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All German airborne maritime units, be they coastal or shipborne, were Luftwaffe manned & Luftwaffe controlled. However, with these maritime air units controlled by the Luftwaffe were observers from the Kriegsmarine seconded to the Luftwaffe for a four year period. Thus, the German Kriegsmarine did not actually control its own maritime air units during WWII.
（大意）在二戰之前到戰爭爆發期間內，所有德軍海軍航空單位，不論是陸基單位或者艦載單位，都是由德國空軍所控制的。雖然空軍掌握了這些海軍航空單位，卻仍搭載著海軍觀察員，所以實際上德國海軍在戰時並未實際掌握任何航空單位。

Until 1939, all airborne maritime units came under the control of the OKL-Führer der SeeLuftstreitekrafte, which worked in close co-operation with the Kriegsmarine but was controlled directly by the Luftwaffe High Command. In 1939, the OKL-Führer der SeeLuftstreitekrafte was disbanded and replaced by the General der Luftwaffe beim Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (Ob.d.M). This office was abolished in 1944 and responsibility for the remaining coastal and maritime units was placed under the control of the General der Aufklärungsflieger. Earlier in the war with the expansion of German occupied territory, coastal and maritime units were subordinated to the respective Fliegerkorps or Fliegerführer for operational purposes.

（大意）1939之前所有海軍航空單位都是由空軍總部海上航空指揮部所管轄，並與海軍有著密切合作而卻受到空軍的直接管轄。1939，該指揮部被另一個單位所取代-海軍航空指揮部（仍在空軍裡頭，名稱換湯不換藥）。這單位到1944也同樣被裁撤，下屬單位後來均移交給空中偵察指揮部。戰爭初期隨著德軍擴張，這些海軍航空單位也配賦在一些指定的航空軍單位以執行特定任務。

Of all the Luftwaffe controlled coastal and maritime units, the unit most closely intergrated with the Kriegsmarine was Bordfliegergruppe 196 (BFGr 196). Bordfliegergruppe 196 was formed in 1937, and went on to control a total of 6 staffeln. These 6 staffeln provided the aircraft used on various Kriegsmarine naval ships, such as the Bismarck and Tirpitz, and on the various German Cruisers, as well as many others. These aircraft took part in various reconnaisance, courier, patrol, and air support missions, although their task was mainly to serve in the recon role for the ship they served on. There are many documented cases of these reconnaisance-oriented aircraft actually engaging in air-to-air combat and combat air sweeps, so they did indeed see action in many different roles. The pilots of these onboard aircraft were controlled, trained, and provided by the Luftwaffe, while the Kriegsmarine provided liason support for the pilots, their training, and the ships they were stationed on.

（大意）在這些海軍航空單位中，與海軍最密切合作的莫過於BFGr. 196（196艦載偵察大隊）。該大隊於1937年編成，下有六個中隊並配屬給不同的海軍艦隻上，從俾斯麥號戰艦到各級巡洋艦等都有。這些航空單位執行著各種不同的任務如：偵察、傳令、巡邏和空中補給等，而在不少文件中也提到這些原本作為偵察用途的軍機事實上也參與不少空對空作戰和空域掃蕩，所以他們的角色是很多樣化的。空軍提供飛行員和訓練，海軍則提供聯繫、後續訓練和駐點的船隻，兩者可說是合作無間。

Onboard aircraft were of mainly the floatplane type. They were stored above deck, usually within the center region of the ship on a small catapult used to launch the aircraft into the air. Upon completion of an onboard planes mission, it would land in the water near the side of the ship, after which an onboard crane would lift the aircraft out of the water and store it back in its launching place above deck.

（大意）這些艦載飛機大部分都是水上飛機，平時放置於船舯甲板上的彈射器以便將飛機彈射至空中。在結束任務後，飛機會降落在軍艦旁邊的水面以便船上的吊車將飛機吊回至原本的發射位置。

The Luftwaffe also controlled the aircraft planned for use on the German Kriegsmarine aircraft carriers under contruction during WWII, all of which never reached completetion and never saw active service.

（大意）德國空軍甚至準備等海軍的航空母艦完成時將一些單位投入配置在母艦上，不過隨著航空母艦一直未完成而不曾投入任務。

Further outside the realm of the Kriegsmarine, but close enough to maritime operations to warrent discussion here, were the various Luftwaffe controlled units that took part in anti-shipping attacks, coastal and sea reconnaisance, air-sea rescue, coastal patrol, and sea-minesweeping operations. The following is a listing of many of the Luftwaffe units that took part in all types of Sea related operations.
（大意）在海軍控制範圍外，還有一些空軍單位事實上也投入與海軍相關的任務中，如：反艦任務、岸上海上偵察、海空搜救、海岸巡邏以及掃雷任務。以下是這些單位的列表：