Luftflotte 6 (Air Fleet 6) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on May 5, 1943 from Luftwaffenkommando Ost in Central Russia (Smolensk). The Luftwaffe units listed here were detached in Belarus, East Poland, East Prussia, Ukraine, Slovakia and in Russian-occupied lands for air support of Axis forces in the sector; with command offices in Pryluky and Belarus during June 26, 1944 within the Eastern front.
Stab/FAGr.2 (Baranovichi)
1.(F)/11 (Baranovichi)
1.(F)/14 (Baranovichi)
NSt.4 (Bobruisk)
14.(Eis)/KG.3 (Puchivichi)
Stab/KG.1 Hindenburg (Prohwehren)
II./KG.1 Hindenburg (Prohwehren)
1(F)/100 (Pinsk)
Stab/NAGr.4 (Biała Podlaska)
3/NAGr.4 (Kobryn)
12/NAGr.4 (Brest-Litovsk)
10.(Kroat)KG.3 (Smolensk)
Stab/KG.4 (Białystok)
II./KG.4 (Baranovichi)
III./KG.4 (Baranovichi)
Stab/KG.27 (Krosno)
I./KG.27 (Krosno)
II./KG.27 (Krosno)
III./KG.27 (Mielec)
Stab./KG.53 (Radom)
I./KG.53 (Radom)
II./KG.53 (Piastov)
III./KG.53 (Radom)
Stab./KG.55 (Dęblin-Irena)
I./KG.55 (Dęblin-Ulez)
II./KG.55 (Dęblin-Irena)
III./KG.55 (Groyek)
Stab/NAGr.10 (Toloschin)
2/NAGr.4 (Orscha)
13/NaGr.14 (Toloschin)
III./St. G.77 (Smolensk)
I.(Kroat)ST.G. 1 (Eichwalde)
Land air strike
I/SG.1 (Toloschin)
II/SG.1 (Vinla)
10(Pz)/SG.1 (Boyari)
10(Pz)/SG.3 (Toloschin)
Stab/SG.9 (Schippenbeil)
Stab/SG.10 (Dokudovo)
III/SG.10 (Dokudovo)
12./NAGr.12 (Mogilev)
2./NAGr.5 (Budslav)
4./NAGr.31 (Budslav)
Night land attack
Stab/NSGr.2 (Lida)
1./NSGr.2 (Bobruisk)
3./NSGr.2 (Lida)
4./NSGr.2 (Mogilev)
1.Ostfl. St.(Russische) (Minsk)
1/NSGr.1 (Kovno)
2/NSGr.1 (Kovno)
Stab I./Eins. Gr. Fl. Sch. Div. (Borisov)
Russisch Lehr Fl. Div. (Borisov)
2/Eins. Gr. Fl. Sch Div. (Borisov)
3/Eins. Gr. Fl. Sch. Div. (Borisov)
1/Eins. Gr. Fl. Sch. Div. (Dubinskaya)
I.Stab/JG.51 (Orscha)
II.Stab./JG.51 (Orscha)
I/JG.51 (Orscha)
III./JG.51 (Bobruisk)
IV./JG.51 (Mogilev)
III./JG.11 (Dokudovo)
I.Stab/NJG.100 (Baranovichi)
1./NJG.100 (Baranovichi)
1./NJG.100 (Biala-Podlaska)
1./NJG.100 (detach) (Baranovichi)
1./NJG.100 (Detach) (Dokudovo)
3./NJG.100 (Radom)
3./NJG.100 (Dokudovo)
4./NJG.100 (Puchivichi)
Stab/JG.52 (Königsberg)
I./JG.52(Detach) (Königsberg)
II./JG.52(Detach) (Königsberg)
II./NJG.100 (Powunden)
II./NJG.100 (Detach) (Eichwalde)
II./NJG.100 (Detach) (Prohwehren)
This unit was based in Muhldorf, Bavaria, which also included helicopters including:
Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drachen
Flettner Fl 265
Flettner 282B Kolibri,
For operations on the Western and Eastern front, the airfields in France (West) and East Prussia undertook some of the special liaisons, personnel transport, rescue of wounded personnel, observation/air patrol and other similar missions in the last days of the conflict.
Transportstaffeln 40 (East area)
Commanding officers
Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim, 5 May 1943 – 24 April 1945
Generaloberst Otto Deßloch, 27 April 1945 – 8 May 1945
Generalmajor Friedrich Kless, 11 May 1943 – 8 May 1945
