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|unit_name=''VIII. Fliegerkorps''<br/>German 8th Air Corps

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|unit_name=8th Air Corps<br />''VIII. Fliegerkorps''

|image=[[File:Kommandierender General eines Fliegerkorps.svg|100px]]

|caption=Flag of a commanding general of a Fliegerkorps

|dates=19 July 1939 &ndash;– 26 January 1945

|country={{flagiconflag|Nazi Germany}} [[Nazi Germany]]

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|notable_commanders=[[Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen]]

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'''VIII. Fliegerkorps'''<ref group="Notes">For more details see [[Luftwaffe Organization]]

</ref> (8th Air Corps) was formed 19 July 1939 in [[Opole|Oppeln]] as '''Fliegerführer z.b.V.''' The [[abbreviation]] ''z.b.V.'' is [[German language|German]] and stands for '' '''z'''ur '''b'''esonderen '''V'''erwendung'' (for special deployment). Fliegerführer z.b.V was renamed to VIII. Fliegerkorps on 10 November 1939. The Corps was also known as ''Luftwaffenkommando Schlesien'' between 25 January 1945 and 2 February 1945 and was united with ''Luftgau-Kommando VIII'' on 28 April 1945 and redesignated ''Luftwaffenkommando VIII''.

'''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 officers==

*Generaloberst (later Generalfeldmarschall ) [[Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen]], 19 July 1939 &ndash; 30 June 1942

== Commanding General and officers==

*General der Flieger [[Martin Fiebig]], 1 July 1942 &ndash; 21 May 1943

{| class="wikitable"

*General der Flieger [[Hans Seidemann]], 21 May 1943 – 28 April 1945<ref group="Notes">Known as ''Luftwaffenkommando Schlesien'', 25 January 1945 &ndash; 2 February 1945</ref>

! Rank!! Surname !! Date

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| [[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

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| [[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 ==

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|- |-

! Unit !! from !! to

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| [[Luftflotte 2]] || 10 November 1939 || 13 May 1940

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| [[Luftflotte 3]] || 13 May 1940 || August 1940

|-

| Luftflotte 2 || August 1940 || January 1941

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| [[Luftflotte 4]] || January 1941 || June 1941

|-

| Luftflotte 2 || June 1941 || July 1941

|-

| [[Luftflotte 1]] || July 1941 || 28 September 1941

|-

| Luftflotte 2 || 28 September 1941 || December 1941

|-

| [[Oberkommando der Luftwaffe]] || December 1941 || May 1942

|-

|Luftflotte 4 || May 1942 || July 1944

|-

| [[Luftflotte 6]] || July 1944 || April 1945

|}

== Subordinate organisations ==

{| class="wikitable"

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!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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* [[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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* 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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* 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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* [[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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* 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.&nbsp;b.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;Nahaufklärungsgruppe&nbsp;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==

{{reflist|group=A}}

==References==

{{reflist}}

;Notes

{{Reflist|group="Notes"}}

==Sources==

;References

* {{Cite book

{{Reflist}}

|last1=Caldwell

;References

|first1=Donald L.

* Caldwell, Donald; Muller Richard (2007). ''The Luftwaffe Over Germany: Defense of the Reich''. Greenhill books. ISBN 978-1-85367-712-0.

|last2=Muller

* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Fliegerkorps/Fliegerkorps8.htm VIII. Fliegerkorps @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]

|first2=Richard R.

* [http://www.ww2.dk/air/hq/viiifk.htm VIII. Fliegerkorps @ The Luftwaffe, 1933-45]

|authorlink2=Richard R. Muller

|year=2007

|title=The Luftwaffe over Germany: Defense of the Reich

|location=London, UK

|publisher=Greenhill Books

|isbn=978-1-85367-712-0

}}

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