This is the order of battle for the Battle of Belgium, a World War II battle between German and Western Allies in Belgium between 10–28 May 1940.
The Belgian Air Service (Aéronautique Militaire Belge) comprised three main aerial regiments:
1er Régiment d'Aéronautique (1st Air Regiment - Observation and Army Cooperation aircraft)1er Groupe (Fairey Fox)2e Groupe (Fairey Fox)3e Groupe (Fairey Fox)4e Groupe (Fairey Fox)5e Groupe (Renard R.31)6e Groupe (Renard R.31)2e Régiment d'Aéronautique (2nd Air Regiment - Fighter aircraft)1er Groupe (Gloster Gladiator & Hawker Hurricane)2e Groupe (Fiat CR.42)3e Groupe (Fairey Fox)3e Régiment d'Aéronautique (3rd Air Regiment - Reconnaissance and Bomber aircraft)1er Groupe (Fairey Fox)3e Groupe (Fairey Battle & Fairey Fox)The Aéronautique Militaire Belge was reinforced by the Royal Air Force:
RAF Advanced Air Striking Force (Air Vice-Marshal P H L Playfair)No. 14 Group RAF (Group Captain P.F. Fullard)The strength of the Belgian Army extended to seven Corps:
Belgian I Corps1st Infantry Division4th Infantry Division7th Infantry DivisionBelgian II Corps6th Infantry Division11th Infantry Division14th Infantry DivisionBelgian III Corps1st Chasseurs Ardennais2nd Infantry Division3rd Infantry DivisionBelgian IV Corps9th Infantry Division15th Infantry Division18th Infantry DivisionBelgian V Corps12th Infantry Division13th Infantry Division17th Infantry DivisionBelgian VI Corps5th Infantry Division10th Infantry Division16th Infantry DivisionBelgian VII Corps8th Infantry Division2nd Chasseurs ArdennaisBelgian Cavalry Corps 1st Cavalry Division2nd Cavalry DivisionBrussels Cavalry Corps - which had the following:Corps Staff
1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions, both of which were partially motorized. Each with three Mixed Cavalry Regiments each of which had a Horse cavalry battalion, a motorcycle battalion, an armored car squadron, and a training squadronCorps Artillery RegimentBicycle Pioneer battalionChasseurs Ardennais - 1st and 2nd Chasseurs Ardennais, both of which were partially motorized.French Cavalry Corps2nd Light Mechanized Division3rd Light Mechanized DivisionFrench 3rd Corps1st Moroccan Infantry Division2nd North African Infantry DivisionFrench 4th Corps32nd Infantry DivisionFrench 5th Corps5th North African Infantry Division101st Infantry DivisionBelgian VII Corps2nd Chasseurs Ardennais8th Infantry DivisionDirect reporting:2nd Light Cavalry Division5th Light Cavalry Division1st Cavalry BrigadeFrench 10th Corps3rd North African Infantry Division5th Light Cavalry Division55th Infantry Division71st Infantry DivisionFrench 18th Corps1st Colonial Infantry Division41st Infantry DivisionDirect reporting:21st Infantry Division60th Infantry Division68th Infantry DivisionFrench 1st Corps1st Light Mechanized Division25th Motorized DivisionFrench 16th Corps9th Motorized DivisionDirect reporting:4th North African Infantry Division53rd Infantry DivisionFrench 2nd Corps4th Light Cavalry Division5th Motorized DivisionFrench 11th Corps1st Light Cavalry Division18th Infantry Division22nd Infantry DivisionFrench 41st Corps61st Infantry Division102nd Fortress Division3rd Spahi BrigadeGeneral Lord Gort
Directly reporting:5th Infantry Division12th (Eastern) Division23rd (Northumbrian) Division46th Infantry DivisionBritish I Corps - Lieutenant-General Michael Barker1st Infantry Division2nd Infantry Division48th (South Midland) DivisionBritish II Corps - Lieutenant-General Alan Brooke3rd Infantry Division4th Infantry Division50th (Northumbrian) Infantry DivisionBritish III Corps - Lieutenant-General Ronald Adam42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division44th (Home Counties) DivisionCommanded by Colonel General Fedor von Bock
(Chief of Staff - Lt.Gen. Hans von Salmuth).German Sixth Army —Colonel General Walter von Reichenau(Chief of Staff - Maj.Gen. Friedrich Paulus).IV Corps - Gen.of Infantry Viktor von Schwedler15th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Ernst-Eberhard Hell (reserve)205th Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Ernst RichterXI Corps- Lt.Gen. Joachim von Kortzfleisch7th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Eccard von Gablenz211th Infantry Division - Maj.Gen. Kurt Renner253rd Infantry Division - Lt.Gen. Fritz KuhneIX CorpsXVI Corps3rd Panzer Division4th Panzer DivisionXXVII CorpsGerman Eighteenth Army — Georg von KüchlerReserves208th Infantry Division225th Infantry Division526th Infantry DivisionSS "Verfügungstruppe" Division7th Airborne Division22nd Air Landing Infantry Division9th Panzer Division207th Infantry DivisionX CorpsSS "Adolf Hitler" Division227th Infantry Division1st Cavalry DivisionXXVI Corps256th Infantry Division254th Infantry DivisionSS "Der Führer" DivisionThe Luftwaffe order of battle for operations over Belgium:
IV. Fliegerkorps (General der Flieger, Generaloberst Alfred Keller)Lehrgeschwader 1 (Stab. I., II., III., IV. Düsseldorf)Kampfgeschwader 30 (Stab. I., II., at Oldenburg III. at Marx)Kampfgeschwader 27 (III. at Wunstorf)Jagdfliegerführer 2 (Oberst Kurt-Bertram von Döring)Jagdgeschwader 26 (Stab., II at Dortmund, III. at Essen-Mühlheim)Jagdgeschwader 3 (III. at Hopsten)Jagdgeschwader 51 (Stab. at Bönninghardt, I. at Krefeld)Jagdgeschwader 27 (II. Bönninghardt)Jagdgeschwader 20 (I. at Bönninghardt)VIII. Fliegerkorps (Generalmajor Wolfram von Richthofen)Jagdgeschwader 27 (Stab.,I.)Jagdgeschwader 21Jagdgeschwader 1 (I.)Sturzkampfgeschwader 76 (I.)Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 (Stab., I., III.)Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 (Stab., I, II.)Lehrgeschwader 1 (IV(St.))Lehrgeschwader 2 II.(Shl)Kampfgeschwader 77 (Stab., I., II., III.)