Inspector of Fighters

Not to be confused with Inspector of Combat Flight or General der Flieger.

Inspector of Fighters
Inspekteur der Jagdflieger
Longest serving officeholder Generalleutnant Adolf Galland 5 December 1941 – 31 January 1945
Luftwaffe
Member of	Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
Reports to	Supreme Commander of the Luftwaffe
Formation	1 August 1935
First holder	Robert Ritter von Greim
Final holder	Gordon Gollob
Abolished	8 May 1945
Deputy	See lists

Inspector of Fighters (German language: 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 in Nazi Germany. The inspector was responsible for the readiness, training and tactics of the fighter force. It was not an operational command.[1]

Inspectors

No.	Portrait	Inspector	Took office	Left office	Time in office
Inspekteur der Jagdflieger
1		Greim, RobertOberstleutnant Robert Ritter von Greim (1892–1945)	1 August 1935	20 April 1936	263 days
2		Loerzer, BrunoGeneralmajor Bruno Loerzer (1891–1960)	1 April 1938	31 January 1939	305 days
3		Junck, WernerOberst Werner Junck (1895–1976)	1 February 1939	4 June 1940	1 year, 124 days
4		Döring, KurtGeneralmajor Kurt-Bertram von Döring (1889–1960)	19 December 1940	5 August 1941	229 days
General der Jagdflieger
5		Mölders, WernerOberst Werner Mölders (1913–1941)	7 August 1941	22 November 1941 †	107 days
6		Galland, AdolfGeneralleutnant Adolf Galland (1912–1996)	5 December 1941	31 January 1945	3 years, 57 days
7		Gollob, GordonOberst Gordon Gollob (1912–1987)	31 January 1945	8 May 1945	97 days

Subordinated inspectors

Inspector of the Day Fighters

No.	Portrait	Inspekteur der Tagjäger	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Lützow, GüntherOberstleutnant Günther Lützow (1912–1945)	11 August 1942	17 December 1943	1 year, 128 days
2		Trautloft, HannesOberst Hannes Trautloft (1912–1995)	17 December 1943	26 January 1945	1 year, 40 days
3		Dahl, WaltherOberst Walther Dahl (1916–1985)	26 January 1945	8 May 1945	102 days

Inspector of the Day Fighters, East No. Portrait Inspekteur der Tagjäger Ost Took office Left office Time in office 1 Trautloft, HannesOberstleutnant Hannes Trautloft (1912–1995) 6 July 1943 17 December 1943 164 days 2 Nordmann, KarlOberst Karl-Gottfried Nordmann (1915–1982) 9 February 1945 8 May 1945 88 days

Inspector of the Day Fighters, West No. Portrait Inspekteur der Tagjäger West Took office Left office Time in office 1 Lützow, GüntherOberst Günther Lützow (1912–1945) Inspekteur der Tagjäger West und Süd 6 July 1943 17 December 1943 164 days 2 Priller, JosefOberst Josef Priller (1915–1961) Inspekteur der Tagjäger West 9 February 1945 8 May 1945 88 days

Inspector of the Night Fighters

No.	Portrait	Inspekteur der Nachtjagd	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Kammhuber, JosefOberst Josef Kammhuber (1896–1986)	August 1941	20 November 1943	2 years, 3 months
2		Priller, JosefOberst Werner Streib (1911–1986)	March 1944	8 May 1945	1 year, 2 months

Notes

1. Isby 1998, p. 18.

References

• Isby, David C. (1998). The Luftwaffe Fighter Force—The View from the Cockpit. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 978-1-85367-327-6.