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Notable. commanders. Bruno Loerzer. 2nd Air Corps ( II. Fliegerkorps) was formed on 11 October 1939 in Frankfurt am Main from the 2. Flieger-Division. During Operation Barbarossa and from 22 June to 12 November 1941, the Corps flew over 40,000 day and night sorties, dropping 23,150 tons of bombs and claiming 3,826 Soviet aircraft destroyed as ...
- 11 October 1939 – April 1945
- Nazi Germany
Fliegerkorps 1 ( 2e Corps aérien) a été l'un des principaux Corps de la Luftwaffe allemande durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale . Création et différentes dénominations. Il a été formé le 11 octobre 1939 à Francfort-sur-le-Main à partir de la 2. Flieger-Division. Ce Corps a été transféré sur le théâtre méditerranéen le 15 novembre 1941.
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The II Fallschirmkorps (2nd Parachute Corps) was created in 1943 from Division Meindl, an experienced division on the Eastern Front. In the wake of this new Corps, the 3rd and 5th Fallschirmjägerdivision were raised and attached to the Corps. A year later the Corps was almost completely annihilated while fighting in the Falaise Pocket during ...
- 1943–45
- Nazi Germany
- Luftwaffe
- General Eugen Meindl, Werner E. Kranz
Each Luftflotte in turn was divided into many air districts (Luftgaue) and air corps (Fliegerkorps). The commander of each Luftflotte was responsible for all fighter as well as support operations within that region.
- 15 May 1933
- Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM)
- 8 May 1945
- Nazi Germany
Commanders. Notable. commanders. Bruno Loerzer. II. Fliegerkorps [Notes 1] (2nd Air Corps) was formed 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.
2nd Air Corps (II. Fliegerkorps) was formed on 11 October 1939 in Frankfurt am Main from the . During Operation Barbarossa and from 22 June to 12 November 1941, the Corps flew over 40,000 day and night sorties, dropping 23,150 tons of bombs and claiming 3,826 Soviet aircraft destroyed as well as 789 tanks, 614 artillery pieces, 14,339 vehicles, 240 enemy field positions, 33 bunkers, 159 trains ...
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.
