Inspector of Fighters (
German language
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a ...
: ''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
The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German '' Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the '' Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabt ...
in
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
. The inspector was responsible for the readiness, training and tactics of the fighter force. It was not an operational command.
[Isby 1998, p. 18.]
Inspectors
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, colspan=6, ''Inspekteur der Jagdflieger''
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, colspan=6, ''General der Jagdflieger''
Subordinated inspectors
Inspector of the Day Fighters
Inspector of the Night Fighters
Notes
References
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Luftwaffe
Military ranks of Germany
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