Geschwaderkommodoren
- Obst Eduard Ritter von Schleich, 1 November 1938 – 9 December 1939
- Maj Hans Hugo Witt, 14 December 1939 – 23 June 1940
- Maj Gotthard Handrick, 24 June 1940 – 21 August 1940
- Obstlt Adolf Galland, 22 August 1940 – 5 December 1941
- Maj Gerhard Schöpfel, 6 December 1941 – 10 January 1943
- Obst Josef Priller, 11 January 1943 – 27 January 1945
- Maj Franz Götz, 28 January 1945 – 7 May 1945
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