2nd Air Corps (Germany)

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Country Nazi Germany Notablecommanders Bruno Loerzer		Branch Luftwaffe
Active 11 October 1939 – April 1945

2nd Air Corps (II. Fliegerkorps) was formed on 11 October 1939 in Frankfurt am Main from the 2. Flieger-Division. The Corps was relocated to the Mediterranean theatre of operations on 15 November 1941. The Corps was merged with the Feldluftgau XXX on 29 August 1944 and renamed Kommandierender General der Deutschen Luftwaffe Nordbalkan (commanding general of the German Luftwaffe northern Balkans). In November 1944 the corps was again renamed II. Fliegerkorps and redesignated Luftwaffenkommando Nordost on 2 April 1945.

Commanding officers

Generaloberst Bruno Loerzer, 11 October 1939 – 23 February 1943

Generalleutnant Martin Harlinghausen, 23 February 1943 – 12 June 1943

General Alfred Bülowius, 26 June 1943 – 30 June 1944

Generalleutant Kurt Kleinrath, 1 July 1944 – 31 August 1944 (Referred to as Kommandierender General der Deutschen Luftwaffe Nordbalkan, 29 August 1944 – November 1944)

General Johannes Fink, 1 December 1944 – January 1945

General Stefan Fröhlich, January 1945 – 1 February 1945

General Martin Fiebig, 1 February 1945 – 12 April 1945

References

2nd Air Corps (Germany) Wikipedia

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