Organization
September 1939
- 7th Air Division
- 1st Parachute Rifle Regiment
- 3 Battalions
- 2nd Parachute Rifle Regiment
- 2 battalions
- 1st Parachute Rifle Regiment
May 1941
- 7th Air Division
- 1st Parachute Rifle Regiment
- 2nd Parachute Rifle Regiment
- 3rd Parachute Rifle Regiment
- 7th Artillery Battalion
- 7th Anti-tank Battalion
- 7th Flak Battalion
- Machine-gun Battalion
- Pioneer Battalion
- Other divisional units
April 1943
- 1st Parachute Division
- 1st Parachute Rifle Regiment
- 3rd Parachute Rifle Regiment
- 4th Parachute Rifle Regiment
- 1st Parachute Artillery Regiment
- 2 battalions
- 1st Parachute Anti-Tank Battalion
- 1st Parachute Engineer Battalion
- 1st Parachute Machine-gun Battalion
- Other divisional units
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