• GenMaj Hans Siburg, 1939 - 9.39
• GenMaj Robert Fuchs, 29.9.39 - 15.10.40
• GenLt Alexander Holle, 15.10.40 - 6.41
• Oberst Martin Harlinghausen, 6.1.42 - 11.42
• Oberst Karl Stockmann, 12.42 - 2.43
• ObLt Werner Klümper, 3.43 - 11.44
• ObLt Wilhelm Stemmler, 11.44 - 1.45
• ObLt Georg Teske, 2.45 - 5.45
  

• Gruppenkommandeure:
  • Maj Walter Loebel, 5.39 - 12.9.39
  • ObLt Hans Alefeld, 13.9.39 - 20.4.40
  • ObLt Hermann Busch, 20.4.40 - 3.42
  • Hptm Bert Eicke (acting), 3.42 - 7.42
  • Maj Werner Klümper, 7.42 - 1.43
  • Hptm Herbert Vater, 1.43 - 7.43
  • Hptm Klaus Toball (acting), 7.43 - 8.43
  • Hptm Helmut von Rabenau, 8.43 - 11.11.43
  • Hptm Jochen Müller, 12.11.43 - 7.44
  • Maj Willi Sölter, 7.44 - 2.45

Formed 1.5.39 at Lübeck-Blankensee from I./KG257 with:
    Stab I./KG26 from Stab I./KG257
    1./KG26 from 1./KG257
    2./KG26 from 2./KG257
    3./KG26 from 3./KG257

From 1.42 began converting to He 111H torpedo bombers, with one staffel converting at Grosseto at a time, beginning with 3./KG26. Converted to Ju 88A-4 LT torpedo bombers from 4.44. The aricraft and crews from I./KG77 was absorbed on 20.7.44:
    Stab I./KG26 from Stab I./KG77
    1./KG26 from 1./KG77
    2./KG26 from 2./KG77
    3./KG26 from 3./KG77
Bases:

1.5.39 - 25.9.39	Lübeck-Blankensee	He 111H
25.9.39 - 8.4.40	Schleswig*	He 111H
8.4.40 - 9.4.40	Varel	He 111H
9.4.40 - 16.4.40	Aalborg-West	He 111H
16.4.40 - 29.4.40	Stavanger-Sola	He 111H
29.4.40 - end.7.40	Trondheim-Vaernes	He 111H
7.40 - 9.40	Stavanger-Sola	He 111H
9.40 - end.2.41	Beauvais	He 111H
2.41 - 9.41	Aalborg-West**	He 111H
9.41 - 10.41	Kemi	He 111H
10.41 - 12.41	Petsamo	He 111H
12.41 - 1.42	Bardufoss	He 111H
1.42 - 3.42	Trondheim-Vaernes	He 111H
3.42 - 8.11.42	Bardufoss	He 111H
8.11.42 - 1.43	Grosseto	He 111H
1.43 - end.5.43	Decimomanu (Sardinia)	He 111H
5.43 - 4.44	Salon de Province***	He 111H
4.44 - 7.44	Grove (Karup)	He 111H, Ju 88A
7.44 - 8.44	Salon de Province	Ju 88A
20.8.44 - 9.44	Memmingen, via München-Riem	Ju 88A
9.44 - 1.45	Bardufoss	Ju 88A
1.45 - 5.45	Vandel (Vejle)	Ju 88A

* 1./KG26 was detached at Westerland
** 2. and 3./KG26 moved to Stavanger-Sola in 3.41. 2./KG26 moved to Banak in 8.41, followed by 3./KG26 in 10.41. The whole group was united again in 12.41 at Bardufoss.
*** Detachment at Piacenza, 1.44 - 2.44, to combat the allied landings at Anzio.

• Gruppenkommandeure:
  • ObLt von Bushe, 1.5.39 - 10.39
  • ObLt Hans Hefele, 10.39 - 3.4.40
  • Maj Martin Vetter, 6.4.40 - 20.8.40
  • Maj Eckhard Christian, 21.8.40 - 31.12.40
  • Maj Helmut Bertram, 1.1.41 - 17.1.41
  • Hptm Robert Kowalewski, 18.1.41 - 14.5.41
  • Maj W. Beyling, 15.5.41 - 11.2.43
  • Maj Georg Teske, 12.2.43 - 10.8.44
  • Maj Otto Werner, 11.8.44 - 2.12.44
  • Maj Rudolf Schmidt, 3.12.44 - 8.5.45

Formed 1.5.39 in Lüneburg from II./KG257 with:
    Stab II./KG26 from Stab II./KG257
    4./KG26 from 4./KG257
    5./KG26 from 5./KG257
    6./KG26 from 6./KG257

Began the war with He 111H bombers. In 2.41 6./KG26 converted to He111H-4/6 (torp.) torpedo bombers. The rest of the Gruppe converted to torpedo bombers from 4.42 at Grosseto (one staffel at a time).
In 5.42 4./KG26 was renamed 2./KG100, and was reformed 2 months later (7.42) from 7./KG26. The Gruppe began converting to Ju 88A torpedo bombers from 6.43.
Bases:

1.5.39 - 24.8.39	Lüneburg	He 111H
24.8.39 - 27.8.39	Werneuchen	He 111H
27.8.39 - 7.9.39	Gabbert/Pommern	He 111H
7.9.39 - 12.9.39	Nieder-Ellgut/Oppeln	He 111H
12.9.39 - 25.9.39	Lüneburg	He 111H
25.9.39 - 10.39	Schwerin	He 111H
10.39 - 21.2.40	Westerland	He 111H
21.2.40 - 3.40	Neumünster	He 111H
3.40 - 8.4.40	Westerland	He 111H
8.4.40 - 9.4.40	Marx	He 111H
9.4.40 - 16.4.40	Aalborg-West	He 111H
16.4.40 - 4.40	Stavanger-Sola	He 111H
4.40 - 5.40	Trondheim-Vaernes	He 111H
5.40 - end.8.40	Aalborg-West	He 111H
8.40 - 6.1.41	Amiens	He 111H
6.1.41 - 1.41	Catania	He 111H
1.41 - 5.41	Comiso*	He 111H
5.41 - 11.41	Eleusis**	He 111H
11.41 - 3.42	Kalamaki**	He 111H
3.42 - 12.42	Saki**	He 111H
12.42 - 1.43	Grosseto	He 111H
1.43 - 5.43	Villacidro (Sardinia)	He 111H
5.43 - 6.43	Salon de Provence	He 111H
6.43 - 5.44	Großenbrode***	Ju 88A
5.44 - 8.44	Valence	Ju 88A
8.44 - 9.44	Neubiberg, Großenbrode	Ju 88A
9.44 - 11.44	Banak	Ju 88A
11.44 - 5.45	Trondheim-Vaernes	Ju 88A

* 4. and 5./KG26 was based at Foggia 6.4.41 - 20.4.41
** 6./KG26 moved to Buzeau (Romania) 9.41, and to Saki 12.41. In 10.42 moved to Catania, and joined the rest of the Gruppe in Grosseto on 9.11.42.
*** 4./KG26 detached at Focsani, 4.44 - 5.44 and then returned to Grossenbrode.

• Gruppenkommandeure:
  • Maj Viktor von Lossberg, 1.11.39 - 31.5.40
  • Maj Günther Wolfien, 1.6.40 - 2.41
  • Maj Viktor von Lossberg, 2.41 - 30.8.41
  • Maj K. Lersche, 1.9.41 - 10.41
  • Maj S. Böhme, 10.41 - 2.42
  • Hptm Ernst Thomsen, 2.42 - 21.7.42
  • Hptm Möller, 22.7.42 - 9.42
  • Maj G. Hielscher, 9.42 - 11.42
  • Maj Horst Kayser, 11.42 - 19.12.42
  • Hptm Klaus Nocken, 20.12.42 - 2.44
  • Maj Ernst Thomsen, 2.44 - 10.44
  • Maj Wolf Harseim, 10.44 - 8.5.45

Began forming 12.9.39 in Jesau with He 111H bombers with:
    Stab III./KG26 new
    7./KG26 new (11.39)
    8./KG26 new (1.40)
    9./KG26 new (12.39)

Formation was completed in 2.40, but the gruppe was immediately renamed KGr126:
    Stab III./KG26 became Stab/KGr.126
    7./KG26 became 1./KGr.126
    8./KG26 became 2./KGr.126
    9./KG26 became 3./KGr.126

and was reformed from I./KG28 with:
    Stab III./KG26 from Stab I./KG28
    7./KG26 from 1./KG28
    8./KG26 from 2./KG28
    9./KG26 from 3./KG28

On 15.12.41 while in Setschinskaja, was renamed II./KG100:
    Stab III./KG26 became Stab II./KG100
    7./KG26 became 4./KG100
    8./KG26 became 5./KG100
    9./KG26 became 6./KG100

and was reformed from the new I./KG28:
    Stab III./KG26 from Stab I./KG28
    7./KG26 from 1./KG28
    8./KG26 from 2./KG28
    9./KG26 from 3./KG28

On 8.6.42 again renamed, now becoming I./KG1:
    Stab III./KG26 became Stab I./KG1
    7./KG26 became 4./KG26
    8./KG26 became 1./KG1
    9./KG26 became 2./KG1

and was reformed from Kü.Fl.Gr. 506, now with Ju88A-4 bombers:
    Stab III./KG26 from Stab/Kü.Fl.Gr. 506
    7./KG26 from 1./Kü.Fl.Gr. 506
    8./KG26 from 2./Kü.Fl.Gr. 506
    9./KG26 from 3./Kü.Fl.Gr. 506

8./KG26 was disbanded 7.43, and was reformed 13.7.43 from 1./Kü.Fl.Gr. 906.
In 4.44 converted to Ju 88A-17, and in 8.44 - 11.44 to Ju 188A-3.
Bases:

12.9.39 - 1.40	Jesau	He 111H
1.40 - 2.40	Gotha	He 111H
2.40 - 8.4.40	Schwerin	He 111H
8.4.40 - 9.4.40	Westerland	He 111H
9.4.40 - 16.4.40	Aalborg-West	He 111H
16.4.40 - 4.40	Stavanger-Sola	He 111H
4.40 - 7.40	Trondheim-Vaernes	He 111H
7.40 - 9.40	Stavanger-Sola	He 111H
9.40 - 16.2.41	Poix-Nord	He 111H
16.2.41 - 3.3.41	Achiet	He 111H
3.3.41 - 20.7.41	Le Bourget	He 111H
20.7.41 - 9.41	Brest-Litovsk	He 111H
9.41 - 10.41	Bobruisk	He 111H
10.41 - 2.42	Setschinskaja, Baranovicze	He 111H
2.42 - 4.42	Grosseto	He 111H
4.42 - 6.42	Rennes	He 111H
6.42 - 8.11.42	Banak	Ju 88A
8.11.42 - end.5.43	Grosseto	Ju 88A
5.43 - 6.7.44	Montpellier*	Ju 88A
6.7.44 - 8.44	Garsons**	Ju 88A
8.44	Valence, Lyon**	Ju 88A
8.44 - 10.44	Kaufbeuren, Leck**	Ju 88A, Ju 188
10.44 - 5.45	Trondheim-Vaernes	Ju 88A, Ju 188

* Detachment at Piacenza, 1.44 - 2.44, to combat the allied landings at Anzio.
** 7./KG26 at Grossenbrode, 7.44 - 9.44

• Gruppenkommandeure:
  • Maj Franz Ziemann, 22.3.41 - 6.10.41
  • Maj Fritz Gehring, 7.10.41 - 2.44
  • Maj Klaus Nocken, 18.2.44 - 6.9.44

• Erg.Staffel/KG26 was formed 8.40 in Lübeck-Blankensee, and was increased to Gruppe strength 22.3.41 with:
      Stab IV./KG26 new
      10./KG26 from Erg.Sta./KG26
      11./KG26 new
      12./KG26 new

  12./KG26 was disbanded 5.42, and was reformed 4.6.42 in Westerland from Erg.Sta./Kü.Fl.Gr.506.

  On 7.9.44 renamed Ergänzungskampfgruppe LT (Lufttorpedo):
      Stab IV./KG26 became Stab/Erg.KGr. LT
      10./KG26 was disbanded
      11./KG26 became 2./Erg.KGr. LT
      12./KG26 became 3./Erg.KGr. LT
  Bases:

  8.40 - 6.9.44

  Lübeck-Blankensee*

  He 111H, Ju 88A

  * 12./KG26 at Westerland, 4.6.42 - 16.6.42