In Nuts & Bolts 21/22, Michael Parker published orders of battle for Austria, Germany, and Czechoslovakia in 1938. My research suggests that the OB given for the Luftwaffe is inaccurate in several respects. For example, Me 109 Es weren't delivered to the. Jagdgruppen until February, 1939, He 111 Hs did not start delivery until May, 1939 and the Ju 87B-1 had just started rolling off the production lines in October '38, 5 being sent to Spain that month. The DFS 230 existed only in preproduction quantities, not enough to warrant a counter, although they had been issued to 7th Fliegerdivision to develop glider assault techniques. What follows is the Oct 138 Luftwaffe as best I am able to determine. (SEE CHART BELOW)

Notes: The numbers of aircraft are from the Luftwaffe Quartermaster General's report as of 19 September '38 as quoted in Green's Warplanes of the Third Reich, an excellent work, although superseded in certain areas by more recent research, notably on the Do 17 and most especially on the Me 109D. See Green's second edition of Augsburg Eagle for information on the Jumo 210 engine that the 109D really used vice the DB 600 cited in Warplanes.

Feel free to use the ratings that please you as I haven't been able to deduce the algorithm used by GDW to rate their airplanes, particularly the ranges. I derived mine by analogy from the existing aircraft. The only combat ratings that I really feel strongly about are those of the Me 109D since it appears in Europa with ratings based on the DB600 of 986 hp instead of the 640 hp Jumo 210 that it shares with the Me 109B. The mix-up came to light in the late 70s when someone looked closely at a Me 109 preserved by the Swiss and found a dataplate saying Me 109D rather than Me 109C as was previously thought.

The unit IDs that I'm sure flew the particular version shown are KG 157, I/JG 131, I/KG 153, II/KG 158, and II/KG 255. The other gruppen listed flew the airplane, but not necessarily that version. The unit designations for unique aircraft such as the Ju 87A are correct, except that SFGrs 20, 30, and 40 flew a mixture of He 51s, He 46s, and Ar 66s so I arbitrarily allotted one counter for each type as I have no idea as to the actual numbers involved.

Ct	Model	Strengths	No.	Equipping
7	He 111 B	2B3 2-2 17	272	I, II, III KG 157; I, II, KG 152
2	He 111 E	3B3 2-3 15	71	I, II, III KG 253; I, II, III KG 257
1	He 111 F	3B3 2-3 19	39	I, II, III KG 355
1	He 111 J	3B3 2-3 19	88	I, II, III KG 155, KuFGr 506
8	Do 17E	2B3 1-1 15	-	I, II, III KG 255; I, II, III KG 153; II KG 158
1	Do 17M	3B3 2-2 14	-	I, III KG 158; II KG 252
2	Hs 123A	2A2 2 9	-	SFGr 10,50
1	He 51C	1F1 1 5	-	SFGr 20
1	He 46C	1A1 1 10	-	SFGr 30
1	Ar 66C	1H1 1 7	-	SFGr 40
2	Ju 87A	1D2 2 9	-	I, II, StG 163
4	Ju 86D	2B2 1-2 22	159	I, II, III KG 254
1	Ju 86E	2B3 1-2 18	43	-
1	Ju 86G	2B3 1-2 18	33	-
3	Ju 52	1T2 0	25	KGrzbV 1,2
5	Me 109B	4F4 0 7	-	I, II, JG 334; I, II JG 234; I, II JG 134
3	Me 109C	4F4 0 7	-	I, II, G 132; I, II JG 136, I, II JG 137
2	Me 109D	4F4 0 6	-	I JG 130; I JG 131
3	Ar 68E	2F2 0 5	-	III JG 334; III JG 135; I JG 138; III JG 234
0	He 112B	4F4 1 5	-	III JG 132
Group Allowance: 49 Reinforcements: Nov 1, lx Do 17M, lx Mel 09D Abbreviations: JG - Jagdgeschwader, KG - Kampfgeschwader, StG - Stukageschwader, SFGr - Schlachtfliegergruppe, KuFGr - Kustenfliegergruppe (Coastal reconnaisance group) KGrzbV - Kampfgruppe zur besondern Verwendung (battle group for special purposes)

All Jagdgruppen data is extremely confused as the Luftwaffe had expanded from 12 Jagdgruppen to 20 on 1 July'38, keeping obsolete Ar 68s in service to equip the new gruppen, but in unknown numbers. So even the numbers of aircraft given above are open to question. The 12 He 112Bs were destined for Japan but were pressed into service with III/JG 132 until the Munich Agreement was signed. By then, the Japanese no longer needed them so the 17 aircraft remaining on the contract were offered to Nationalist Spain where they served with Grupo 5-G-5, flying their first sortie 19 January '39.

The Do 17M was a transition model between the E and the Z and only 200 or so were made. As such it was not considered worthwhile to convert the Kampfgruppen on any large scale from the Do 17E. I am uncertain if any gruppen did actually convert to the M. I do know that the 3 gruppen of KG 77 flew the E throughout the Polish campaign, something not reflected in Case White.

All the Kampfgruppen, except IV/KG 152, which became KGrzbV 1, had converted to more modern equipment by early'38, so there are no longer any Ju 52s with bombing factors. If the player desires he may call up 2 counters of Lufthansa Ju 52s even though they were not historically mobilized. I didn't feel that they were necessary considering the limited number of paras available.

Die Luftstreitkrafte

The Austrian Air Force had more than just a few obsolete aircraft at the time of the Anschluss. The Luftstreitkrafte was publicly revealed on 19 June 1935 already equipped with 16 CR.20bis, 12 CR.30 and 6 CR.3013 two-seat trainers. In 1936 orders were placed for 45 CR.32bis fighters to equip the 3 staffein of the newly-formed Jagdgeschwader 11 and for 4 Ju52/3m g3e bombers to serve as the nucleus of Bomberstaffel 1/B. 18 Ju 86E-2s were ordered in 2 batches in 1937 to equip the 2 staffeln of the Bombergeschwader. 3 Ju 86s had arrived by 11 Feb '38 with no others delivered by the time of the Anschluss. JG 11 was incorporated into the Luftwaffe as I/JG 138 and the 38 survivors sold to Hungary once the gruppe could be reequipped with more modern planes. The CR.32s are older models than those in Spain and Portugal, see the comments in No Pasaran!

1 CR.32bis 2F2 1 8
Group Allowance: 1

I have been unable to find any firm data regarding the Czech Air Force as given by Michael Parker. My primary sources are various issues of Air International, Air Enthusiast and the two books by William Green mentioned earlier.