Commanding Officers
- Generalmajor Walter Barenthin, 13 September 1943 – 14 February 1944
- Generalleutnant Dipl.Ing. Richard Schimpf, 17 February 1944 – 20 August 1944
- General der Fallschirmtruppe Eugen Meindl (acting), 20 August 1944 – 22 August 1944
- Generalmajor Walter Wadehn, 22 August 1944 – 5 January 1945
- Generalleutnant Dipl.Ing. Richard Schimpf, 6 January 1945 – 1 March 1945
- Oberst Helmut von Hoffmann, 1 March 1945 – 8 March 1945
- Oberst Karl-Heinz Becker, 8 March 1945 – 8 April 1945
- Oberst Hummel, 8 April 1945 – 16 April 1945
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