Inspector of Fighters

Not to be confused with Inspector of Bombers or General der Flieger.

Inspector of Fighters
Inspekteur der Jagdflieger
Emblem of the Luftwaffe in silver
Error creating thumbnail: Longest serving officeholder Generalleutnant Adolf Galland 5 December 1941 – 31 January 1945
Luftwaffe
Member of	Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
Reports to	Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe
Formation	1 August 1935 (1935-08-01)
First holder	Robert Ritter von Greim
Final holder	Gordon Gollob
Abolished	8 May 1945 (1945-05-08)
Deputy	See lists

Inspector of Fighters (German: Inspekteur der Jagdflieger); redesignated to General of Fighters (German: General der Jagdflieger) 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 fighter force. It was not an operational command.

Inspectors

No.	Portrait	Inspector	Took office	Left office	Time in office
Inspekteur der Jagdflieger
1	Robert Ritter von Greim	Greim, RobertOberstleutnant Robert Ritter von Greim (1892–1945)	1 August 1935	20 April 1936	263 days
2	Bruno Loerzer	Loerzer, BrunoGeneralmajor Bruno Loerzer (1891–1960)	1 April 1938	31 January 1939	305 days
3	Werner Junck	Junck, WernerOberst Werner Junck (1895–1976)	1 February 1939	4 June 1940	1 year, 124 days
4	Kurt-Bertram von Döring	Döring, KurtGeneralmajor Kurt-Bertram von Döring (1889–1960)	19 December 1940	5 August 1941	229 days
General der Jagdflieger
5	Werner Mölders	Mölders, WernerOberst Werner Mölders (1913–1941)	7 August 1941	22 November 1941 †	107 days
6	Error creating thumbnail:	Galland, AdolfGeneralleutnant Adolf Galland (1912–1996)	5 December 1941	31 January 1945	3 years, 57 days
7	Gordon Gollob	Gollob, GordonOberst Gordon Gollob (1912–1987)	31 January 1945	8 May 1945	97 days

Subordinated inspectors

Inspector of the Day Fighters

No.	Portrait	Inspekteur der Tagjäger	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Günther Lützow	Lützow, GüntherOberstleutnant Günther Lützow (1912–1945)	11 August 1942	17 December 1943	1 year, 128 days
2	Hannes Trautloft	Trautloft, HannesOberst Hannes Trautloft (1912–1995)	17 December 1943	26 January 1945	1 year, 40 days
3	Walther Dahl	Dahl, WaltherOberst Walther Dahl (1916–1985)	26 January 1945	8 May 1945	102 days

Inspector of the Day Fighters

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office				No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office
			Took office	Left office	Time in office					Took office	Left office	Time in office
Inspector of the Day Fighters, East							Inspector of the Day Fighters, West
1	File:No image.png	Oberstleutnant Hannes Trautloft (1912–1995)	6 July 1943	17 December 1943	164 days		1	File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2006-0126, Günther Lützow.jpg	Oberst Günther Lützow (1912–1945) Inspekteur der Tagjäger West und Süd	6 July 1943	17 December 1943	164 days
2	File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0704-500, Smolensk, Karl Gottfried Nordmann.jpg	Oberst Karl-Gottfried Nordmann (1915–1982)	9 February 1945	8 May 1945	88 days		2	File:No image.png	Oberst Josef Priller (1915–1961) Inspekteur der Tagjäger West	9 February 1945	8 May 1945	88 days

Inspector of the Night Fighters

No.	Portrait	Inspekteur der Nachtjagd	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Josef Kammhuber	Kammhuber, JosefOberst Josef Kammhuber (1896–1986)	August 1941	20 November 1943	2 years, 3 months
2	Werner Streib	Priller, JosefOberst Werner Streib (1911–1986)	March 1944	8 May 1945	1 year, 2 months