Fliegerführer Afrika was part of Luftflotte 2

Luftflotte 2

Luftflotte 2 was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed February 1, 1939 in Braunschweig and transferred to Italy on November 15, 1941...

 (Air Fleet 2), one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

 in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. It acted in the Mediterranean and Libya in North African areas during 1941-1942. The commanders were Generalmajor Stefan Fröhlich

Stefan Fröhlich

Stefan Fröhlich was a highly decorated General der Flieger in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...

 and Generalleutnant Otto Hoffmann von Waldau

Otto Hoffmann von Waldau

Otto Hoffmann von Waldau was a World War II Luftwaffe general and was killed in an air crash on 17 May 1943.-Awards:* Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class* Wound Badge in Badge...

, who led the German air support to the German Afrika Korps

Afrika Korps

The German Africa Corps , or the Afrika Korps as it was popularly called, was the German expeditionary force in Libya and Tunisia during the North African Campaign of World War II...

 campaign during the winter of 1941-1942.

The specific aircraft in use by these commanders was one He 111 P-4

Heinkel He 111

The Heinkel He 111 was a German aircraft designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter in the early 1930s in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Often described as a "Wolf in sheep's clothing", it masqueraded as a transport aircraft, but its purpose was to provide the Luftwaffe with a fast medium...

 (VG+ES), fully equipped (armed with 5 MG 15 and one MG 17, capacity to load 1,000 kg of bombs in belly and another 1,000 kg under the wings, also exterior fuel tanks).

Fliegerführer

• General Stefan Fröhlich
  Stefan Fröhlich
  Stefan Fröhlich was a highly decorated General der Flieger in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
  
  , 24 February 1941 – 10 April 1942
• Generlmajor Theo Osterkamp
  Theo Osterkamp
  Theodor "Theo" Osterkamp was a World War I and World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace. He flew in the first World War, scoring 32 victories...
  
   (acting), April 1942
• General der Flieger Otto Hoffmann von Waldau
  Otto Hoffmann von Waldau
  Otto Hoffmann von Waldau was a World War II Luftwaffe general and was killed in an air crash on 17 May 1943.-Awards:* Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class* Wound Badge in Badge...
  
  , 12 April 1942 – 30 August 1942
• General der Flieger Hans Seidemann
  Hans Seidemann
  Hans Seidemann was a World War II Luftwaffe general. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
  
  , 30 August 1942 – 31 January 1943
• Generalmajor Walter Hagen
  Walter Hagen (aviator)
  Walter Hagen was a German Luftwaffe Stuka pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II...
  
  , 1 February 1943 – February 1943

Fliegerführer Afrika(Ägyptenfeldzug)

• Ramke Brigade
• Brigade Hermann Göring
• Kampfgruppe Schmid

II Seenot Dienstfuhrer

• 15 Seenotkommando (Bengasi)
• 16 Seenotkommando (Derna)
• Seenot kommando (Tripoli)

Fliegerkorps Tunis

• Verbindungsstaffel und Flugbereitschaft der Fliegerkorps Tunis
• Fliegerfuhrer 1 (Nord)
• Fliegerfuhrer 2 (Mitte)
• Fliegerfuhrer 3 (Sud)
• Fliegerfuhrer Gabes

V Squadra Aerea (Italian 5th Air Fleet)

• Bataglione Paracadutisti Libiche Fanti dell'Aria
• Bataglione Paracadutisti Folgore
• Commando Aeronautica Tripolitana
• Settore Centrale Cirenaica
• Settore Est Fuka (Egypt)

German Aircraft

• Fighter-interceptors
• Focke-Wulf Fw 190
  Focke-Wulf Fw 190
  The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger was a German Second World War single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late 1930s. Powered by a radial engine, the 190 had ample power and was able to lift larger loads than its well-known counterpart, the Messerschmitt Bf 109...
  
   A-3 trop.
• Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4 trop.
• Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5 trop.
• Messerschmitt Bf 109
  Messerschmitt Bf 109
  The Messerschmitt Bf 109, often called Me 109, was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid 1930s...
  
   E-3 trop.
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 trop.
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-7 trop
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 trop.
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 trop.
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-1 trop.
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2 trop.
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-4 trop.

• Night fighters
• Messerschmitt Bf 110
  Messerschmitt Bf 110
  The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often called Me 110, was a twin-engine heavy fighter in the service of the Luftwaffe during World War II. Hermann Göring was a proponent of the Bf 110, and nicknamed it his Eisenseiten...
  
   E-3
• Junkers Ju 88
  Junkers Ju 88
  The Junkers Ju 88 was a World War II German Luftwaffe twin-engine, multi-role aircraft. Designed by Hugo Junkers' company through the services of two American aviation engineers in the mid-1930s, it suffered from a number of technical problems during the later stages of its development and early...
  
   C-6

• Aerial convoy Escorts
• Arado Ar 196
  Arado Ar 196
  -See also:-Bibliography:* Dabrowski, Hans-Peter and Koos, Volker. Arado Ar 196, Germany's Multi-Purpose Seaplane. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 1993. ISBN 0-88740-481-2....
  
   A-3
• Blohm & Voss BV 138 C-1
• Heinkel He 115
  Heinkel He 115
  The Heinkel He 115 was a World War II Luftwaffe seaplane with three seats. It was used as a torpedo bomber and performed general seaplane duties, such as reconnaissance and minelaying. The plane was powered by two 720 kW BMW 132K nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engines...
  
  B/C
• Junkers Ju 88 C-6
• Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-4
• Messerschmitt Bf 110 D-3

• Fighter-bombers
• Focke-Wulf Fw 190 G-2 trop.
• Focke-Wulf Fw 190 G-3 trop.
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4/R3
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4/B
• Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-2 trop.
• Messerschmitt Bf 110 D-2 trop.

• Dive-bombers/land support
• Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-3/Trop.

• Henschel Hs 129
  Henschel Hs 129
  The Henschel Hs 129 was a World War II ground-attack aircraft fielded by the German Luftwaffe. Its nickname, the Panzerknacker , is a deliberate pun—in German, it also means "safe cracker"...
  
   B-1
• Junkers Ju 87
  Junkers Ju 87
  The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka was a two-man German ground-attack aircraft...
  
   B-2
• Junkers Ju 87 B-2 trop.
• Junkers Ju 87 R-1
• Junkers Ju 87 R-2
• Junkers Ju 87 R-4
• Junkers Ju 87 D-1 trop.
• Junkers Ju 87 D-3 trop.

• Bombers
• Dornier Do 17 M-1 trop.
• Dornier Do 17 P-1 trop.
• Dornier Do 17
  Dornier Do 17
  The Dornier Do 17, sometimes referred to as the Fliegender Bleistift , was a World War II German light bomber produced by Claudius Dornier's company, Dornier Flugzeugwerke...
  
   Z-10
• Heinkel He 111
  Heinkel He 111
  The Heinkel He 111 was a German aircraft designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter in the early 1930s in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Often described as a "Wolf in sheep's clothing", it masqueraded as a transport aircraft, but its purpose was to provide the Luftwaffe with a fast medium...
  
   H-2
• Heinkel He 111 H-3
• Heinkel He 111 H-6
• Heinkel He 111 P-4
• Junkers Ju 88 A-1 trop.
• Junkers Ju 88 A-4 trop.
• Junkers Ju 88 A-5 trop.

• Seaplanes
• Arado Ar 196
  Arado Ar 196
  -See also:-Bibliography:* Dabrowski, Hans-Peter and Koos, Volker. Arado Ar 196, Germany's Multi-Purpose Seaplane. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 1993. ISBN 0-88740-481-2....
  
   A-3
• Blohm & Voss BV 138 C-1
• Blohm & Voss BV 222
• Dornier Do 24
  Dornier Do 24
  -See also:-References:* -External links:* * * * * * * * *...
  
   T-1
• Heinkel He 60A
• Heinkel He 114
  Heinkel He 114
  -See also:-Bibliography:* Donald, David, ed. Warplanes of the Luftwaffe. London: Aerospace, 1994. ISBN 1-874023-56-5.* Smith J. R. and Kay, Anthony. German Aircraft of the Second World War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1972. ISBN 0-370-00024-2....
  
  
• Heinkel He 115
  Heinkel He 115
  The Heinkel He 115 was a World War II Luftwaffe seaplane with three seats. It was used as a torpedo bomber and performed general seaplane duties, such as reconnaissance and minelaying. The plane was powered by two 720 kW BMW 132K nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engines...
  
  B/C

• Reconnaissance
• Focke-Wulf Fw 189
  Focke-Wulf Fw 189
  |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Brown, Capt. Eric . Wings of the Luftwaffe. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. ISBN 0-385-13521-1....
  
   A-2 trop.
• Henschel Hs 126
  Henschel Hs 126
  |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1970 . ISBN 0-356-02382-6....
  
   A-1
• Henschel Hs 126 B-1
• Fieseler Fi156 C-3 trop.
• Fieseler Fi156 C-5 trop.
• Junkers Ju 86
  Junkers Ju 86
  The Junkers Ju 86 was a German monoplane bomber and civilian airliner designed in the early 1930s, and employed by both sides during World War II. The civilian model Ju 86B could carry 10 passengers. Two were delivered to Swissair and five to Luft Hansa...
  
   P-1
• Junkers Ju 86 P-2
• Junkers Ju 88 C-4 trop.¨
• Junkers Ju 88 D-1
• Junkers Ju 88 D-1 trop.
• Junkers Ju 88 D-2 trop.
• Junkers Ju 88 D-5 trop.
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-5 trop.
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-6
• Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-3
• Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-3 trop.
• Messerschmitt 210 A-1
• Messerschmitt 210 C-1

• Liaison
• Fieseler Fi156 C-3 trop.
• Fieseler Fi156 C-5 trop.
• Messerschmitt Bf 108
  Messerschmitt Bf 108
  -Popular culture:Bf 108s and postwar Nord 1000s, played the role of Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters in war movies, including The Longest Day, 633 Squadron, Von Ryan's Express and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.-See also:-References:Notes...
  
  B/C

• Transports
• Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking
• DFS 230
  DFS 230
  |-See also:-External links:* http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/dfs230.html* http://www.luftarchiv.de/flugzeuge/dfs/dfs230.htm...
  
   B-1
• Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe
• Gotha Go 242
  Gotha Go 242
  -External Links:* FLIGHT, 12th February 1942, p. 130, early intelligence photo of Go 242, bottom of page....
  
   A-1
• Gotha Go 244
  Gotha Go 244
  -See also:-References:NotesBibliography...
  
   B-1
• Junkers Ju 52/3m g7e
• Junkers Ju 252
  Junkers Ju 252
  -References:* Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York:Doubleday, 1972. ISBN 0-385-05782-2.-External links:* *...
  
   A-1
• Junkers Ju 90
  Junkers Ju 90
  The Junkers Ju 90 was a 40-seat, four-engine airliner developed for and used by Deutsche Luft Hansa shortly before World War II. It was based on the rejected Ju 89 bomber...
  
   B-1
• Junkers Ju 290
  Junkers Ju 290
  The Junkers Ju 290 was a long-range transport, maritime patrol aircraft and heavy bomber used by the Luftwaffe late in World War II.-Design and development:...
  
  A
• Messerschmitt 323D Gigant

Italian Aircraft

• Fighter-interceptors
• Fiat CR.20
• Fiat CR.30
• Fiat CR.32bis
• Fiat G.50bis Freccia
• Fiat CR.42AS Falco
• Macchi MC.200AS Saetta
• Macchi MC.202AS Folgore
• Macchi MC.202 (Serie VI) Folgore
• Macchi MC.205V (Serie III) Veltro (Pantelleria-based)

• Aerial convoy escorts
• CANT Z.501 Gabbiano
• CANT Z.506
  CANT Z.506
  The CANT Z.506 Airone was a triple-engine floatplane produced by CANT from 1935. It served as a transport and postal aircraft with the Italian airline "Ala Littoria"...
  
  B Airone
• Caproni-Reggiane Re.2000 Serie I Falco I
• Macchi MC.200AS Saetta
• FIAT BR.20 Cicogna

• Fighter-bombers
• Fiat G.50bis Freccia
• Fiat CR.42AS Falco
• Macchi MC.200CB Saetta
• Macchi MC.202CB (Serie XI) Folgore

• Dive-bombers/land support
• Breda Ba 65.
• Breda Ba 88 Lince
• Breda Ba 201 Pichiatelli (Ju 87B Italian-license build)
• Fiat CR.32bis
• Meridionali Ro.37bis.

• Bombers
• CANT.Z.1007 Alcione
• Caproni Ca.133
• Caproni-Bergamaschi Ca.310 Libeccio
• Fiat BR.20M Cicogna
• Piaggio P.108
  Piaggio P.108
  The Piaggio P.108 Bombardiere was the only Italian four-engine heavy bomber used by the Axis powers during World War II. The prototype first flew in 1939 and it entered service in 1941....
  
  B
• Savoia-Marchetti S.M.79-I Sparviero
• Savoia-Marchetti S.M.81 Pipistrello

• Seaplanes
• CANT Z.501 Gabbiano
• CANT Z.506B Airone
• FIAT (CMASA) RS.14B
• Macchi MC.94
• Meridionali Ro.43

• Reconnaissance
• Caproni-Bergamaschi Ca.310 Libeccio
• Meridionali Ro.37bis.
• Meridionali Ro.63

• Liaison
• Caproni Ca.100
• FIAT (CMASA) G.8
• Meridionali Ro.63
• Nardi FN.305

• Transports
• Breda Ba.44
• Caproni Ca.133
• FIAT G.12T
• Savoia-Marchetti S.M.71
• Savoia-Marchetti S.M.74
• Savoia-Marchetti S.M.79 Marsupiale
• Savoia-Marchetti S.M.81 Pipistrello
• Savoia-Marchetti S.M.82 Marsupiale