Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office

Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office (German: Chef des Luftwaffen-Personalamtes) was a leading position within the German Luftwaffe High Command in Nazi Germany, charged with the personnel matters of all officers and cadets of the Luftwaffe.

Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office
Chef des Luftwaffen-Personalamtes (German)
Longest serving officeholder
General der Flieger Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf
31 January 1939 – 23 March 1943
 Luftwaffe
Member ofOberkommando der Luftwaffe
Reports toCommander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe
AppointerCommander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe
Formation1 September 1933 (1933-09-01)
First holderHans-Jürgen Stumpff
Final holderRudolf Meister
Abolished8 May 1945 (1945-05-08)

List of chiefs

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No. Picture Chief Took office Left office Time in office Ref.
1Stumpff, HansOberstleutnant
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
(1889–1968)
1 September 193331 May 19373 years, 272 days[1]
2Greim, RobertGeneralmajor
Robert Ritter von Greim
(1892–1945)
1 June 193731 January 19391 year, 244 days[2]
3Kastner, GustavGeneral der Flieger
Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf
(1881–1945)
31 January 193923 March 19434 years, 51 days[3]
4Loerzer, BrunoGeneraloberst
Bruno Loerzer
(1891–1960)
23 March 194322 December 19441 year, 274 days[4]
5Meister, RudolfGeneral der Flieger
Rudolf Meister
(1897–1958)
22 December 19448 May 1945137 days[5]

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References

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  1. ^ Ehlert, Hans; Wagner, Armin (13 December 2010). Genosse General!: Die Militärelite der DDR in biografischen Skizzen (in German). Ch. Links Verlag. ISBN 9783862840656. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. ^ MMG (14 January 2007). "Robert Ritter von Greim" (PDF). ritterkreuztraeger (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. ^ Who's Who in Nazi Germany (PDF). CIA. 1944. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  4. ^ MMG (24 May 2010). "Bruno Loerzer" (PDF). ritterkreuztraeger (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  5. ^ MMG (24 July 2010). "Rudolf Meister" (PDF). ritterkreuztraeger (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2019.