Korpsführer
| Korpsführer | |
|---|---|
  Flyers Corps and Motor Corps gorget patch | |
| Country | .svg.png){kind=small} Nazi Germany |
| Service branch |  National Socialist Flyers Corps National Socialist Motor Corps |
| Next higher rank | None |
| Next lower rank | Obergruppenführer |
| Equivalent ranks | Reichsführer-SS |
Korpsführer ("Corps Leader") was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was held by the commander of the National Socialist Flyers Corps (NSFK) and National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK). The rank was the equivalent of Reichsführer-SS, at least on paper.[1]
List of Korpsführers
NSFK
| No. | Portrait | Korpsführers for NSFK | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friedrich Christiansen (1879–1972) | 5 April 1937 | 26 June 1943 | 6 years, 82 days | [2] | |
| 2 | Alfred Keller (1882–1974) | 26 June 1943 | 8 May 1945 | 1 year, 313 days | – |
NSKK
| No. | Portrait | Korpsführers for NSKK | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adolf Hühnlein (1881–1942) | 30 April 1933 | 18 June 1942 † | 9 years, 49 days | [3][4] | |
| 2 | Erwin Kraus (1894–1966) | 21 June 1942 | 8 May 1945 | 2 years, 318 days | – |
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References
Notes
- ↑ CIA 1999, pp. 23–24.
- ↑ Franks, Bailey & Guest 1993, p. 93.
- ↑ Hamilton 1984, p. 288.
- ↑ Miller 2015, p. 604.
Bibliography
- CIA (24 August 1999). "Records Integration Title Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- Franks, Norman L. R.; Bailey, Frank W.; Guest, Russell (1993). Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914-1918. Grub Street. ISBN 9780948817731.
- Hamilton, Charles (1984). Leaders & Personalities of the Third Reich, Vol. 1. San Jose, CA: R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 0-912138-27-0.
- Miller, Michael (2015). Leaders Of The Storm Troops Volume 1. England: Helion & Company. ISBN 978-1-909982-87-1.
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