Luftwaffenkommando 8

Luftwaffenkommando VIII

(FpN: L 26180?)

also as: Luftwaffenkommando 8

Kommandierender General und Befehlshaber:

Gen.d.Flieger Hans Seidemann (29 Apr 45 - 8 May 45)

Subordinate Commands:

Combat

I. Flakkorps

Formation. (Apr 45)

Formed 12 April 1945 in Breslau from elements of Stab/VIII. Fliegerkorps and Stab/Luftgaukdo. VIII. Responsible for tactical air operations in the Bohemia-Silesia area in the closing days of the war.

Bohemia and Silesia. (Apr 45 - May 45)

3 May 45: Stab at Hermannstädtel (Hermannstädtl near Pardubitz or possibly in the Rudolstadt area SSE of Erfurt) under Lfl.6. It was responsible for air support for Heeresgruppe Mitte.

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