Maritime General of the Air Force

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General des Seewesens der Luftwaffe , correctly General des Seewesens der Lw. (Stage Manager of the Maritime and Maritime Emergency Service) was an agency within the German Air Force until 1945.

It was based in the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL) and was created on August 29, 1944 as part of an organizational change from the inspection of the maritime emergency service (L. In. 16, from mid-July 1940). The only known officer in this position was Lieutenant General Hans Armin Czech (until May 4, 1945)

literature

  • Karl Born : Salvation Between the Fronts. Maritime emergency service of the German Air Force 1939–1945. 3. Edition. Mittler, Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0756-0 .
  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: The Generals of the Air Force 1935-1945. 3 volumes. Part II. Biblio, Osnabrück 1991, ISBN 376481701-1 .

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