a Fallschirmjäger Division. For reasons of secrecy, it was originally raised as the 7th Air Division (German: 7. Flieger-Division), before being renamed...

Fliegerkommandeur 5. The Division was redesignated 21. Flieger-Division on 1 November 1938 and relocated to Braunschweig and again renamed to 4. Flieger Division on...

Organisation 5. Flieger-Division 1938–1939 @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht 5. Flieger-Division 1943–1945 @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht 5. Flieger-Division 1938–1939 @...

and Poland. The United Kingdom presented greater problems. General der Flieger Hellmuth Felmy, commander of Luftflotte 2 in 1939, was charged with devising...

commander of the 7. Flieger-Division (Fallschirmjäger). 305th Oak Leaves on 27 September 1943 as General der Flieger and commander of XI. Flieger-Korps (Luft-lande-Korps)...

the 1st Skijäger Division and SS units on the Eastern Front to be used primarily as a close combat weapon from 1944 on. The Flieger-Kappmesser uses a...

Generaloberst Kurt Student's airborne forces, the 7. Flieger-Division and the 22. Luftlande-Infanterie-Division. Fall Gelb—the invasion of France and the Low...

The first military commander in the occupied territory was General der Flieger Helmuth Förster, a Luftwaffe officer, appointed on 20 April 1941, assisted...

April 1945) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross on 24 June 1940 as Generalleutnant and commander of V. Flieger-Korps...

Hamburg from the 10. Flieger-Division. Generalleutnant Hans Ferdinand Geisler was put in command of the newly formed Flieger-Division on 3 September 1939...

Nahaufklärungsstaffel 4.(H)/31. According to Scherzer as commander of the 4. Flieger Division. Hermann Plocher's nomination had been finalized by the Heerespersonalamt...

/Sturzkampfgeschwader 3. According to Scherzer as commander of the 7. Flieger-Division (Fallschirmjäger). According to Scherzer as Wachtmeister. Carl-Heinrich...

und Brillanten), based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized...

German fallschirmjägers from 1st battalion of the 1st Regiment, 7th Flieger Division were dropped on the airfield. Around 3 fallschirmjägers became casualties...

in the Italian Campaign before retiring in late 1944 on medical grounds. Richthofen died in July 1945 of a brain tumour while in American captivity. Richthofen's...

Netherlands and Belgium. German Fallschirmjäger from the 7th Flieger and 22nd Air Landing divisions under Kurt Student executed surprise landings at The Hague...

Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile...

Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Flieger-Ersatz-Bataillon Luftwaffen-Kommando Don. According to Scherzer on 30 September 1944. According to Scherzer as captain...

und Brillanten), based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized...

spent the rest of the war in the Führerreserve, effective from 5 October 1944. On 1 May 1945, Sperrle was arrested by the British Army and became a prisoner...

Weimar Republic. On 4 February 1938, Felmy was promoted to General der Flieger. By the beginning of World War II, Felmy commanded Air Fleet 2 (Luftflotte...

in the Stab/IV. Flieger-Korps Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 July 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of the 4.Flieger-Division Patzwall & Scherzer...

13 June Blohm & Voss BV 138C-1, WNr.0310158, K6+AK, of 2.Staffel KüstenFlieger Gruppe 406, capsizes upon landing at Drontheim See Ilsvika in Trondheim...

by personal and professional conflicts with his superior, General der Flieger Erhard Milch, and Kesselring asked to be relieved. His conflict with Milch...

as an artillery officer as World War I began. In 1916, he was posted to Flieger-Abteilung (Flier Detachment) 33 of the Die Fliegertruppen (the flying troops)...

commander of the 4. Flieger-Division 867th Oak Leaves on 8 May 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 6. Fallschirmjäger-Division Hermann Plocher's...

und Brillanten), based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized...

1917 when it was originally constructed by the German Army Air Corps as "Flieger Schießschule". it was established for observers destined for artillery...

Wachenfeld [de] and Leonhard Kaupisch. They were promoted to General der Flieger. A retired navy officer, Konrad Zander, was similarly promoted and put...

Generalleutnant d.R. Waldemar Henrici (until October 1942) General der Flieger Karl Kitzinger (from October 1942) Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Southern...