Luftflotte 5
The Air Fleet 5 ( Lfl. 5) was established on April 12, 1940 Air Force Air Force of the Armed Forces, which was used during the Second World War in Northern Europe and was until September 1944.
History
The Air Fleet 5 was prepared on 12 April 1940 in Hamburg under the command of Colonel General Erhard Milch, and then transferred to the Norwegian Oslo, which had previously been filled during the course of the company Weserübung. On 9 May the same year took over Air General Hans -Jürgen Stumpff the air fleet. In addition to attacks on shipping targets, the Air Force also took part in the Battle of Britain in the late summer and fall of 1940. The largest single use found this place on 15 August.
After the attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, as a new task to the support of the German - Finnish army units at the Lapland and Karelia front and the fight against the Allied North Sea convoys. In September 1944, the Air Force was merged with the Luftgaukommando Norway and renamed the Commanding General of the German Luftwaffe in Norway.