General of the fighter pilot

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General der Jagdflieger was a service within the Wehrmacht Air Force . It emerged on August 7, 1941 from the inspector of the fighter pilots and was part of the Air Force High Command (OKL).

Official

August 1, 1935 to April 20, 1936 Inspector of the fighter pilot Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ritter von Greim
July 1, 1937 to March 31, 1938 Fighter pilot inspector Lieutenant Colonel Johann Raithel
February 1, 1939 to June 4, 1940 Fighter pilot inspector Colonel Werner Junck
December 19, 1940 to August 5, 1941 Inspector of the fighter pilots Major General Kurt-Bertram von Döring
August 7, 1941 to November 22, 1941 General of the fighter pilots Colonel Werner Mölders
December 5, 1941 to January 31, 1945 General der Jagdflieger Lieutenant General Adolf Galland
January 31, 1945 to May 8, 1945 General of the Fighter Pilot Colonel Gordon M. Gollob

literature

  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: Part II The Generals of the Air Force 1935–1945 , Biblio-Verlag Osnabrück 1991, 3 volumes, ISBN 376481701-1 .