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8th Air Corps (VIII. Fliegerkorps) was formed 19 July 1939 in 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 Rank Surname Date Generalmajor Wolfram von Richthofen 10 November 1939 - 30 June 1942 Generalmajor Martin Fiebig 1 July 1942 - 21 May 1943 Generalmajor Hans Seidemann 21 May 1943 - 28 April 1945
Chief of Staff Rank Surname Date Oberstleutnant Hans Seidemann 27 December 1939 - 10 October 1940 Oberst Rudolf Meister 15 October 1940 - 14 March 1942Oberstleutnant Klaus Uebe 15 March 1942 - 24 October 1942Oberstleutnant Lothar von Heinemann 26 October 1942 to 11 June 1943 Oberst Erich Schult 12 June 1943 - 1 October 1943 Oberst Thorsten Christ 1 October 1943 - 18 November 1944 Oberst Helmut Sorge 24 March 1945 - 28 April 1945
First General Staff Officer Rank Surname Date Hauptmann Lothar von Heinemann 1 March 1940 - 19 February 1942 Hauptmann Helmut Sorge 20 February 1942 - 15 March 1942 Oberstleutnant Torsten Christ 15 March 1942 - 30 March 1942 Major Claus Hinkelbein 26 May 1942 - 4 November 1942 Hauptmann Hans Meffert 10 April 1943 - 24 January 1944 Major Ernst-Günther Moeller 15 December 1943 - 28 April 1945
Subordinate to Unit from to Luftflotte 2 10 November 1939 13 May 1940 Luftflotte 3 13 May 1940 August 1940 Luftflotte 2 August 1940 January 1941 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 1942Luftflotte 4 May 1942 July 1944 Luftflotte 6 July 1944 April 1945
Subordinate organisations 10 May 1940For the meanings of abbreviations, see Luftwaffe#Organisation_and_chain_of_command13 August 19405 April 194120 May 1941Leo Niehorster: The Battle for Crete, Order of Battle German 4th Air Fleet 20 May 1941, retrieved 15 October 2023.22 June 19415 June 1943Karl-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.: Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt. DVA, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-421-06235-2, S. 90–92June 1944Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv: ZA 3/840: Bruno Maaß: Unterstellungsübersichten fliegende Verbände, 1943–1945March 8 1945Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv: ZA 3/839: Bruno Maaß: Unterstellungsübersichten fliegende Verbände, 1943–1945
See also Luftwaffe Organization
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