Kommandeure:

• GenLt Kurt Student, 1.9.38 - 14.5.40
• GenLt Richard Putzier, 16.5.40 - 21.1.41
• GenLt Wilhelm Süssmann, 21.1.41 - 20.5.41
• GenMaj Alfred Sturm, 20.5.41 - 30.5.41
• GenLt Erich Petersen, 1.6.41 - 1.8.42
• GenLt Richard Heidrich, 1.8.42 - 1.5.43

Ia:

• Maj Heinrich Trettner, 1.9.38 - 15.12.40
• Maj Conrad-Bernhard Graf von Üxküll, 1.1.41 - 17.8.42
• Maj Karl Lothar Schulz, 18.8.42 - 27.8.42
• Maj Adolf Haering, 28.8.42 - 4.43

Formed 1.9.38 in Berlin to control all parachute units.

In 1.5.43 redesignated 1. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division.

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