title: Luftwaffe order of battle April 1940
text: # Luftwaffe order of battle April 1940
  
  For its campaign against Norway and Denmark during World War II, the German Luftwaffe had the following order of battle on 9 April 1940.
  
  ## X. Fliegerkorps
  
  Commanded by Generalleutnant Hans Geisler
  
  | Parent unit | Geschwader Base | Unit (Gruppe/Staffel) | Aircraft Type | Commanding Officer |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Jagdgeschwader 77 | Husum | II. Gruppe | Messerschmitt Bf 109E | Hauptmann Karl Hentschel |
  | Zerstörergeschwader 26 | Barth | I, II. Gruppe | Messerschmitt Bf 110C | Hauptmann Karl Kaschka/ Wilhelm Makrocki |
  | Zerstörergeschwader 76 | Westerland | I. Gruppe | Messerschmitt Bf 110C | |
  | Zerstörergeschwader 1 | Westerland | III. Gruppe | Messerschmitt Bf 110C | |
  | Kampfgeschwader 4 | Fassberg | Stab, and II. Gruppe | Heinkel He 111 | |
  | Kampfgeschwader 4 | Perleberg | I. Gruppe | Heinkel He 111 | |
  | Kampfgeschwader 4 | Lüneburg | III. Gruppe | Heinkel He 111 | |
  | Kampfgeschwader 26 | Varel | Stab, and I. Gruppe | Heinkel He 111 | |
  | Kampfgeschwader 26 | Marx | II. Gruppe | Heinkel He 111 | |
  | KGr100 | Nordholz | | Heinkel He 111 | |
  | Kampfgeschwader 30 | Westerland | Stab, I., II., III., and Z. Gruppe | Heinkel He 111 | |
  | Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 | Kiel-Holtena | I. Gruppe | Junkers Ju 87B and R | Major Paul-Werner Hozzel |
  | 1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122 | Hamburg–Fuhlsbüttel | I. Gruppe | Heinkel He 111 | |
  | Wetterkette | Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel | | Heinkel He 111 | |
  | Korpstransportstaffel | Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel | | Junkers Ju 52 | |
  | 1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 120 | Lübeck/Kiel | | Dornier Do 17 and Heinkel He 111 | |
  