{{Short description|Leading position within the High Command of the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Distinguish|Inspector of Bombers|General der Flieger}} {{Use shortened footnotes|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox official post | post = Inspector | body = Fighters | native_name = {{lang|de|Inspekteur der Jagdflieger}} | flag = | flagsize = | flagborder = | flagcaption = | insignia = COA Luftwaffe eagle silver (looking left).svg | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = Emblem of the Luftwaffe in silver | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2006-0123, Adolf Galland.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | imagecaption = '''Longest serving officeholder<br />{{lang|de|Generalleutnant}} Adolf Galland'''<br />5 December 1941 – 31 January 1945 | incumbent = | incumbentsince = | type = | status = | department = {{air force|Nazi Germany}} | style = | member_of = Oberkommando der Luftwaffe | reports_to = {{flagicon image|OKLw2 links.svg}} Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe | residence = | seat = | nominator = | appointer = | appointer_qualified = | termlength = | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | precursor = | formation = {{Start date and age|1935|8|1|df=y}} | first = Robert Ritter von Greim | last = Gordon Gollob | abolished = {{End date and age|1945|5|8|df=y}} | succession = | abbreviation = | unofficial_names = | deputy = See lists | salary = | website = }}
'''Inspector of Fighters''' ({{langx|de|Inspekteur der Jagdflieger}}); redesignated to '''General of Fighters''' ({{langx|de|General der Jagdflieger|link=no}}) was not a rank but a leading position within the High Command of the ''Luftwaffe'' (''Oberkommando der Luftwaffe''), the air force of Nazi Germany. The inspector was responsible for the readiness, training and tactics of the fighter force. It was not an operational command.<ref>Isby 1998, p. 18.</ref>
==Inspectors== {{Officeholder table start | showorder = y | showimage = y | officeholder_title = Inspector | showtermlenght = y | showparty = n | showdefencebranch = n }} |-style="text-align:center;" | colspan=6| ''Inspekteur der Jagdflieger'' {{Officeholder table | order = 1 | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-401-0204-25, Robert Ritter v. Greim.jpg | military_rank = ''Oberstleutnant'' | officeholder = Robert Ritter von Greim | officeholder_sort = Greim, Robert | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1892 | died_year = 1945 | term_start = 1 August 1935 | term_end = 20 April 1936 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1935|08|01|1936|04|20}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 2 | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1979-174-10, Hermann Göring und Bruno Loerzer (cropped).jpg | military_rank = ''Generalmajor'' | officeholder = Bruno Loerzer | officeholder_sort = Loerzer, Bruno | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1891 | died_year = 1960 | term_start = 1 April 1938 | term_end = 31 January 1939 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1938|04|01|1939|01|31}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 3 | image = | military_rank = ''Oberst'' | officeholder = Werner Junck | officeholder_sort = Junck, Werner | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1895 | died_year = 1976 | term_start = 1 February 1939 | term_end = 4 June 1940 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1939|02|01|1940|06|04}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 4 | image = | military_rank = ''Generalmajor'' | officeholder = Kurt-Bertram von Döring | officeholder_sort = Döring, Kurt | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1889 | died_year = 1960 | term_start = 19 December 1940 | term_end = 5 August 1941 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1940|12|19|1941|08|05}} }} |-style="text-align:center;" | colspan=6| ''General der Jagdflieger'' {{Officeholder table | order = 5 | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1971-116-29, Werner Mölders.jpg | military_rank = ''Oberst'' | officeholder = Werner Mölders | officeholder_sort = Mölders, Werner | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1913 | died_year = 1941 | died = y | term_start = 7 August 1941 | term_end = 22 November 1941 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1941|08|07|1941|11|22}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 6 | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2006-0123, Adolf Galland.jpg | military_rank = ''Generalleutnant'' | officeholder = Adolf Galland | officeholder_sort = Galland, Adolf | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1912 | died_year = 1996 | term_start = 5 December 1941 | term_end = 31 January 1945 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1941|12|05|1945|01|31}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 7 | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2006-0125, Gordon Mac Gollob.jpg | military_rank = ''Oberst'' | officeholder = Gordon Gollob | officeholder_sort = Gollob, Gordon | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1912 | died_year = 1987 | term_start = 31 January 1945 | term_end = 8 May 1945 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1945|01|31|1945|05|08}} }} {{Officeholder table end}}
==Subordinated inspectors==
===Inspector of the Day Fighters=== {{Officeholder table start | showorder = y | showimage = y | officeholder_title = ''Inspekteur der Tagjäger'' | showtermlenght = y | showparty = n | showdefencebranch = n }} {{Officeholder table | order = 1 | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2006-0126, Günther Lützow.jpg | military_rank = ''Oberstleutnant'' | officeholder = Günther Lützow | officeholder_sort = Lützow, Günther | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1912 | died_year = 1945 | term_start = 11 August 1942 | term_end = 17 December 1943 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1942|08|11|1943|12|17}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 2 | image = | military_rank = ''Oberst'' | officeholder = Hannes Trautloft | officeholder_sort = Trautloft, Hannes | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1912 | died_year = 1995 | term_start = 17 December 1943 | term_end = 26 January 1945 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1943|12|17|1945|01|26}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 3 | image = | military_rank = ''Oberst'' | officeholder = Walther Dahl | officeholder_sort = Dahl, Walther | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1916 | died_year = 1985 | term_start = 26 January 1945 | term_end = 8 May 1945 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|1945|1|26|1945|05|8}} }} {{Officeholder table end}}
===Inspector of the Day Fighters=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! rowspan=2| Portrait ! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}} ! colspan=3| Term of office | rowspan=5| ! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! rowspan=2| Portrait ! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}} ! colspan=3| Term of office |- ! Took office ! Left office ! Time in office ! Took office ! Left office ! Time in office |- | colspan=6| Inspector of the Day Fighters, East | colspan=6| Inspector of the Day Fighters, West |- | 1 | 80px | {{lang|de|Oberstleutnant}}<br />'''Hannes Trautloft'''<br />{{small|(1912–1995)}} | 6 July 1943 | 17 December 1943 | {{ayd|1943|07|06|1943|12|17}}
| 1 | 80px | {{lang|de|Oberst}}<br />'''Günther Lützow'''<br />{{small|(1912–1945)<br />{{lang|de|Inspekteur der Tagjäger West und Süd}}}} | 6 July 1943 | 17 December 1943 | {{ayd|1943|07|06|1943|12|17}} |- | 2 | 80px | {{lang|de|Oberst}}<br />'''Karl-Gottfried Nordmann'''<br />{{small|(1915–1982)}} | 9 February 1945 | 8 May 1945 | {{ayd|1945|02|09|1945|05|08}}
| 2 | 80px | {{lang|de|Oberst}}<br />'''Josef Priller'''<br />{{small|(1915–1961)<br />{{lang|de|Inspekteur der Tagjäger West}}}} | 9 February 1945 | 8 May 1945 | {{ayd|1945|02|09|1945|05|08}} |}
===Inspector of the Night Fighters=== {{Officeholder table start | showorder = y | showimage = y | officeholder_title = ''Inspekteur der Nachtjagd'' | showtermlenght = y | showparty = n | showdefencebranch = n }} {{Officeholder table | order = 1 | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1985-017-36, Josef Kammhuber (cropped).jpg | military_rank = ''Oberst'' | officeholder = Josef Kammhuber | officeholder_sort = Kammhuber, Josef | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1896 | died_year = 1986 | term_start = August 1941 | term_end = 20 November 1943 | timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1941|08|1|1943|11|20}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 2 | image = | military_rank = ''Oberst'' | officeholder = Werner Streib | officeholder_sort = Priller, Josef | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1911 | died_year = 1986 | term_start = March 1944 | term_end = 8 May 1945 | timeinoffice = {{age in years and months|1944|03|1|1945|05|08}} }} {{Officeholder table end}}
==Notes== {{reflist}}
==References== * {{Cite book |last=Isby |first=David C. |year=1998 |title=The Luftwaffe Fighter Force—The View from the Cockpit |location=London |publisher=Greenhill Books |isbn=978-1-85367-327-6 }}
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