Luftflotte 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 Stab/FAGr 1 (Riga–Spilve) 3.(F)/22 (Riga–Spilve) 5.(F)/122 (Mitau) NASt 3 (Riga–Spilve) Maritime Reconnaissance 1./SAGr 127 (Reval–Ülemiste) Transports 1./TGr 10(Ital.) (Riga–Spilve) Transports (special works) This unit was branch of KG 200 with bases in East Prussia, Kurland 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 14.(Eis)/KG 55 (Jakobstadt) 3.Fliegerdivision (3°Air Division) Petseri Tactical Reconnaissance Stab//NAGr 5 (Petseri) 1./NAGr 5 (Idriza) 1./NAGr 31 (Wesemberg) Land Air Strike I/SG 3 (Jakobstadt) 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) 1./NSGr 11 (Rahkla) 2./NSGr 11 (Rahkla) 2./NSG 12 (Libau) Jagdabschnittführer Ostland (Fighter direction in Ostland) Riga-Spilve Fighters Stab/JG 54 (Dorpat) I./JG 54 (Turku) (Finland) 2./JG 54 (Reval–Laksberg) 3./JG 54 (Reval–Laksberg) Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey (Kuhlmey Combat Unit) Immola Tactical Reconnaissance 1./NAGr 5 (Immola) Fighters II./JG 54 (Immola) Land Air Strike Stab/SG 3 (Immola) 1./SG 3 (Immola) 2./SG 3 (Immola) 3./SG 3 (Immola) Commanding officers Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring, 1 February 1939 – 11 January 1940 Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, 12 January 1940 – 10 May 1940 General Wilhelm Wimmer, 11 May 1940 – 19 August 1940 Generaloberst Alfred Keller, 20 August 1940 – 12 June 1943 Generaloberst Günther Korten, 12 June 1943 – 23 August 1943 General Kurt Pflugbeil, 24 August 1943 – 16 April 1945 Chief of staff Generalmajor Wilhelm Speidel, 1 February 1939 – 19 December 1939 Generalleutnant Ulrich Kessler, 19 December 1939 – 25 April 1940 Oberst Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch, 1 May 1940 – 9 May 1940 Generalmajor Dr. Robert Knauss, 9 May 1940 – 4 October 1940 Generalmajor Otto Schöbel, 5 October 1940 – 16 January 1941 Generalmajor Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch, 16 January 1941 – 13 October 1941 Generalmajor Herbert Rieckhoff, 13 October 1941 – 23 February 1943 Generalmajor Hans Detlef Herhudt von Rohden, 23