Inspector of Bombers

Inspector of Bombers
Inspekteur der Kampfflieger
Emblem of the Luftwaffe in gold
Longest serving officeholderGeneralleutnantJohannes Fink21 October 1940 – 31 October 1942
Luftwaffe
Member of	Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
Reports to	Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe
Formation	January 1940 (1940-01)
Abolished	8 May 1945 (1945-05-08)

Inspector of Bombers (German: Inspekteur der Kampfflieger) 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 bomber force. It was not an operational command. The senior commander position of this unit was redesignated to General of Bombers (German: General der Kampfflieger) in 1942.

Inspectors

No.	Portrait	Inspector	Took office	Left office	Time in office
Inspekteur der Kampfflieger
1		Schultheiss, PaulOberstPaul Schultheiss(1893–1944)	January 1940	October 1940	9 months
2		Fink, JohannesGeneralleutnantJohannes Fink(1895–1981)	21 October 1940	31 October 1942	2 years
General der Kampfflieger
3		Peltz, DietrichGeneralmajorDietrich Peltz(1914–2001)	1 January 1943	3 September 1943	8 months
-		Helbig, JoachimOberstleutnantJoachim Helbig(1915–1985)Acting	March 1943	August 1943	5 months
4		Marienfeld, WalterOberstWalter Marienfeld	February 1944	1 October 1944	8 months
5		Storp, WalterGeneralmajorWalter Storp(1910–1981)	1 October 1944	31 January 1945	3 months
-		Baumbach, WernerOberstWerner Baumbach(1916–1953)Acting	November 1944	January 1945	2 months
-		Beust, HansOberstHans-Henning von BeustActing	February 1945	May 1945	3 months

References

• Rohde, Jens (2001). Auf Gedeih und Verderb - Eine deutsche Flugzeugbesatzung im 2. Weltkrieg. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 3-8311-1552-4.