One of my pastimes during my stays at the library, waiting for my son to finish practice, have been transcribing the strength returns of the German Luftwaffe. It started with research for my book with the predecessors and Jagdgeschwader 5, and then the Heinkel He 115 equipped units of the Seefliegerverbände (they changed how they were reported - but that is for another story...). One might state that I went a little overboard, by not only including the rest of the Jagdverbände, but also the Schlachtflieger, the Zerstörer and so on. The only units I have not included yet are the bombers (Kampfgruppen) and the dive bombers (Sturzkampfverbände).
As the Blogger platform does not have the inbuilt ability to attach a file directly, I will provide these as html tables. The strength returns are available to download on the Invenio platform of the Bundesarchiv as images.
I hope those interested will give me feedback as I post these, in order to correct any mistakes or misinterpretations. In some instances I have made some assumptions, especially when the graphical depiction of a units strength does not coincide with the strength of the Staffeln.
It is also important to mention that the statistics, what were to be reported, changed over time. In order to make the information fit in a blog format, I have omitted some fields from my database. These are, however, present in the files.
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