• Oberst Eduard Ritter von Schleich 1 November 1938 – 9 December 1939[7] • Major Hans-Hugo Witt 14 December 1939 – 23 June 1940[7] • Major Gotthard Handrick 24 June 1940 – 21 August 1940[7] • *Oberstleutnant Adolf Galland 22 August 1940 – 5 December 1941[7] • Major Gerhard Schöpfel 6 December 1941 – 10 January 1943[7] • Oberst Josef Priller 11 January 1943 – 27 January 1945[8] • Major Franz Götz 28 January 1945 – 7 May 1945[8]