Luftwaffe
personnel structure
consisted of two broad categories,
Wehrmachtangehorige
or members of the armed forces, and
Wehrmachtgefolge
or auxiliaries of the armed forces.
The
Wehrmachtangehorige
consisted of
Soldaten
or
military personnel
in a limited sense (
officers
and
enlisted
), and
Beamten
or military officials, either belonging to the general category of
Wehrmachtbeamte
, or one of four
Sondergruppen
(special groups of officials): Engineers, Navigators, Aircraft Pilots or Flying Safety. In 1944
supply officers
and
judge-advocates
were transferred from the Officials category, to the Soldiers category as officers of the
Truppensonderdienst
. As a war-time measure,
Sonderfuhrer
s were introduced, filling positions normally held by trained officers or
non-commissioned officers
without having the required military training.
Beamte auf Kriegsdauer
(war-time officials) were filling positions normally held by trained officials, without having the required civil service training.
The
Wehrmachtgefolge
consisted in peace-time of civilian salaried employees and workers of the Luftwaffe. During the war several new classes of full or par time duty personnel were added to the
Wehrmachtgefolge
, such as:
Luftschutzwarndienst
, the male personnel of the air raid warning service;
Sicherheits- und Hilfsdienst
, the
barracked
security and assistance service of the
civil defense
;
Luftwaffenhelferinnen
, the female Luftwaffe auxiliaries;
Luftwaffenhelfer
,
underage
male youth serving
anti-aircraft
batteries between school or work;
Flakwehrmanner
, male workers in
reserved occupations
serving anti-aircraft batteries during air-raids. The
Wehrmachtgefolge
also contained units from paramilitary organizations, as far as they were subordinated to the Luftwaffe during the war, such as:
Reichsarbeitsdienst
,
National Socialist Motor Corps
, and
Organisation Todt
.
Overview
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]
Personnel structure of the Luftwaffe
[1]
|
Status
|
Wehrmachtangehorige
|
Wehrmachtgefolge
|
|
Military line
|
Military non-line
|
Officials
|
Luftwaffe auxiliaries
|
Regular and reserve
|
Unrestricted line officers:
- General staff officers
- Troop officers
Restricted line officers:
- Ordnance officers
- Engineering officers
Enlisted
|
Special career officers:
- Medical Officers
- Directors of music
Special troop officers:
- Supply officers
- Judge-advocates
|
Military officials:
- Air Engineer Corps
- Air Navigator Corps
- Aircraft Pilot Corps
- Flying Safety Service
- Wehrmachtbeamte
|
Civilian employees of the Luftwaffe
|
War time reinforcement
|
Sonderfuhrer
|
Beamte auf Kriegsdauer
|
Detachments from paramilitary formations in the service of the Luftwaffe:
|
Military personnel
[
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]
Soldaten
, or military personnel in a limited sense, consisted of officers, noncommissioned officers and airmen, belonging to the flying troops,
fallschirmjager
, air defense artillery, air signal troops, construction units, and medical units, as well the Luftwaffe ground combat units, such as the
Division "Hermann Goering"
and the
Luftwaffe field divisions
. They also included the special career officers such as medical officers and directors of music, and the special troop officers such as supply officers and judge advocates.
[1]
Officers
[
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]
Corps
[
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]
The commissioned officers of the Luftwaffe could either be non-restricted or restricted line officers, or non-line officers. Non-restricted officers were
Truppenoffiziere
, troop officers, and
Generalstabsoffiziere
, general staff officers. Resttricted line officers were ordnance officers and engineering officers. Non-line officers were of two kinds, special career officers,
Offiziere der Sonderlaufbahnen,
contained medical officers and directors of music, while
Truppensonderdienst
, the special troop officers, were created in 1944 by the transfer of supply officers and judge advocates from the military officials class.
[2]
[3]
[4]
The Air force engineer officers were to replace the Air engineers of the military officials class, but only a very limited number of such officers were trained before the end of the war.
[6]
The Air engineering officials were supposed to transfer to the engineering officer career, but that measure was postponed until the end of the war.
[7]
No engineering officer reached higher rank than
First Lieutenant
at the end of the war. The highest rank of the Ordnance officer corps was
Colonel
.
[8]
The corps was abolished in 1944, and its 193 members transferred to the troop officer corps.
[9]
Ranks of Luftwaffe officers
General Staff Officers
|
Troop Officers
|
Air Force Engineer Officers
|
Ordnance Officer
|
Medical Officers
|
Supply Officers
1944
|
Judge Advocates 1944
|
Music Directors
Inspectors
|
-
|
Leutnant
|
Leutnant (Ing.)
|
Leutnant (W)
|
Assistenzarzt
|
Zahlmeister
|
-
|
Musikmeister
|
-
|
Oberleutnant
|
Oberleutnant (Ing.)
|
Oberleutnant (W)
|
Oberarzt
|
Oberzahlmeister
|
-
|
Obermusikmeister
|
Hauptmann i.G.
|
Hauptmann
|
-
|
Hauptmann (W)
|
Stabsarzt
|
Stabsintendant
|
Stabsrichter
|
Stabsmusikmeister
|
Major i.G.
|
Major
|
-
|
Major (W)
|
Oberstabsarzt
|
Oberstabsintendant
|
Oberstabsrichter
|
Musikinspizient
|
Oberstleutnant i.G.
|
Oberstleutnant
|
-
|
Oberstleutnant (W)
|
Oberfeldarzt
|
Oberfeldintendant
|
Oberfeldrichter
|
Obermusikinspizient
|
Oberst i.G.
|
Oberst
|
-
|
Oberst (W)
|
Oberstarzt
|
Oberstintendant
|
Oberstrichter
|
-
|
Generalmajor
|
-
|
-
|
Generalarzt
|
Generalintendant
|
Generalrichter
|
-
|
Generalleutnant
|
-
|
-
|
Generalstabsarzt
|
Generalstabsintendant
|
Generalstabrichter
|
-
|
General der Luftwaffe
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Generaloberst
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Generalfeldmarschall
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Reichsmarschall
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Commissions
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]
The officers of the several corps were listed in different seniority lists depending on their service conditions:
Seniority list
|
Category
|
Service conditions
|
A
|
aktive Offiziere
|
Regular commission
|
B
|
Erganzungsoffiziere
|
Supplementary commission
|
C
|
Offiziere des Beurlaubtenstandes
|
Reserve commission
|
D
|
Kriegsoffiziere
|
Temporary war commission
|
E
|
Offiziere zur Verfugung
|
Officers to disposal
|
Offiziere zur Dienstleistung
|
Officers to disposal in actual service
|
Offiziere ausser Dienst
|
Retired officers
|
Ergangzungsoffiziere
were former officers born in 1882 or later, serving in staff and administrative positions.
Offiziere der Beurlaubtenstandes
were
reserve officers
; consisting of
Reserveoffiziere
(under 35 years of age), and
Landwehroffiziere
(35 years old and older) until 1940, when the two categories were merged.
Kriegsoffiziere
were officers promoted from the ranks and given temporary commissions for the duration of the war.
Offiziere zur Verfugung
were former officers subject to recall at mobilization. Such officers were called
Offiziere zur Dienstleistung
when recalled.
[10]
[11]
[12]
Enlisted
[
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]
Each branch of the Luftwaffe had a number of
Dienstlaufbahngruppen
(career groups) for non-commissioned officers and airmen, further subdivided into
Dienstlaufbahnen
(service careers).
[13]
Flying Troops
[
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]
The Flying Troops had three career croups, Air Crew, Aircraft Engineering, and General Service.
- Air Crew
Airplane Pilot
,
Aircraft Observer
, Auxiliary Observer,
Bombardier
,
Air Signaller
(
Aerial Gunner
),
Flight Engineer
(Aerial Gunner), Aerial Gunner, and
Paratrooper
.
[14]
- Aircraft Engineering
Aircraft Engineering Technician, Airframe Mechanic, Airplane Engine Mechanic, Airplane Electrical Mechanic, Airplane Precision Mechanic, Airplane Bomb Armorer, Airplane Weapons Armorer, Aerial Photography Technician, Airplane Signals Mechanic, and Parachute Rigger and Survival Equipmentman.
[14]
- General Service
Ground Communications, Motor Transportation, Supply Clerk, Ammunition Technician,
Hauptfeldwebel
(
First Sergeant
), HQ Sergeant, Supply Technician (Automotive), Supply Technician (Aircraft), Supply Technician (Weapons/Gas Protection), Supply Technician (General), Clothing Clerk, Accountant, Subsistence NCO, Administrative Clerk, Small Boat Crew, Air Traffic Control, Musician, Medical Technician, and Military Official Candidate.
[14]
Air Defense Artillery
[
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]
The Air Defense Artillery had two careers groups, Artillery, and General Service.
- Artillery
Anti-aircraft Artillery Personnel, Motor Transportation Personnel, Communications.
[15]
- General Service
The same as the general service of the Flying Troops, with the addition of Supply Technician (Communications), and Supply Technician (Searchlight), and without Supply Technician (Aircraft).
[15]
Air Signal Troops
[
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]
The Air Signal Troops had two career groups, Signals, and General Service.
- Signals
General, Flight Radio Operator, Aircraft Radio, Radio Technical Sergeant, Telephone Technical Sergeant, Supply Technician (Communications), Armorer.
[16]
- General Service
The same as the general service of the Flying Troops, without Supply Technician (Aircraft).
[16]
Other branches
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]
In addition to the three major branches, flying troops, air defense artillery, and air signal troops, the Luftwaffe had several other branches. In existence at the beginning of the war was the medical troops
(Sanitatstruppen)
, and the
Reichsluftaufsicht
or the National Flying Safety Service, which was staffed both by military personnel and a special group of
Beamten
(see below). During the war special
Luftwaffe construction units
(Luftwaffen-Bauverbande)
were added. A special ground-combat unit
General Goring
existed since 1935, and airborne
Fallschirmjager
units since 1938; during the war both expanded into
army corps
, with the same complement of ground-combat branches that existed in the army. In addition, the Luftwaffe in 1942 formed a number
field divisions
of excess personnel, that, however, after about a year was absorbed by the
German Army
. There were even veterinary units; the enlisted men belonging to the Luftwaffe, and the veterinary officers to the army.
[17]
Ranks of Luftwaffe non-commissioned officers and men
Flying Troops
Fallschirmjager
Air Signal Troops
Flying Safety Service
Construction Units
Other branches of the Goring units and the field divisions
|
Air Defense Artillery
Artillery and Anti-aircraft artillery of the Goring units, the
Fallschirmjager,
and the field divisions
|
Medical troops
Veterinary units
|
Mannschaften
|
Flieger, Fallschirmjager, Funker, Bausoldat, Jager, Grenadier, Fusilier, Panzerschutze, Pionier, Kraftfahrer, Feldgendarm
|
Kanonier
Panzerjager
|
Sanitatssoldat
Veterinarsoldat
|
Gefreiter
|
Sanitatsgefreiter
Veterinargefreiter
|
Obergefreiter
|
Sanitatsobergefreiter
Veterinarobergefreiter
|
Hauptgefreiter
|
Sanitatshauptgefreiter
Veterinarhauptgefreiter
|
Unteroffiziere
|
Unteroffizier
Oberjager
|
Unteroffizier
|
Sanitatsunteroffizier
Veterinarunteroffizier
|
Unterfeldwebel
|
Unterwachtmeister
|
Sanitatsunterfeldwebel
Veterinarunterwachtmeister
|
Feldwebel
|
Wachtmeister
|
Sanitatsfeldwebel
Veterinarwachtmeister
|
Oberfeldwebel
|
Oberwachtmeister
|
Sanitatsoberfeldwebel
Veterinaroberwachtmeister
|
Stabsfeldwebel
|
Stabswachtmeister
|
Sanitatsstabsfeldwebel
Veterinarstabswachtmeister
|
Sonderfuhrer
[
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]
In the Luftwaffe war time tables of organization, certain positions could be filled with personnel not possessing the required military training, if properly trained personnel were not available. Such
Sonderfuhrer
(Specialist Leaders), should have a civilian education or training qualifying them for the technical side of the position to be filled, and preferably some sort of leadership experience or training. Specialist Leaders did not hold
military rank
as such, but had titles that denoted the equivalent rank level of the positions held. If they were not needed as Specialist Leaders any more, they would to revert to their basic military rank. Specialist Leaders with the equivalent rank level of non-commissioned officers were abolished in 1942; the incumbents transferred to the non-commissioned corps if qualified.
[1]
[18]
Rank equivalents and titles of Luftwaffe
Sonderfuhrers
Equivalent rank level
|
Level
[19]
|
General titles
|
Titles for interpreters
|
Titles for doctors
|
Unteroffizier
|
Specialist Leader in the position of a Sergeant
|
Sonderfuher (G)
|
-
|
-
|
Oberfeldwebel
|
Specialist Leader in the position of a Technical Sergeant
|
Sonderfuher (O)
|
-
|
-
|
Leutnant
|
Specialist Leader in the position of a First or Second Lieutenant
|
Sonderfuher (Z)
|
Dolmetscher (Z)
|
Hilfsartz
|
Hautpmann
|
Specialist Leader in the position of a Captain
|
Sonderfuher (K)
|
Dolmetscher (K)
|
Kriegsarzt
|
Major
|
Specialist Leader in the position of a
Field Officer
|
Sonderfuher (B)
|
-
|
Oberkriegsarzt
|
Military officials
[
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]
Luftwaffe military officials 1944
Groups
|
Personnel strength
|
Wehrmachtbeamte
[a]
|
~1,000,000
|
Air Engineers
|
2,500
|
Air Navigators
|
200
|
Aircraft Pilots
|
..
|
Flying Safety
|
..
|
- ^
Including
Beamte auf Kriegsdauer
.
|
Source:
[20]
[21]
|
Military officials were
civil servants
that served in the Luftwaffe in technical, administrative, legal, and other positions. They were not civilian employees, as they were uniformed, often serving with advanced units on air bases in enemy territory. Yet the personnel structure of the military officials were not military - with officers, non-commissioned officers, and airmen - but the same as the ordinary civil service, with four different career levels. Although they wore insignia denoting their equivalent rank, they did not have military ranks, but civil service grades, and were not paid after the military pay scales, but according to their civil service grade.
[22]
[2]
Most officials were
Wehrmachtbeamte
, but there were also four special groups of military officials: the air engineers, the air navigators, the aircraft pilots, and the flying safety officials.
[23]
[24]
Career levels
Career level
[25]
|
Educational requirements
[26]
|
Candidate period
[26]
|
Equivalent ranks as permanent officials in the Luftwaffe
[27]
|
einfacher Dienst
(lower)
|
Volksschule
and for technical occupations also having served in a lower technical capacity in the Luftwaffe or the
Reichsarbeitsdienst
, or being a trained
journeyman
or
master craftsman
|
six months
|
Feldwebel - Oberfeldwebel
|
mittlerer Dienst
(intermediate)
|
Volksschule
and for technical occupations also having served in a middle technical capacity in the Luftwaffe or the
Reichsarbeitsdienst
, or being a trained
master craftsman
, or having a diploma from a
technical school
, or being promoted from the lower career
|
one year
|
Stabsfeldwebel - Oberleutnant
|
gehobener Dienst
(elevated)
|
High school
diploma or a diploma from a
business school
, and for direct entry without a candidate period, a diploma in engineering from a
technical school
|
two years or more
|
Oberleutnant - Oberstleutnant
|
hoherer Dienst
(higher )
|
University degree
|
Until
Staatsexamen
|
Hauptmann - Generalleutnant
|
Most of the military officials of the Luftwaffe were non-commissioned officers having completed their 12 year's service obligation. After being given a civilian education at an administrative or technical military school
(Wehrmachtfachschule)
, they entered the ranks of the military officials as military candidates
(Militaranwarter)
.
Abschlussprufung I
(first level exam) gave access to the middle career, while a second level exam opened up the elevated career.
[28]
The elevated career was also open to young men with
Abitur
having completed the two your compulsory military service. The higher service was recruited through direct-entry candidates with a university degree, most of which also were
reserve officers
.
Air Engineer Corps
[
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]
Becoming a member of the
Ingenieurkorps der Luftwaffe
required completion of the two year compulsory military service, being commissioned as a reserve officer, and having a
Diplomingenieur
-degree in aircraft construction, as well having passed the state exam for
Flugbaumeisters
(aircraft designers). Diploma Engineers with three years employment as civilian engineers of the Luftwaffe were also accepted.
[29]
[30]
Air Navigator Corps
[
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]
The
Nautikerkorps der Luftwaffe
was founded in 1938, for air surveying and non-combat navigation duties; all members were military officials of the elevated career recruited as
Militaranwarter
from former sergeant-navigators. New appointments in the corps ended in 1941. Suitable and willing navigators where then transferred to the officer corps of the flying troops.
[31]
Of the 295 officials in the navigator corps, 81 had transferred to the officer corps at the beginning of 1942.
[32]
Aircraft Pilot Corps
[
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]
The
Flugzeugfuhrerkorps
was created in 1940, its members being former sergeant-pilots that began their new career as
Militaranwarter
of the elevated service. They served in positions as flight instructors, weather pilots, test pilots, and as pilots of other similar non-combat activities.
[33]
Flying Safety Officials
[
edit
]
The
Reichsluftaufsicht
, the National Flying Safety Service, was staffed both with
Soldaten
and special group
Beamten
of the middle, elevated, and higher careers.
[34]
Pay grades, titles and equivalent ranks of Engineers, Navigators, Pilots, and Flying Safety Officials
Pay grade
|
Air Engineers
|
Air Navigators
|
Pay Grade
|
Aircraft Pilots
|
Flying Safety
|
Equivalent Rank
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
A8a
|
?
|
Untermeister
|
Stabsfeldwebel
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
A7b
|
?
|
Meister
|
Leutnant
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
A5b
|
?
|
Obermeister
|
Oberleutnant
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
A4c2
|
?
|
Inspektor
|
Oberleutnant
|
JL8
|
Flieger-Ingenieur
|
?
|
Flugfuhrer
|
?
|
Leutnant
|
JL7
|
Flieger-Oberingenieur
|
Flieger-Obernautiker
|
Oberflugfuhrer
|
?
|
Oberleutnant
|
JL6
|
Flieger-Hauptingenieur
|
Flieger-Hauptnautiker
|
A4b1
|
Oberflugfuhrer I. klasse
Hauptflugfuhrer
|
Oberinspektor
|
Hauptmann
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
A2c2
|
?
|
Regierungsassessor
Regierungsrat
|
Hauptmann
|
Regierungsrat
|
Major
[a]
|
JL5
|
Flieger-Stabsingenieur
|
Flieger-Stabsnautiker
|
A3b
|
Stabsflugfuhrer
Stabsflugfuhrer I. klasse
|
Amtmann
Amtsrat
|
Major
|
JL4
|
Flieger-Oberstabsingenieur
|
?
|
A2b
|
?
|
Oberregierungsrat
|
Oberstleutnant
|
JL3
|
Flieger-Oberstingenieur
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
Oberst
|
JL2
|
Flieger-Generalingenieur
|
-
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
Generalmajor
|
JL1
|
Flieger-Generalstabsingenieur
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
Generalleutnant
|
Source:
|
[35]
[36]
|
- ^
After three years in the grade.
|
Wehrmachtbeamte
[
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]
The
Wehrmachtbeamte
of the Luftwaffe were administrative, technical and legal specialists and craftsmen, belonging to a large number of
Fachrichtungen
(occupational groups), according to their profession, occupation or area of specialization.
Occupational Groups of the
Wehrmachtbeamte
:
- General Administration
- Construction Administration
- Agricultural Service
- Surveying Service
- Mechanical Service
- Electrical Service
- Craftsmen at the Clothing Depots
- Reichskriegsgericht
- Legal Service
- Geheime Feldpolizei
- Photo Service
- Motor Transport Service
- Weapons Technical Service
- Technical Aircraft Service
- Cartographic Service
- Printing Service
- Other Craftsmen
- Technical Schools
- Libraries
- Medical Service
- Veterinary Service
- Pharmacy Service
- Chemical Service
- Luftwaffe War Science Section
- Psychologists
- Signal Service
- National Weather Service
- Military Geology Service
- Air Traffic Control Service
- Fire Fighting Officials
- Forestry Officials
- Personnel Replacement System
Source:
[37]
Pay grades, civil service grades and equivalent ranks of
Wehrmachtbeamte
in General Administration Service
Pay grade
|
Lower career
|
Intermediate career
|
Elevated career
|
Higher career
|
Rank equivalent
|
A10a
|
Amtsgehilfe
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Feldwebel
|
Oberfeldwebel
[a]
|
A8a
|
-
|
Regierungsassistent
|
-
|
-
|
Stabsfeldwebel
|
A7b
|
-
|
Regierungssekretar
|
-
|
-
|
Leutnant
|
A5b
|
-
|
Regierungsobersekretar
|
-
|
-
|
Oberleutnant
|
A4c2
|
-
|
-
|
Regierungsinspektor
|
-
|
A4b1
|
-
|
-
|
Regierungsoberinspektor
|
-
|
Hauptmann
|
A3b
|
-
|
-
|
Verwaltungsamtmann
|
-
|
-
|
Major
[b]
|
A2c2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Regierungsassessor
Regierungsrat
|
Hauptmann
|
Regierungsrat
|
Major
[b]
|
A2d
|
-
|
-
|
Verwaltungsoberamtmann
Regierungsamtsrat
|
-
|
Major
|
A2b
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Regierungsoberrat
|
Oberstleutnant
|
A1b
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Regierungsdirektor
|
Oberst
|
A1a
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Ministerialrat
|
B7a
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Ministerialdirigent
|
Generalmajor
|
B6
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Ministerialdirektor
|
Generalleutnant
|
Source:
|
[27]
[38]
|
- ^
After ten years in the grade.
- ^
a
b
After three years in the grade.
|
War-time officials
[
edit
]
The
Beamte auf Kriegsdauer
, were the military officialdom's equivalent of
Sonderfuhrer
; a Luftwaffe member filling a
Beamter
-position in the tables of organization without having gone through the required training during the candidate period, but possessing adequate technical or professional competence to fill such a slot on an emergency basis.
[39]
War-time officials were designated with the appendix
a. Kr.
(abbreviation for
auf Kriegsdauer
) after the grade title of the position they were filling. For example:
Werkmeister a. Kr.
, or
Regierungsinspektor a. Kr.
The Air Engineer Corps, the Air Navigation Corps, and the
Wehrmachtbeamte
were all augmented with war-time officials.
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By 1944 the war-time
Wehrmachtbeamte
of the higher service were placed in pay grade A2c2; of the elevated service, in pay grade A4c2; of the middle career in pay grade A8a; and of the lower career in pay grade A10b. War-time engineers and navigators were placed in pay grades JL5 or JL8 depending on position filled.
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Luftwaffe auxiliaries
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Before and during the war, the
Wehrmachtgefolge
, or the auxiliaries, of the
Luftwaffe
contained the following categories:
- Civilian workers and salaried employees of the
Luftwaffe
, such as air base fire fighters,
Fliegerisch tatigen Angestellten der Luftwaffe
(aviation employees of the
Luftwaffe
), and the civilian maritime personnel of the
Luftwaffe Seenotdienst
.
- Civilian workers and salaried employees assigned tasks in the
Luftwaffe
by their employers, such as personnel of the
Frontreparaturbetriebe
(front repair stations).
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- Civilian employees of contractors performing jobs for the
Luftwaffe
- Male personnel of the Civil Defense Security and Assistance Service, the
Sicherheits- und Hilfsdienst
, until the 1942 transfer to the
Ordnungspolizei
as the
Luftschutzpolizei
.
- Male personnel of the air raid warning service, the
Luftschutzwarndienst
.
- Female auxiliaries of the
Luftwaffe
, the
Luftwaffenhelferinnen
.
- Flakwehrmanner
, that is male workers and salaried employees, either overage or in
reserved occupations
, who in addition to their regular work manned local anti-aircraft batteries
(Heimatflak)
.
- Luftwaffenhelfer
, 15?17-year-old male high school students and
apprentices
, who in addition to school or work manned
Heimatflak
-batteries.
- Staff and members of detachments from paramilitary organizations attached to the
Luftwaffe
, such as
NSKK-Transportregiment Luftwaffe
of the
National Socialist Motor Corps
,
OT-Einsatz Luftwaffe
of the
Organisation Todt
, and
TENO-Einsatzgruppe Luftwaffe
of the
Technische Nothilfe
.
- RAD-Kriegshilfsdienst
? female members of the
Reichsarbeitsdienst
in extended war service, as far as it was fulfilled in attachment to the
Luftwaffe
.
Source:
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References
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Notes
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a
b
c
TM-E 30-451, pp. I-10-12.
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a
b
TM-E 30-451, pp. I-10-11, I-31.
- ^
Moll 1997, pp. 387-389.
- ^
Richhardt 2002, pp. 154-157, 212-214.
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Richhardt 2002, pp. 154-157, 240, 244-250.
- ^
Richhardt 2002, p. 245-247.
- ^
Stumpf 2017, p. 104.
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Stumpf 2017, p. 109.
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Boog 2021, p. 284.
- ^
TM-E 30-451, pp. I-10-11.
- ^
Richhardt 2002, pp. 230-231.
- ^
Henry L. deZeng IV. "A Brief Survey of Luftwaffe Officer Classifications."
Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries.
2017-11-20.
- ^
English terminology is as far as possible taken from TM 12-427.
- ^
a
b
c
Adler & Ruckens 1941, pp. 36-37.
- ^
a
b
Adler & Ruckens 1941, pp. 97-98.
- ^
a
b
Adler & Ruckens 1941, pp. 105-106.
- ^
Henner & Bohler 2014, pp. 46, 54, 56, 62, 86, 88, 138.
- ^
Richhardt 2002, pp. 153-154.
- ^
"Einsatz-Wehrmachtgeburnisgesetz." RGBl I, 1944, pp. 292.
- ^
Absalon 1984.
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Richardt 2002, pp. 247-258.
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Brand 1942, p. 92-95, 841.
- ^
Adler 1941, p. 30.
- ^
Henner & Bohler 2014, p. 142.
- ^
SHAPE 145, p. 33.
- ^
a
b
"Verordnung uber die Vorbildung und die Laufbahnen der deutschen Beamten." RGBl I, 1939, p. 371.
- ^
a
b
Davis 1999,vol. 1, pp. 124-129.
- ^
"Militaranwarterverordnung." RGBl I, 1943, p. 322.
- ^
"Gesetz uber das Ingenieurkorps der Luftwaffe." RGBl I, 1935, p. 1248.
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Henner & Bohler 2014, p. 143.
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Absalon 1969, p. 181.
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Richhardt 2002, pp. 247-248.
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Schlicht & Angolia 1999, p. 269.
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Henner & Bohler 2014, p. 148.
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RGBl I, 1939, p. 110.
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RGBl I, 1943, pp. 198, 231.
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Schlicht & Angolia 1999, p. 251.
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Absolon 1988, pp. 209-211.
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TM-E 30-451, pp. I-11.
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Henner & Bohler 2014, p. 144, 146.
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RGBl I, 1944, p. 315.
- ^
"Frontreparaturbetrieb (GL)."
Luftwaffedata
.
2018-01-08.
- ^
Absolon 1969, p. 239.
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Die Wehrmacht im Dritten Reich. Band V.
(Schriften des Bundesarchivs). Boppard am Rhein: Boldt.
- Adler, Hermann & Ruckens, Rolf (1941).
Deutsche Luftwaffenkalender.
Bamberg: J.W. Reindl Verlag.
- Boog, Horst (2021). "Das Offizierskorps der Luftwaffe 1935-1945." Hoffman, Hans Hubert (ed).
Das deutsche Offizierkorps 1860?1960.
De Gruyter.
- Brand, Arthur (1942).
Das Deutsche Beamtengesetz.
Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
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Uniforms and Insignia of the Luftwaffe.
Arms & Armour.
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[Cited as RGBl I]
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Die Deutsche Wehrmacht. Dienstgrade und Waffenfarbe der Luftwaffe 1939-1945.
Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag.
- Moll, Martin (1997).
"Fuhrer-Erlasse" 1939-1945.
Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.
- Richhardt, Dirk (2002).
Auswahl und Ausbildung junger Offiziere 1930?1945.
Diss. Marburg: Philipps?Universitat Marburg.
- Schlicht, Adolf & Angolia, John R (1999).
Die deutsche Wehrmacht. Uniformierung und Ausrustung 1933-1945. Band 3: Die Luftwaffe.
Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag.
- Stumpf, Reinhardt (2017).
Die Wehrmacht-Elite.
De Gruyter.
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forcee (1945).
Handbook for unit commanders (Germany).
Revised edition. [Cited as SHAPE 1945]
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Military occupational classification of enlisted personnel. TM 12-427.
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office. [Cited as TM 12-427]
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See also
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