Commanding general of the German Air Force in Norway
The commanding general of the German Air Force in Norway was a senior position in the German Air Force during World War II .
The forerunner agency was set up in Oslo in mid-April 1940 as (Feld-) Luftgau-Kommando Norway from Luftgaustab zbV 300 and subordinated to Luftflotte 5 .
The budgeting of the commanding general of the German Air Force in Norway , based in Oslo, took place on September 15, 1944 from the staff of the dissolved Air Fleet 5 and the (field) Luftgau Command Norway . The former chief of Luftflotte 5, Josef Kammhuber , became the first commanding general of the German Air Force in Norway .
This agency awarded the honorary badge of the Air District Command Norway .
Subordinate associations
- Commanding general of the German Air Force in Finland
- Fighter pilot Norway
- 5th Air Division
- 13th Flak Brigade , from December 1944 from the Commanding General of the German Air Force in Finland
- 29th Flak Division , from February 1945
Commanding generals
| Rank | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| General of the Aviators | Karl Kitzinger | from installation until June 26, 1941 |
| Lieutenant General / General of the Aviators | Willi Harmjanz | June 26, 1941 to January 17, 1944 |
| Colonel | Eduard von Schleich | January 17, 1944 to September 16, 1944 |
| Lieutenant General | Josef Kammhuber | September 16, 1944 to October 10, 1944 |
| Major General / Lieutenant General | Eduard von Schleich | October 10, 1944 to November 15, 1944 |
| Lieutenant General | Ernst-August Roth | November 15, 1944 to May 8, 1945 |
Chief of Staff
- Major General Hans Siburg : from the establishment to June 1940
- Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Giese : from June 1940 to October 1941
- Colonel Hans-Jürgen von Cramin-Taubadel: from 1941 to September 1943
- Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Hein: from September 1943 to 1944
- Colonel Hans von Weech : from 1944 to September 15, 1944
- Colonel Ernst Kusserow : from September 1944 to November 18, 1944, former Chief of Staff of Air Fleet 5
- Colonel Friedrich-August Meißner (* 1908): from November 1944 until dissolution
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Tessin: Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 14, Biblio Verlag, 1980, ISBN 978-3-7648-1111-2 , p. 174.
- ^ Georg Tessin: Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 14, Biblio Verlag, 1980, ISBN 978-3-7648-1111-2 , p. 312.
- ^ Georg Tessin: Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 14, Biblio Verlag, 1980, ISBN 978-3-7648-1111-2 , p. 365.
- ↑ Paul Schenck (Ed.): E-places Travemünde and Tarnewitz. Volume 2, Luftfahrt-Verlag Walter Zuerl, Steinebach-Wörthsee, ISBN 3-87500-024-2 , pp. 320-332
