Luftwaffe Field Division
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The Luftwaffe Field Divisions were authorized in October 1942. They consisted of 200,000 to 250,000 "surplus" Luftwaffe personnel. They were organized as 12,500 strong M1942 Rifle(Jäger) Divisions with most serving on the Eastern Front.These were ordinary infantry divisions organized from Luftwaffe personnel made available after mid-war due to the manpower shortage. They were originally Luftwaffe units but were later handed over to the Heer and were organized as M1944 Infantry Divions with "Rifle (L)' Regiment, retaining their numbering but with Luftwaffe attached to distinguish them from similarly numbered divisions already existing in the Heer. They were subordinate to four Luftwaffe Field Corps numbered I, II, III, and IV.
- 1st Luftwaffe Field Division
- 2nd Luftwaffe Field Division
- 3rd Luftwaffe Field Division
- 4th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 5th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 6th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 7th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 8th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 9th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 10th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 11th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 12th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 13th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 14th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 15th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 16th Luftwaffe Field Division
- Eventually transferred to the Heer as 16th Luftwaffe Infantry Division (later 16th Volksgrenadier Division)
- 17th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 18th Luftwaffe Field Division
- 19th Luftwaffe Field Division (later 19th Luftwaffe Sturm Division)
- Eventually transferred to the Heer as 19th Grenadier Division (later 19th Volksgrenadier Division)
- 20th Luftwaffe Field Division (later 20th Luftwaffe Sturm Division)
- 21st Luftwaffe Field Division (previously the Meindl Division, an ad hoc collection of Luftwaffe resources)
- 22nd Luftwaffe Field Division - never formed, its sub-units were assigned to other divisions.
