Luftgaukommando XI (2nd)

Luftgaukommando XI (2d Formation)

(FpN: none assigned)

Kommandierender General:

Oberst Friedrich Cranz? (12 Oct 37? - 30 Jun 38?)

Gen.Maj. Max Mohr (1 Jul 38 - 31 Jan 39)

Gen.d.Flieger Ludwig Wolff (1 Feb 39 - 3 May 45)

Gen.d.Flieger Rudolf Bogatsch, acting (21 Jul 44 - 31 Aug 44)

Gen.d.Flakart. Dipl.Ing. Heinrich Burchard, acting (31 Aug 44 - Sep 44)

Subordination:

Luftkreiskommando 7 (12 Oct 37 - 4 Feb 38)

Luftwaffengruppenkdo. 2 (4 Feb 38 - 1 Feb 39)

Luftflottenkdo. 2 (1 Feb 39 - 21 Mar 41)

Luftwaffenbefehlshaber Mitte (21 Mar 41 - 5 Feb 44)

Luftflottenkdo. Reich (5 Feb 44 - 8 May 45)

Subordinate Commands:

Kommando Flughafenbereiche (airfield regional commands) and Fliegerhorstkommandanturen (air base commands), Luftnachrichten (air force signals), Sanitäts (medical), Flak (antiaircraft), civil air defense, supply, schools, replacements and sundry other ground service and support commands, staffs and units located within its territory of authority. These changed frequently and in the absence of surviving source documentation it is not possible to list them accurately or completely.

Formation and History. (Oct 37 - Apr 45)

Formed 12 October 1937 in Hannover and eventually comprised most of the territory of northwest and north-central Germany, including the Provinces of Hannover, Oldenburg, Braunschweig, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg. This area more or less coincided with the Army’s Wehrkreise X, XI and parts of II. In terms of airfields and installations administered, Luftgau XI was one of the largest if not the largest of the Luftgaukommandos. In March 1940 the Stab moved from Hannover to Hamburg-Blankenese and remained there until April 1945. Following the invasion and occupation of Denmark on 9 April 1940, Luftgaukdo. XI annexed the territory and administered the Luftwaffe infrastructure there to the end of the war. The Luftgaukdo. also raised and formed much of the ground servicing and support organization for the Belgium-North France area from June 1940 and, to a lesser extent, for Norway and Finland. In February 1944, Luftgaukdo. XI ceded most of the territory of eastern Mecklenburg, Wendland and Altmark to Luftgaukdo. III. After the evacuation of Hamburg toward the end of April 1945, Luftgaukdo. XI withdrew to Silberberge/11 km SW of Schleswig where it surrendered to British forces on 8 May 1945.

Flugbereitschaft Luftgaukommando XI

(FpN: none found)

Formation, History and Losses. (1940? - 1942?)

No information has so far come to light about the duty flight assigned to Luftgaukdo. VII, except for the aircraft lost and damaged reports noted below. Since none has ever been found dated after March 1942, it is highly likely that the Flugbereitschaft was disbanded not long after that.

17 Jun 41: a Bf 108 belonging to Flugbereitschaft Lufgaukdo. XI was damaged in a forced landing at Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel airfield, 60%, 1 injured.

7 Mar 42: a He 46 from Flugbereitschaft Lufgaukdo. XI force landed at Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel airfield, 15%.

© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress).

(1st Draft 2023)

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