Luftflotte 2

The Air Fleet 2 ( Lfl. 2) was established on February 1, 1939 Air Force Air Force of the Armed Forces, which was used in World War II and lasted until September 1944.

History

The 2nd Air Fleet was on 1 February 1939 the formed in February 1938 Air Force command group 2 with headquarters in Braunschweig out and was in charge of North West Germany. During the campaign in the west, it supported the action of Army Group B through the Netherlands, Belgium and Northern France. From these areas they operated during the Battle of Britain with headquarters in Brussels against targets in southern England, before it was relocated in preparation for the attack on the Soviet Union to the east. Here she was responsible for the air support for the Army Group Centre. Mid- November 1941 the order was issued to move the air fleet including II Air Corps in the Mediterranean. It was their commander, Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, at the same time the term commander south. He moved into its new headquarters in Frascati near Rome. The air fleet then turned to 1943, the high command of all air force units in the Mediterranean out its tasks took over after its dissolution in September 1944, the Commanding General of the German Air Force in Italy.

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