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Luftwaffe personnel who were court-martialed (5 P) L. Luftwaffe generals and leaders (2 C) Luftwaffe personnel of World War II (7 C, 123 P) Luftwaffe pilots (1 C, 392 P)
Pages in category "Luftwaffe personnel of World War II" The following 123 pages are in this category, out of 123 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Soldaten, or military personnel in a limited sense, consisted of officers, noncommissioned officers and airmen, belonging to the flying troops, fallschirmjäger, 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.
List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Luftwaffe fighter force; List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords or Diamonds recipients of the Luftwaffe fighter force; Fighter Pilots' Revolt incident; List of flags of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945) Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
Pages in category "Luftwaffe World War II generals" The following 148 pages are in this category, out of 148 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Luftwaffe Field Division had a minimal administrative staff along with logistical support personnel in pioneer, medical and supply companies along with maintenance and other staff. Although the division gave the impression of strength, the reality was that it was barely the size of an army brigade .
Luftwaffe colonel of the general staff, 1941/1942. Corps colours, or troop-function colours (ge: Waffenfarben) were worn in the German Luftwaffe from 1935 until 1945, in order to distinguish between several branches, special services, corps, rank groups, and appointments of the ministerial area, the general staff, and the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW).
During 1942 surplus Luftwaffe personnel was used to form Luftwaffe Field Divisions, standard infantry divisions that were used chiefly as rear echelon units to free up front line troops. From 1943, the Luftwaffe also had an armoured division called Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring , which was expanded to a Panzerkorps in 1944.