8th Air Corps (Germany): Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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

|image=[[File:Kommandierender General eines Fliegerkorps.svg|150px100px]]

|caption=Flag of a commanding general of a Fliegerkorps

|dates=19 July 1939 – 26 January 1945

|country={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

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</ref> ('''8th Air Corps''' (''VIII. Fliegerkorps'') 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 deploymentpurposes"). Fliegerführer z.b.VIt was renamed to VIII.the Fliegerkorps8th Air Corps on 10 November 1939. The Corps was also known as ''Luftwaffenkommando Schlesien'' between 25 January 1945 and 2 February 1945 and was unitedmerged with ''Luftgau-Kommando VIII'' on 28 April 1945 and redesignated ''Luftwaffenkommando VIII''.▼

'''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''.

==Commanding officers==

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

* General der Flieger [[Martin Fiebig]], 1 July 1942 – 21 May 1943

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

==See also==

*[[Luftwaffe Organization]]

==References==

;Notes

{{Reflist|group="Notes"}}

;References

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