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Air Force Command Flags and Pennants (Germany)

Kommandozeichen der Luftwaffe

Introduction
Flag of the Air Force Operational Headquarters (Kommandozeichen des Luftwaffenführungskommandos)
Flag of an Air Force Command (Kommandozeichen eines Luftwaffen-Kommandos)
Command Pennant for an Air Force Division (Kommandozeichen einer Luftwaffen-Division)
Command Pennant for an Air Force Brigade (Kommandozeichen einer Luftwaffen-Brigade)
Command Flag for an Air Force Wing or Regiment (Kommandozeichen eines Luftwaffen-Geschwaders oder -Regiments)
Command Pennant for an Air Force Section or Batallion (Kommandozeichen einer Luftwaffen-Abteilung oder eines Luftwaffen-Bataillons)
Command Pennant for an Air Force Squadron (Kommandozeichen einer Luftwaffen-Staffel)

See also:

Flags of the Armed Forces (Truppenfahne und Kommandozeichen der Bundeswehr)
Germany

Introduction

In the Army, the quarterly pattern seems to go with the higher echelon, which would make the flag labeled in the book as Luftwaffen-Kommando go with the quartered flag and the one divided per saltire with the tactical commands. But the way the names are labeled [on the source] implies the opposite. Source: Schnell and Seidel 1983, a Bundeswehr handbook.

Joseph McMillan, 7 March 2001

Flag of the Air Force Operational Headquarters

Kommandozeichen des Luftwaffenführungskommandos / LwFükdo

1:1
by Joseph McMillan

Quartered black and gold with a wide red border and the Luftwaffe wings in white on the red border at the top. I assume that [this] is the flag of what is now the Luftwaffenführungskommando (LwFükdo), the operational headquarters of the Luftwaffe. Source: Schnell and Seidel 1983.

Joseph McMillan, 7 March 2001

Flag of an Air Force Command

Kommandozeichen eines Luftwaffen-Kommandos

1:1
by Joseph McMillan

Quartered per saltire black and gold, with a wide red border and the Luftwaffe wings superimposed across the center of the flag. I assume that [this] is the flag used by commanders of the Luftwaffen-Kommandos — Northern Tactical Command, Southern Tactical Command, Air Transport Command and Air Force Communications and Information Systems Command. Source: Schnell and Seidel 1983.

Joseph McMillan, 7 March 2001

Command Pennant for an Air Force Division

Kommandozeichen einer Luftwaffen-Division

3:4
by Joseph McMillan

Divisions are the next level below commands in the German Air Force hierarchy. The command mark is a triangular yellow pennant bordered with red, with the Luftwaffe wings in white on the center. Source: Schnell and Seidel 1983.

Joseph McMillan, 7 March 2001

Command Pennant for an Air Force Brigade

Kommandozeichen einer Luftwaffen-Brigade

3:4
by Joseph McMillan

Triangular yellow pennant with two horizontal red stripes and the Luftwaffe wings in the center in white. Source: Schnell and Seidel 1983.

Joseph McMillan, 8 March 2001

Command Flag for an Air Force Wing or Regiment

Kommandozeichen eines Luftwaffen-Geschwaders oder -Regiments

by Joseph McMillan

Rectangular yellow flag with blue border and Luftwaffe wings in the center in white. Source: Schnell and Seidel 1983. A Geschwader equates to something between a group and squadron in US terms or a wing and squadron in British terms. I believe ground troops of the Luftwaffe (air defense for instance) are organized into regiments.

Joseph McMillan, 8 March 2001

Command Pennant for an Air Force Section or Batallion

Kommandozeichen einer Luftwaffen-Abteilung oder eines Luftwaffen-Bataillons

3:4
by Joseph McMillan

Triangular yellow pennant with blue border and Luftwaffe wings on center. Source: Schnell and Seidel 1983. Abteilung would, I believe, translate into English as "section" — I do not know the organizational equivalency.

Joseph McMillan, 8 March 2001

Command Pennant for an Air Force Squadron

Kommandozeichen einer Luftwaffen-Staffel

3:4
by Joseph McMillan

Triangular yellow pennant with narrow blue border and Luftwaffe wings on center. Source: Schnell and Seidel 1983. Staffel is conventionally equated to a squadron, but is smaller than a USAF or RAF squadron; similar, I believe, to a French escadrille, but I am more than open to correction.

Joseph McMillan, 8 March 2001