2nd Fighter Corps (Germany)

II. Jagdkorps German 2nd Fighter Corps
Active	15 September 1943 – 26 January 1945
Country	Germany
Branch	Luftwaffe
Type	Corps
Decorations	reference in the Wehrmachtbericht 5 October 1944
Commanders
Notable commanders	Dietrich Peltz

II. Jagdkorps^[1] (2nd Fighter Corps) was formed 15 September 1943 in Chantilly from Höherer Jagdfliegerführer West. II. Jagdkorps was subordinated to Luftflotte 3, and from 26 September 1944 on to Luftwaffenkommando West. On 26 January 1945 the Corps was disbanded, and used to form the 14. Flieger-Divisionen and 15. Flieger-Divisionen. The headquarters was located at Chantilly and from August 1944 in Rochefort, from 10 September 1944 at Flammersfeld near Koblenz.

Commanding officers

Generleutnant Werner Junck, 15 September 1943 – 30 June 1944
General Alfred Bülowius, 1 July 1944 – 15 October 1944
Generalmajor Dietrich Peltz, 15 October 1944 – 26 January 1945
Generalmajor Karl-Eduard Wilke (acting), 12 January 1945 – 26 January 1945

Subordinated units

References

↑ For more details see Luftwaffe Organization

Luftwaffe Corps of the Wehrmacht

Air	I. Fliegerkorps II. III. IV. V. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. Tunis

Fighter	I. Jagdkorps II.

Parachute	I. Fallschirmkorps II.

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