Inspector of Fighters
Inspector of Fighters | |
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Inspekteur der Jagdflieger | |
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Member of | Oberkommando der Luftwaffe |
Reports to | Supreme Commander of the Luftwaffe |
Formation | 1 August 1935 |
First holder | Robert Ritter von Greim |
Final holder | Gordon Gollob |
Abolished | 8 May 1945 |
Deputy | See lists |
Inspector of Fighters (German language: Inspekteur der Jagdflieger redesignated to General der Jagdflieger (General of Fighters)) was not a rank but a leading position within the High Command of the German Luftwaffe in Nazi Germany. The inspector was responsible for the readiness, training and tactics of the fighter force. It was not an operational command.[1]
Inspectors
[edit]No. | Portrait | Inspector | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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Inspekteur der Jagdflieger | |||||
1 | Oberstleutnant Robert Ritter von Greim (1892–1945) | 1 August 1935 | 20 April 1936 | 263 days | |
2 | Generalmajor Bruno Loerzer (1891–1960) | 1 April 1938 | 31 January 1939 | 305 days | |
3 | Oberst Werner Junck (1895–1976) | 1 February 1939 | 4 June 1940 | 1 year, 124 days | |
4 | Generalmajor Kurt-Bertram von Döring (1889–1960) | 19 December 1940 | 5 August 1941 | 229 days | |
General der Jagdflieger | |||||
5 | Oberst Werner Mölders (1913–1941) | 7 August 1941 | 22 November 1941 † | 107 days | |
6 | Generalleutnant Adolf Galland (1912–1996) | 5 December 1941 | 31 January 1945 | 3 years, 57 days | |
7 | Oberst Gordon Gollob (1912–1987) | 31 January 1945 | 8 May 1945 | 97 days |
Subordinated inspectors
[edit]Inspector of the Day Fighters
[edit]No. | Portrait | Inspekteur der Tagjäger | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Oberstleutnant Günther Lützow (1912–1945) | 11 August 1942 | 17 December 1943 | 1 year, 128 days | |
2 | Oberst Hannes Trautloft (1912–1995) | 17 December 1943 | 26 January 1945 | 1 year, 40 days | |
3 | Oberst Walther Dahl (1916–1985) | 26 January 1945 | 8 May 1945 | 102 days |
Inspector of the Day Fighters, East[edit]
| Inspector of the Day Fighters, West[edit]
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Inspector of the Night Fighters
[edit]No. | Portrait | Inspekteur der Nachtjagd | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Oberst Josef Kammhuber (1896–1986) | August 1941 | 20 November 1943 | 2 years, 3 months | |
2 | Oberst Werner Streib (1911–1986) | March 1944 | 8 May 1945 | 1 year, 2 months |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Isby 1998, p. 18.
References
[edit]- Isby, David C. (1998). The Luftwaffe Fighter Force—The View from the Cockpit. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 978-1-85367-327-6.