Fliegerführer Afrika

Fliegerführer Afrika was part of Luftflotte 2 (Air Fleet 2), one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in the Second World War.

It operated in the Mediterranean and Libya from 1941–1942.

The commanders were Generalmajor Stefan Fröhlich and Generalleutnant Otto Hoffmann von Waldau, who led the German air support to the German Afrika Korps campaign during the winter of 1941–1942.

The aircraft flown by these commanders were a He 111 P-4 (VG+ES), fully equipped (armed with 5 × MG 15 and 1 × MG 17, capacity to load 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) of bombs in belly and another 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) under the wings, also exterior fuel tanks).

A German Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4/Trop of Jagdgeschwader 27 (27th Fighter Wing) in flight, off the North African coast in the summer of 1941.