Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office

Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office
Chef des Luftwaffen-Personalamtes (German)
Longest serving officeholder General der Flieger Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf 31 January 1939 – 23 March 1943
Luftwaffe
Member of	Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
Reports to	Commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe
Appointer	Commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe
Formation	1 September 1933 (1933-09-01)
First holder	Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
Final holder	Rudolf Meister
Abolished	8 May 1945 (1945-05-08)

Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office (German: Chef des Luftwaffen-Personalamtes) was a leading position within the German Luftwaffe High Command in Nazi Germany, charged with the personnel matters of all officers and cadets of the Luftwaffe.

List of chiefs

No.	Picture	Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Stumpff, HansOberstleutnant Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889–1968)	1 September 1933	31 May 1937	3 years, 272 days	[1]
2		Greim, RobertGeneralmajor Robert Ritter von Greim (1892–1945)	1 June 1937	31 January 1939	1 year, 244 days	[2]
3		Kastner, GustavGeneral der Flieger Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf (1881–1945)	31 January 1939	23 March 1943	4 years, 51 days	[3]
4		Loerzer, BrunoGeneraloberst Bruno Loerzer (1891–1960)	23 March 1943	22 December 1944	1 year, 274 days	[4]
5		Meister, RudolfGeneral der Flieger Rudolf Meister (1897–1958)	22 December 1944	8 May 1945	137 days	[5]

See also

• Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
• Inspector of Fighters
• Inspector of Bombers
• Army Personnel Office (Wehrmacht) (army equivalent)
• Chief of the Kriegsmarine Personnel Office (Navy equivalent)

References

1. Ehlert, Hans; Wagner, Armin (13 December 2010). Genosse General!: Die Militärelite der DDR in biografischen Skizzen (in German). Ch. Links Verlag. ISBN 9783862840656. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
2. MMG (14 January 2007). "Robert Ritter von Greim" (PDF). ritterkreuztraeger (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2019.
3. Who's Who in Nazi Germany (PDF). CIA. 1944. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
4. MMG (24 May 2010). "Bruno Loerzer" (PDF). ritterkreuztraeger (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2019.
5. MMG (24 July 2010). "Rudolf Meister" (PDF). ritterkreuztraeger (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2019.