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__NOTOC__{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=8th Air Corps<br />''VIII. Fliegerkorps''
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'''8th Air Corps''' (''VIII. Fliegerkorps'') was formed 19 July 1939 in [[Opole|Oppeln]] as ''Fliegerführer z.b.V.'' ("for special purposes"). It was renamed to the 8th Air Corps on 10 November 1939. The Corps was also known as ''Luftwaffenkommando Schlesien'' between 25 January 1945 and 2 February 1945 and was merged with ''Luftgau-Kommando VIII'' on 28 April 1945 and redesignated ''Luftwaffenkommando VIII''.
== Commanding General and officers==
{| class="wikitable"
* Generaloberst [[Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen]], 19 July 1939 – 30 June 1942
! Rank!! Surname !! Date
* General der Flieger [[Martin Fiebig]], 1 July 1942 – 21 May 1943
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* General der Flieger [[Hans Seidemann]], 21 May 1943 – 28 April 1945
| [[Generalmajor]] || [[Wolfram von Richthofen]] || 10 November 1939 - 30 June 1942<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-09|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2016|format=PDF|pages=1087|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section L–R|url=http://www.ww2.dk/LwOffz%20L-R%202018.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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| Generalmajor || [[Martin Fiebig]] || 1 July 1942 - 21 May 1943<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-09|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2017|format=PDF|pages=1090–1091|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section A–F|url=http://www.ww2.dk/LwOffz%20%20A-F%202017.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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| Generalmajor || [[Hans Seidemann]] || 21 May 1943 - 28 April 1945<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-10-23|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2016|format=PDF|pages=393–394|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section S–Z|url=http://www.ww2.dk/LwOffz%20S-Z%202017.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
|}
=== Chief of Staff ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank!! Surname !! Date
|-
| [[Oberstleutnant]] || Hans Seidemann || 27 December 1939 - 10 October 1940<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-10-23|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2016|format=PDF|pages=393–394|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section S–Z|url=http://www.ww2.dk/LwOffz%20S-Z%202017.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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| [[Oberst]] || [[Rudolf Meister (General)|Rudolf Meister]] || 15 October 1940 - 14 March 1942<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-08|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2016|format=PDF|pages=363|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section L–R|url=http://www.ww2.dk/LwOffz%20L-R%202018.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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|Oberstleutnant || [[Klaus Uebe]] || 15 March 1942 - 24 October 1942<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-10-23|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2016|format=PDF|pages=723–724|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section S–Z|url=http://www.ww2.dk/LwOffz%20S-Z%202017.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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|Oberstleutnant || [[Lothar von Heinemann (General)|Lothar von Heinemann]] || 26 October 1942 to 11 June 1943<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-09|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2017|format=PDF|pages=429|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section G–K|url=https://ww2.dk/Lw%20Offz%20-%20G-K%20Apr%202022.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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| Oberst || Erich Schult || 12 June 1943 - 1 October 1943<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-11|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2016|format=PDF|pages=294|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section S–Z|url=http://www.ww2.dk/LwOffz%20S-Z%202017.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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| Oberst || Thorsten Christ || 1 October 1943 - 18 November 1944<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-08|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2017|format=PDF|pages=717|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section A–F|url=http://www.ww2.dk/LwOffz%20%20A-F%202017.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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| Oberst || Helmut Sorge || 24 March 1945 - 28 April 1945<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-11|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2016|format=PDF|pages=573–574|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section S–Z|url=http://www.ww2.dk/LwOffz%20S-Z%202017.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
|}
=== First General Staff Officer ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank!! Surname !! Date
|-
| [[Hauptmann (Offizier)|Hauptmann]] || Lothar von Heinemann || 1 March 1940 - 19 February 1942<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-11|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2017|format=PDF|pages=429|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section G–K|url=https://ww2.dk/Lw%20Offz%20-%20G-K%20Apr%202022.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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| Hauptmann || Helmut Sorge || 20 February 1942 - 15 March 1942<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-11|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2016|format=PDF|pages=464|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section S–Z|url=http://www.ww2.dk/LwOffz%20S-Z%202017.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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| Oberstleutnant || Torsten Christ || 15 March 1942 - 30 March 1942<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-11|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2017|format=PDF|pages=717|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section A–F|url=http://www.ww2.dk/LwOffz%20%20A-F%202017.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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| Major || [[Claus Hinkelbein]] || 26 May 1942 - 4 November 1942<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-11|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2017|format=PDF|pages=563–564|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section G–K|url=https://ww2.dk/Lw%20Offz%20-%20G-K%20Apr%202022.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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| Hauptmann || Hans Meffert || 10 April 1943 - 24 January 1944<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-11|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2016|format=PDF|pages=344|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section L–R|url=http://www.ww2.dk/LwOffz%20L-R%202018.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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| Major || Ernst-Günther Moeller || 15 December 1943 - 28 April 1945<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-11|author=Henry L. deZeng IV, Douglas G. Stankey|date=2016|format=PDF|pages=462|title=Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries, Section L–R|url=http://www.ww2.dk/LwOffz%20L-R%202018.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
|}
== Subordinate to ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- |-
! Unit !! from !! to
|-
| [[Luftflotte 2]] || 10 November 1939 || 13 May 1940
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| [[Luftflotte 3]] || 13 May 1940 || August 1940
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| Luftflotte 2 || August 1940 || January 1941
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| [[Luftflotte 4]] || January 1941 || June 1941
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| Luftflotte 2 || June 1941 || July 1941
|-
| [[Luftflotte 1]] || July 1941 || 28 September 1941
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| Luftflotte 2 || 28 September 1941 || December 1941
|-
| [[Oberkommando der Luftwaffe]] || December 1941 || May 1942
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|Luftflotte 4 || May 1942 || July 1944
|-
| [[Luftflotte 6]] || July 1944 || April 1945
|}
== Subordinate organisations ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!10 May 1940<ref>{{citation|author=Ulf Balke|date=1998|isbn=3-86047-591-6|language=de|location=Augsburg|pages=401–405|publisher=Bechtermünz Verlag|title=Der Luftkrieg in Europa 1939–1941<!-- |umfang=1057 -->}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref group="A">For the meanings of abbreviations, see [[Luftwaffe#Organisation_and_chain_of_command]]</ref>
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{{PL|
* [[Kampfgeschwader 77|Stab, I., II. und III. Kampfgeschwader 77]];
* [[Schlachtgeschwader 2|Stab, I. und III. Sturzkampfgeschwader 2]];
* I. Sturzkampfgeschwader 76;
* [[Sturzkampfgeschwader 77|Stab, I. und III. Sturzkampfgeschwader 77]];
* [[Lehrgeschwader 1|IV. Lehrgeschwader 1]];
* [[Lehrgeschwader 2|II. Lehrgeschwader 2]];
* [[Jagdgeschwader 27|I. Jagdgeschwader 27]];
* [[Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War II)|I. Jagdgeschwader 1]], I. Jagdgeschwader 21;
* 2. Fernaufklärungsgruppe 123}}
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!13 August 1940<ref>{{citation|author=Ulf Balke|date=1998|isbn=3-86047-591-6|language=de|location=Augsburg|pages=408–413|publisher=Bechtermünz Verlag|title=Der Luftkrieg in Europa 1939–1941<!-- |umfang=1057 -->}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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{{PL|
* I. und III. Sturzkampfgeschwader 1;
* I. und II. Sturzkampfgeschwader 2;
* I., II. und III. Sturzkampfgeschwader 77;
* II. Lehrgeschwader 2;
* V. Lehrgeschwader 1;
* 2. Fernaufklärungsgruppe 11, 2. Fernaufklärungsgruppe 123;
* Nahaufklärungsgruppe 21}}
|-
!5 April 1941<ref>{{citation|author=Ulf Balke|date=1998|isbn=3-86047-591-6|location=Augsburg|pages=414–415|publisher=Bechtermünz Verlag|title=Der Luftkrieg in Europa 1939–1941}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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{{PL|
* Stab, I. und III. Sturzkampfgeschwader 2;
* [[Sturzkampfgeschwader 3|III. Sturzkampfgeschwader 3]];
* I. Sturzkampfgeschwader 1;
* II. und 10. Lehrgeschwader 2;
* [[Jagdgeschwader 134|II. Zerstörergeschwader 26]];
* Stab, II. und III. Jagdgeschwader 27;
* I. Lehrgeschwader 2;
* 2. Fernaufklärungsgruppe 11}}
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!20 May 1941<ref>[[Leo Niehorster]]: [http://www.niehorster.org/011_germany/41-05_crete/lfl_04.html ''The Battle for Crete, Order of Battle German 4th Air Fleet 20 May 1941''], retrieved 15 October 2023.</ref>
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{{PL|
* [[Kampfgeschwader 2|Stab, I. und III. Kampfgeschwader 2]];
* [[Kampfgeschwader 3|III. Kampfgeschwader 3]];
* I., II. und III. Lehrgeschwader 1;
* [[Kampfgeschwader 26|II. Kampfgeschwader 26]];
* [[Kampfgeschwader 4|II. Kampfgeschwader 4]];
* Stab, I., II. und III. Sturzkampfgeschwader 1;
* Stab, I. und III. Sturzkampfgeschwader 2;
* Stab, I., II. und III. Sturzkampfgeschwader 77;
* Stab, I. und II. Zerstörergeschwader 26;
* II. Zerstörergeschwader 76;
* [[Jagdgeschwader 77|Stab, II. und III. Jagdgeschwader 77]];
* I. und II. und 10. Lehrgeschwader 2;
* 2. Fernaufklärungsgruppe 11;
* 7. Lehrgeschwader 2}}
|-
!22 June 1941<ref>{{citation|author=Ulf Balke|date=1998|isbn=3-86047-591-6|language=de|location=Augsburg|pages=416–419|publisher=Bechtermünz Verlag|title=Der Luftkrieg in Europa 1939–1941<!-- |umfang=1057 -->}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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{{PL|
* Stab, I., II. und III. Kampfgeschwader 2;
* Stab, II. und III. Sturzkampfgeschwader 1;
* Stab, I. und III. Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, II. und 10. Lehrgeschwader 2;
* Stab, I. und II. Zerstörergeschwader 26;
* Stab, II. und III. Jagdgeschwader 27, [[Jagdgeschwader 52|II. Jagdgeschwader 52]];
* 2. Fernaufklärungsgruppe 11;
* KGr. z. b. V. 1;
* ErgGr. 26}}
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!5 June 1943<ref>Karl-Heinz Frieser, Klaus Schmider, Klaus Schönherr: ''Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg''. Band 8: ''Die Ostfront 1943/44 – Der Krieg im Osten und an den Nebenfronten.'' Hrsg.: [[MGFA|Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt]]. [[Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt|DVA]], München 2007, ISBN 978-3-421-06235-2, S. 90–92</ref>
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{{PL|
* Stab und II. Kampfgeschwader 3;
* [[Kampfgeschwader 27|Stab, I. und II. Kampfgeschwader 27]];
* [[Kampfgeschwader 55|Stab, II. und III. Kampfgeschwader 55]];
* [[Kampfgeschwader 100|I. Kampfgeschwader 100]];
* Stab, I. und II. Schlachtgeschwader 1;
* Stab, I., II. und III. Sturzkampfgeschwader 2;
* Stab, Stab, I., II. und III. Sturzkampfgeschwader 77;
* Stab, I. und III. Jagdgeschwader 52;
* [[Jagdgeschwader 3|Stab, II. und III. Jagdgeschwader 3]];
* [[Nachtjagdgeschwader 5|10. Nachtjagdgeschwader 5]];
* various independent squadrons}}
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!June 1944<ref>[[Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv|Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv]]: ZA 3/840: [[Bruno Maass|Bruno Maaß]]: ''Unterstellungsübersichten fliegende Verbände, 1943–1945''</ref>
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{{PL|
* 14. Kampfgeschwader 27;
* Stab, 12. und 13. Schlachtgeschwader 9, Stab, I., II., III. und 10.(Pz.) Schlachtgeschwader 77;
* Stab und 1. Nachtschlachtgruppe 4;
* 2. Fernaufklärungsgruppe 11, 2. Fernaufklärungsgruppe 100;
* Stab, 1. und 2. Nachtaufklärungsgruppe 2;
* ung. Staffel 102;
* ung. Fliegerführer 106}}
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!March 8 1945<ref>Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv: ZA 3/839: Bruno Maaß: ''Unterstellungsübersichten fliegende Verbände, 1943–1945''</ref>
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{{PL|
* [[3. Flieger-Division (1943–1945)|3. Flieger-Division]];
* Stab, II. und III. Schlachtgeschwader 4;
* Stab, I., II., III. und 10. Schlachtgeschwader 77;
* Stab, II., III. und 10. Schlachtgeschwader 2;
* 3. Nachtschlachtgruppe 4;
* [[Jagdgeschwader 6|Stab, I., II. und III. Jagdgeschwader 6]];
* IV. Jagdgeschwader 1;
* Stab Nahaufklärungsgruppe 15, 1. und 2. Nahaufklärungsgruppe 15, 12. Nahaufklärungsgruppe 13;
* Fi 156-Kommando IV;
* Fi 156-Kommando V;
* Stab Fernaufklärungsgruppe 3, 2. Fernaufklärungsgruppe 100, 4. Fernaufklärungsgruppe 121, 4. Nachtfernaufklärungsgruppe}}
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==See also==
* [[Luftwaffe Organization]]
==Notes==
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==References==
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==Sources==
* {{Cite book
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