German Luftwaffe Fighter Forces 31 May 1944 Luftflotte Reich

Day Fighters Unit Type Strength Serviceable Stab/JG 1 Fw 190A 2 2 I/JG 1 Fw 190A 44 15 II/JG 1 Fw 190A 42 20 III/JG 1 Fw 190A 48 21 Stab/JG 3 Bf 109G 4 2 I/JG 3 Bf 109G 26 9 II/JG 3 Bf 109G 29 23 III/JG 3 Bf 109G 31 9 IV/JG 3 Fw 190A 54 1 I/JG 5 Bf 109G 43 36 II/JG 5 Bf 109G 44 36 Stab/JG 11 Bf 109G 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 Bf 109G 41 31 II/JG 27 Bf 109G 24 12 III/JG 27 Bf 109G 26 20 IV/JG 27 Bf 109G 18 12 II/JG 53 Bf 109G 31 14 III/JG 54 Fw 190A 23 8 JG 400 Me 163 10 0 Totals 645 330 II/JG 27 was reforming IV/JG 3 was forming as a Sturmstaffel JG 400 had not yet received any Komets.

Zerstörers Unit Type Strength Serviceable II/ZG 1 Bf 110G 33 15 I/ZG 26 Me 410 20 6 II/ZG 26 Me 410 52 24 III/ZG 26 Me 262 6 1 I/ZG 76 Me 410 47 25 II/ZG 76 Me 410 36 0 Totals 194 71 III/ZG 26 and II/ZG 76 were reforming.

Wilde Sau (Day and Night Fighters) Unit Type Strength Serviceable Stab/JG 300 Fw 190A 2 1 I/JG 300 Bf 109G 29 19 II/JG 300 Fw 190A 32 24 III/JG 300 Bf 109G 27 25 I/JG 301 Bf 109G 25 21 I/JG 302 Bf 109G 27 11 Totals 142 101

1 Night-Fighters Unit Type Strength Serviceable 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 z 21 16 III/NJG 1 Bf 110G 17 17 IV/NJG 1 Bf 110G 23 14 Stab/NJG 2 Ju 88 4 4 I/NJG 2 Ju 88 31 21 II/NJG 2 Ju 88 33 16 III/NJG 2 Ju 88 28 18 Stab/NJG 3 Ju 88/Bf 110 3 3 I/NJG 3 Bf 110G 26 33 II/NJG 3 Ju 88 37 13 III/NJG 3 Bf 110G 29 20 IV/NJG 3 Ju 88/Bf 110G 32 21 II/NJG 5 Bf 110G 19 13 IV/NJG 5 Bf 110G 18 12 Stab/NJG 6 Bf 110G 2 1 I/NJG 6 Bf 110G 24 21 II/NJG 6 Bf 110G 10 8 III/NJG 6 Bf 110G 18 13 IV/NJG 6 Bf 110G 23 18 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 16 NJGr 10 Various 25 16 Totals 634 421

Others III/SG 3 Fw 190F? 28 25 II/TG 2 Ju 52 12 9

Luftflotte 3 (France, Belgium, Holland) Unit Type Strength Serviceable Stab/JG 2 Fw 190 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 Fw 190A 2 2 I/JG 2 Fw 190A 33 23 I/JG 2 Fw 190A 32 25 III/JG 26 Bf 109G 37 21 Totals 168 115

Zerstörers Unit Type Strength Serviceable I/ZG 1 Ju 88G 30 25 III/ZG 1 Ju 88G 22 12 Totals 52 37

Night-Fighters Unit Type Strength Serviceable

2 Stab/NJG 4 Bf 110G 2 0 I/NJG 4 Ju 88 16 7 II/NJG 4 Bf 110/Do 217 20 12 III/NJG 4 Bf 110G 18 9 Stab/NJG 5 Bf 110G 15 9 III/NJG 5 Bf 110G 18 8 II/NJG 6 Bf 110G 13 11 Totals 102 56

Bombers and Attack Aircraft Unit Type Strength Serviceable I/KG 2 Ju 188 12 9 II/KG 2 Ju 188 5 0 III/KG 2 Do 217 7 1 I/KG 6 Ju 188 22 15 II/KG 6 Ju 88A 3 2 III/KG 6 Ju 188 33 18 II/KG 26 Ju 88A 37 27 III/KG 26 Ju 88A 35 14 I/KG 30 Ju 88A 2 1 II/KG 30 Ju 88A 0 0 I/KG 40 He 177A 30 21 II/KG 40 He 177A 30 26 III/KG 40 Fw 200C 29 1 II/KG 51 Me 410 24 17 I/KG 54 Ju 88A 11 5 III/KG 54 Ju 88A 14 8 I/KG 77 Ju 88A 28 17 II/KG 77 Ju 88A 25 8 III/KG 100 Do 217 30 13 III/SG 4 Fw 190 34 29 I/SKG 10 Fw 190 33 19

Luftflotte 1 (Northern Russia) Unit Type Strength Serviceable Stab/JG 54 Fw 190A 4 4 I/JG 54 Fw 190A 42 36 II/JG 54 Fw 190A 54 50 II/NJG 100 Ju 88 29 21 Do 217 14 (Eis.)/KG 55 He 111H Stab/SG 3 He 111H 1 1 I/SG 3 Ju 87D-5 27 24 II/SG 3 Ju 87D-5 30 26 NSGr 1 Go 145 32 25
He 46 NSGr 3 Go 145 36 34 Ar 66 NSGr 11 He 50 22 19 Fokker C.V NSGr 12 Ar 66 16 14 1. Osfliegerstaffel Go 145 9 8 Ar 66

3 Luftflotte 4 (Southern Russia) Unit Type Strength Serviceable IV/JG 51 Bf 109G 35 22 Stab/JG 52 Bf 109G 1 1 I/JG 52 Bf 109G 31 10 II/JG 52 Bf 109G 23 18 III/JG 52 Bf 109G 26 23 I/JG 53 Bf 109G 33 30 III/JG 77 Bf 109G 31 24 part II/JG 301 Bf 109G 11 10 part NJG 100 Bf 110 15 9 I/KG 4 He 111H 34 27 14 (Eis.)/KG 27 He 111H 12 7 Stab/SG 2 Ju 87D-5 1 1 I/SG 2 Ju 87D-5 31 18 II/SG 2 Fw 190 42 22 III/SG 2 Ju 87D-5 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 Fw 190 26 9 II/SG 10 Fw 190 25 15 III/SG 10 Fw 190 34 24 I/SG 77 Fw 190 28 26 II/SG 77 Fw 190 27 15 III/SG 77 Ju 87D-5 33 29 10 (Pz.)/SG 77 Ju 87G 12 12 NSGr 4 Go 145 30 28 NSGr 5 Go 145 58 42 Ar 66 III/TG 2 Ju 52 45 43 IV/TG 3 SM.82 41 33

Luftflotte 6 (Central Russia) Unit Type Strength Serviceable I/JG 51 Bf 109G 44 34 III/JG 51 Bf 109G 40 32 I/NJG 100 Ju 88 30 19
Do 217 II/KG 4 He 111H 35 28 III/KG 4 He 111H 37 26 14 (Eis.)/KG 3 Ju 88 12 8 I/KG 27 He 111H 37 37 III/KG 27 He 111H 37 33 I/KG 53 He 111H 37 27 II/KG 53 He 111H 34 28 III/KG 53 He 111H 37 24 I/KG 55 He 111H 35 27 II/KG 55 He 111H 32 23 III/KG 53 He 111H 34 29 I/SG 1 Ju 87D-5 39 35 II/SG 1 Fw 190F 42 36
Ju 87D-5 III/SG 1 Fw 190F 42 33

4 10 (Pz.)/SG 1 Ju 87G 12 12 NSGr 2 Ju 87D 65 48 Ar 66 I/TG 3 Ju 52 48 44

Luftflotte 5 (Norway, Finland) Unit Type Strength Serviceable III/JG 5 Bf 109G 33 33 IV/JG 5 Bf 109G 33 30 13 (Z.)/JG 5 Bf 110 16 16 I/SG 5 Ju 87D-5 22 19 Fw 190F TGr 20 Ju 52 32 28 Seetransport- staffel 2 Ju 52/See 10 9

Luftwaffenkommando Südost (The Balkans) Unit Type Strength Serviceable II/JG 51 Bf 109G 55 46 part II/JG 301 Bf 109G 9 8 11/ZG 26 Ju 88 16 16 Part NJG 100 Ju 88 15 13 13/SG 151 Ju 87D 7 7 NSGr 7 many types 28 24 IV/TG 1 Ju 52 45 41 II/TG 4 Ju 52 39 36 II/TG 5 Me 323 21 9 Seetransport- staffel 1 Ju 52/See 12 11 Seetransport- staffel 3 Ju 52/See 8 7 Fliegerkorps XIV Unit Type Strength Serviceable I/TG 1 Ju 52 45 39 III/TG 1 SM.82 16 5 II/TG 3 Ju 52 43 38 I/TG 4 Ju 52 47 47 III/TG 4 LeO 451 31 13 II/TG 5 Me 323 21 12 TGr 10 SM.81 28 35 TGr 30 He 111 33 32 TGr 110 SM.82 35 0 TGr Bronkow Ju 52 41 38

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 redes- ignated as III/KG 51 back in December 43 though I suppose it's possible that the old designation lingered in use for some time. A bigger problem is the pair of II/TG 5s. One of these is really I/TG 5 though I don't know which one.

Price, A., Last Year of the Luftwaffe Foreman. Over the Beaches: The Air War Over Europe June 1st-30th

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