Stab/KG 1	He 111H	5	5
I/KG 1		28	23
II/KG 1		30	25
III/KG 1		28	19
Stab/KG 2	Do 17Z	5	4
I/KG 2		28	21
II/KG 2		34	31
III/KG 2		29	24
Stab/KG 3		6	5
I/KG 3		34	24
II/KG 3		34	27
III/KG 3		34	29
Stab/KG 4	He 111H	6	6
I/KG 4		30	20
II/KG 4		30	23
III/KG 4	Ju 88A	35	25
Stab/KG 53	He 111H	5	3
I/KG 53		19	17
II/KG 53		21	20
III/KG 53		26	21
Stab/KG 76	Do 17Z	5	3
I/KG 76	Do 17Z	29	26
II/KG 76	Ju 88A	37	29
III/KG 76	Do 17Z	30	23
KGr 126	He 111	29	16
II/StG 1	Ju 87B	36	26
IV (St.)/LG 1	Ju 87B	26	16
KüFlGr 106	Ju 88/Do 18/He 115	30	23

Luftflotte 3

Unit	Type	Strength	Svcble
Stab/JG 2	Bf 109E	4	3
I/JG 2		32	27
II/JG 2		33	24
III/JG 2		29	20
Stab/JG 27		5	5
I/JG 27		39	39
II/JG 27		39	27
III/JG 27		39	32
Stab/JG 53		4	4
I/JG 53		39	37
II/JG 53		30	26
III/JG 53		39	21
Stab/ZG 2	Bf 110	4	2
I/ZG 2		33	19
II/ZG 2		36	23
V (Z.)/LG 1		36	24
Stab/LG 1	Ju 88A	2	2
I (K.)/LG 1		27	19
II (K.)/LG 1		25	16
III (K.)/LG 1		30	18
Stab/KG 27	He 111	5	3
I/KG 27		30	12
II/KG 27		34	18
III/KG 27		25	23
Stab/KG 40	Ju 88A	1	1
I./KG 40	Fw 200C	9	7
I/KG 51	Ju 88A	25	18
II/KG 51		30	17
III/KG 51		27	20
I/KG 54		29	20
II/KG 54		24	15
Stab/KG 55	He 111	5	3
I/KG 55		32	27
II/KG 55		32	26
III/KG 54		34	23
KGr 100	He 111H	39	19
KGr 806	Ju 88A	32	23
Stab/StG 1	Do 17M	4	3
Stab/StG 1	Ju 87B	3	2
I/StG 1	Ju 87R	36	28
III/StG 1	Ju 87B	30	23
Stab/StG 2	Do 17M	5	4
Stab/StG 2	Ju 87B	32	24
I/StG 2		32	24
II/StG 2		39	28
Stab/StG 3		1	1
Stab/StG 3	Do 17M/He 111	6	4
I/StG 3	Ju 87B	38	24
Stab/StG 77	Do 17M	6	2
Stab/StG 77	Ju 87B	3	1
I/StG 77		39	30
II/StG 77		39	31
III/StG 77		38	37
II (Sch.)/LG 2	Bf 109E	39	34

Luftflotte 5

Unit	Type	Strength	Svcble
II/JG 77	Bf 109E	39	35
I/ZG 76	Bf 110C/D	34	20
Stab/KG 26	He 111H	5	5
I/KG 26		28	28
II/KG 26		20	19
Stab/KG 30	Ju 88A	1	1
I/KG 30		38	26
III/KG 30		32	21
KüFlGr 506	He 115	24	22

Units not assigned to the attack on the UK on this date

Unit	Type	Strength	Svcble
III/JG 52	Bf 109E	31	23
Stab/JG 77		4	4
I/JG 77		36	30
III/JG 77		29	20
I/ZG 76	Bf 110	34	20
Stab/NJG 1	Bf 110C	3	2
I/NJG 1		33	24
III/NJG 1		33	6
III/NJG 1	Bf 109	6	3
II/KG 26	He 111H	29	21
II/KG 30	Ju 88A	7	4
I/KG 77		33	15
II/KG 77		36	11
III/KG 77		33	17
III/StG 2	Ju 87	39	20
KüFlGr 406	Do 18	27	34
KüFlGr 406	Bv 139	1	1
KüFlGr 606	Do 17Z	33	32
KüFlGr 706	He 114/Ar 196	15	10
KüFlGr 906	Do 18/He 115	28	21
Stab/KG zbV 1	Ju 52	3	3
I/KG zbV 1		47	42
II/KG zbV 1		43	13
III/KG zbV 1		53	32
IV/KG zbV 1		39	25
KGr zbV 9		30	20
KG zbV 106		53	29
KG zbV 108	Various	27	18
I/KG zbV 172	Ju 52	45	34

Notes: Price shows II (Sch.)/LG 2 as assigned to both Luftflotte 2 and 3.

Source: Alfred Price's Luftwaffe Data Book.

The Luftwaffe on the Eve of Overlord, 31 May 44

Serviceable Aircraft Strengths
Single-engined fighters	1063
Twin-engined fighters	151
Night fighters	572
Fighter-bombers	278
Ground-attack aircraft	352
Night harassment aircraft	305
Twin-engined bombers	840
Four-engined bombers	97
Long-range reconaissance aircraft	153
Short-range and army cooperation aircraft	210
Coastal aircraft	123
Transport aircraft	719
Kampfgeschwader 200 (misc. aircraft	65
Total	4928

Numbers in parentheses are from Price's Luftwaffe Data Book, 1997 and are not included in the totals given. Units in bold are forming. Underlined units are reforming. Italicized units are re-equipping.

Luftflotte Reich

Day Fighters
Unit	Type	Strength	Svcble
Stab/JG 1	Fw 190A	2	2
I/JG 1		44 (43)	15
II/JG 1		42	20
III/JG 1		48	21
Stab/JG 3	Bf 109G	4	2
I/JG 3		26	9
II/JG 3		29	23
III/JG 3		31	9
IV (St.)/JG 3	Fw 190A	54	1
I/JG 5	Bf 109G	43	36
II/JG 5		44	36
Stab/JG 11		4	3
I/JG 11	Fw 190A	28	20
II/JG 11	Bf 109G	31	14
III/JG 11	Fw 190A	28	11
10./JG 11	Fw 190A/Bf 109G	10	7
Stab/JG 27	Bf 109G	4	4
I/JG 27		41 (44)	31 (34)
II/JG 27		24	12
III/JG 27		26	20
IV/JG 27		18 (22)	12 (16)
II/JG 53		31	14
III/JG 54	Fw 190A	23	8
I/JG 400	Me 163B	10	0
Totals		645	330
Zerstörers
II/ZG 1	Bf 110G	33 (30)	15
I/ZG 26	Me 410	20	6
II/ZG 26	Me 410	52 (50)	24
III/ZG 26	Me 262	6	1
III/ZG 26	(Bf 110G)	(9)	(9)
I/ZG 76	Me 410	47	25
II/ZG 76	Me 410	36	0
II/ZG 76	(Bf 110G)	(3)	(2)
Totals		194	71
Wilde Sau (Day and Night Fighters)
Stab/JG 300	Fw 190A	2	1
I/JG 300	Bf 109G	29	19
II/JG 300	Fw 190A	32	24 (23)
III/JG 300	Bf 109G	27	25
I/JG 301		25	21
I/JG 302		27	11
Totals		142	101
Night-Fighters
Stab NJG 1	He 219A/Bf 110G	2	1
I/NJG 1	He 219A/Me 410	33	26
II/NJG 1	He 219A/Bf 110G	21	16 (11)
III/NJG 1	Bf 110G	17	17
IV/NJG 1	Bf 110G	23	14
Stab/NJG 2	Ju 88	4	4
I/NJG 2		31	21
II/NJG 2		33	16 (19)
III/NJG 2		28	18
Stab/NJG 3	Ju 88/Bf 110	3	3
I/NJG 3	Bf 110G	26	22
II/NJG 3	Ju 88	37	13
III/NJG 3	Bf 110G	29	20
IV/NJG 3	Ju 88/Bf 110G	32	21
Stab/NJG 5	Bf 110G	3	1
II/NJG 5		19	13
IV/NJG 5		18	12 (8)
Stab/NJG 6		2	1
I/NJG 6	Bf 110G/(Do 217)	24	21
II/NJG 6	Bf 110G	10	8
III/NJG 6		18	13
IV/NJG 6		23 (27)	18 (22)
I/NJG 7	Ju 88	21	9
I/NJG 101	Ju 88/Bf 110	39	39
II/NJG 101	Do 217	38	28
I/NJG 102	Bf 110	39	14
II/NJG 102	Bf 110	19 (39)	16
NJGr 10Various	25 (23)	16
Totals		634	421
Bombers Attack Aircraft and Transports
III/SG 3	Fw 190	28 (34)	25 (31)
Stab/KG 1	He 177A	2	1
I/KG 1		30	11
II/KG 1		29	0
III/KG 1		30	12
III/KG 3	He 111H	35	21
II/KG 27	He 111H	15	12
II/KG 77	Ju 88A	31	21
II/KG 100	He 177A	30	0
II/TG 2	Ju 52	12	9

Luftflotte 3 (Fance, Belgium, Holland)

Unit	Type	Strength	Svcble
Stab/JG 2	Fw 190A	3	0
I/JG 2	Fw 190A	19	14
II/JG 2	Bf 109G	13	11
III/JG 2	Fw 190A	29	19
Stab/JG 26		2	2
I/JG 2		33	23
I/JG 2		32	25
III/JG 26	Bf 109G	37	21
Totals		168	115
Zerstörers
I/ZG 1	Ju 88G	30	25
III/ZG 1	Ju 88G	22 (23)	12
Totals		52	37
Night-Fighters
Stab/NJG 4	Bf 110G	2	0
I/NJG 4	Ju 88	16	7
II/NJG 4	(Ju 88)/Bf 110G/Do 217	20	12
III/NJG 4	(Do 217)/Bf 110G	18	9
Stab/NJG 5	Bf 110G	15	9
III/NJG 5		18	8
part II/NJG 6		13	11
Totals		102	56
Bombers, Attack Aircraft and Transports
I/KG 2	Ju 188	12	9
II/KG 2	Ju 188	5	0
III/KG 2	Do 217	7	1
Stab/KG 6	Ju 188	1	1
I/KG 6	Ju 188	22	15
II/KG 6	Ju 88A	3	2
III/KG 6	Ju 188	25	5
II/KG 26	Ju 88A	37	27
III/KG 26		35	14
I/KG 30		2	1
part I/KG 40	He 177A	30 (20)	21 (11)
II/KG 40	He 177A	30	26
III/KG 40	Fw 200C	29	1
II/KG 51	Me 410	24	17
Stab/KG 54	Ju 88A	1	1
I/KG 54		11	5
III/KG 54		14	8
I/KG 66	Ju 188	31	12
6./KG 76	Ju 88A	12	3
I/KG 77		28	17
II/KG 77		25	8
III/KG 100	Do 217	30 (31)	13
III/SG 4	Fw 190	34 (40)	29 (36)
I/SKG 10	Fw 190	33	19
IV/TG 4	LeO 451	31	13
Korps Transport Staffel	LeO 451	11	4
Korps Transport Staffel	Ju 52	22	14

Luftflotte 1 (Northern Russia)

Unit	Type	Strength	Svcble
Stab/JG 54	Fw 190A	4	4
I/JG 54		42 (44)	36
II/JG 54		54 (52)	50 (48)
II/NJG 100	Ju 88	29	21 (23)
14 (Eis.)/KG 55	He 111H	1 (11)	1 (8)
Stab/SG 3	He 111H	1	1
I/SG 3	Ju 87D	27 (33)	24 (30)
II/SG 3	Ju 87D	30 (36)	26 (32)
NSGr 1	Go 145	32 (35)	25 (28)
NSGr 1	He 46	32 (35)	25 (28)
NSGr 3	Go 145	36 (40)	34 (38)
NSGr 3	Ar 66	36 (40)	34 (38)
NSGr 11	He 50	22	19
NSGr 11	Fokker C.V	22	19
NSGr 12	Ar 66	16	14
1. Osfliegerstaffel	Go 145	9	8
1. Osfliegerstaffel	Ar 66	9	8

Luftflotte 4 (Southern Russia)

Unit	Type	Strength	Svcble
IV/JG 51	Bf 109G	35	22
Stab/JG 52		1	1
I/JG 52		31 (29)	10
II/JG 52		23	18
III/JG 52		26 (23)	23 (20)
I/JG 53		33	30
III/JG 77		31	24 (28)
part II/JG 301		11	10
IV/NJG 6	Bf 110	27	22
2./NJG 100	Bf 110	15 (16)	9 (10)
I/KG 4	He 111H	34	27
14 (Eis.)/KG 27	He 111H	12	7
Stab/SG 2	Ju 87D	1	1
I/SG 2	Ju 87D	31 (47)	18 (32)
II/SG 2	Fw 190	42	22 (20)
III/SG 2	Ju 87D	39	27
10 (Pz.)/SG 2	Ju 87G	12	12
10 (Pz.)/SG 3	Ju 87G	12	12
IV (Pz)/SG 9	Hs 129B	67	66
Stab/SG 10	Fw 190	5	2
I/SG 10		26 (32)	9 (16)
II/SG 10		25 (31)	15
III/SG 10		34 (40)	24
I/SG 77		28 (34)	26 (32)
II/SG 77		27 (33)	15 (21)
III/SG 77	Ju 87D	33 (39)	29 (35)
10 (Pz.)/SG 77	Ju 87G	12	12
NSGr 4	Go 145	30	28
NSGr 5	Go 145	58	42
NSGr 5	Ar 66	58	42
III/TG 2	Ju 52	45	43
III/TG 3	Ju 52	43	42

Luftflotte 6 (Central Russia)

Unit	Type	Strength	Svcble
Stab Staffel/JG 51	Fw 190A	16	16
Stab/JG 51	Bf 109G	4	4
I/JG 51	Bf 109G	44	34
III/JG 51	Bf 109G	40	32
part I/NJG 100	Ju 88/Do 217	30	19
Stab/KG 4	He 111H	1	0
II/KG 4		35	28
III/KG 4		37	26
14 (Eis.)/KG 3	Ju 88	12	8
I/KG 27	He 111H	37	37
III/KG 27		37	33
Stab/KG 53		1	1
I/KG 53		37	27
II/KG 53		34	28
III/KG 53		37	24
I/KG 55		35	27
II/KG 55		32	23 (20)
III/KG 53		34	29
I/SG 1	Ju 87D	39	35
II/SG 1	Ju 87D	30	24
II/SG 1	Fw 190F	12	2
III/SG 1	Fw 190F	42	33
10 (Pz.)/SG 1	Ju 87G	12	12
NSGr 2	Ju 87D	65 (75)	48 (58)
NSGr 2	Ar 66	65 (75)	48 (58)
I/TG 3	Ju 52	48	44
Korps Transport Staffel	Ju 52	22	14

Luftflotte 5 (Norway, Finland)

Unit	Type	Strength	Svcble
III/JG 5	Bf 109G	33 (31)	33 (31)
IV/JG 5	Bf 109G	33 (31)	30 (28)
13 (Z.)/JG 5	Bf 110	16	16
3./KG 40	He 177A	10	10
I/SG 5	Ju 87D	22 (13)	19 (13)
I/SG 5	Fw 190F	(15)	(12)
KüFlGr 406	He 115	8	7
TGr 20	Ju 52	32	28
Seetransportstaffel 2	Ju 52/See	10	9
Korps Transport Staffel	Ju 52	10	6
Korps Transport Staffel	He 111	2	2

Luftwaffenkommando Südost (The Balkans)

Unit	Type	Strength	Svcble
II/JG 51	Bf 109G	55 (52)	46 (43)
part II/JG 301	Bf 109G	9	8
11./ZG 26	Ju 88	16	16
6./NJG 100	Do 217	15	13 (11)
13./SG 151	Ju 87D	7	7
NSGr 7	many types	28 (29)	24 (25)
IV/TG 1	Ju 52	45	41
II/TG 4	Ju 52	39	36
I/TG 5	Me 323	21	9 (13)
Seetransportstaffel 1	Ju 52/See	12	11
Seetransportstaffel 3	Ju 52/See	8	7

Fliegerkorps XIV

Unit	Type	Strength	Svcble
I/TG 1	Ju 52	45 (48)	39
III/TG 1	SM.82	16	5
II/TG 3	Ju 52	43	38
IV/TG 3	SM.82	41	33
I/TG 4	Ju 52	47	47
III/TG 4	Ju 52	31 (46)	13 (45)
II/TG 5	Me 323	21	12 (9)
TGr 10	SM.81	28 (35)	35 (25)
TGr 30	He 111	33	32
TGr 110	SM.82	35	0
TGr Bronkow	Ju 52	41	38
4. Transport Staffel	G.12	16	11
5. Transport Staffel	Ju 90/Ju 252	12	7

The units of XIV. Fliegerkorps acted as a pool from which units were deployed as necessary. There are a few problems with this OB. I/SKG 10 had been redesignated as III/KG 51 back in December 43 though I suppose it's possible that the old designation lingered in use for some time.

Sources: Price, Alfred. Luftwaffe Data Book, Last Year of the Luftwaffe, and Foreman. Over the Beaches: The Air War Over Europe June 1st-30th. This OB has generally followed the data presented in the former work. Serviceable aircraft tables are also from it.

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