Units in various areas used their own way of painting the aircraft excepting the Later-deployed examples of both night fighters defending the Reich, and Heinkel He 177 heavy bombers used for night raids over England such as with The unofficial way to represent one's unit was the unit badge. The air war on the Western Front received the most attention in the annals of the earliest accounts of military aviation, since it produced aces such as Manfred von Richthofen and Ernst Udet, Oswald Boelcke, and Max Immelmann.

These were solely at the discretion of the commanding officer, so badges of all shapes, sizes and subjects appeared. Waffen und Geheimwaffen des deutschen Heeres 1933–1945. When Göring took over the Luftwaffe, he brought the regiment along with him to the Luftwaffe and created his own ground forces in the form of During the 1930s and 1940s, air power had not matured enough to be considered a dominant weapon of war. This strength had grown to 1,700,000 by 1941. The German day and night fighter pilots claimed more than 70,000 aerial victories during World War II.Losses on the other hand were high as well.

When the war ended on 8 May 1945, more than 97,000 air-crew would be reported dead, wounded or missing.All aspects of aviation including the Luftwaffe, came under the control of the The German air force was divided into three operational branches: This offered the flexibility required to support the ground units.By September 1939, the Luftwaffe had a total of 4,000 aircraft and 400,000 personnel. It was strategically divided into eight directorates (In addition, Luftkreis VII was established on 12 October 1937 with its headquarters at Braunschweig, and is shown incorporated into the above-mentioned tableOperationally, the Luftwaffe organization underwent changes in July 1938.

The responsibility of the defence of German air space fell to the Daytime aerial defense against the USAAF's strongly defended heavy bomber forces, particularly the In terms of technological development, the failure to develop a long-range bomber and capable long-range fighters during this period left the Another failure of procurement and equipment was the lack of a dedicated Without specialised naval or land-based, purpose-designed maritime patrol aircraft, the The RLM's apparent lack of a dedicated "technical-tactical" department, that would have directly been in contact with combat pilots to assess their needs for weaponry upgrades and tactical advice, had never been seriously envisioned as a critically ongoing necessity in the planning of the original German air arm.The failure of German production was evident from the start of the Battle of Britain. The Luftwaffe (German pronunciation: [ˈlʊftvafə] ()) was the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces during World War II. Only 36 percent or 588,000 comprised aircrew, but this also included the aircraft maintenance personnel. Geschwader. Following its 15 May 1933 formation in secret, the Before becoming head of the Luftwaffe, Göring was Interior Minister of Prussia. In the 1930s the Luftwaffe had been organised to exploit the great potential mobility of its flying units, so that forces could be concentrated rapidly at points at the front dictated by the military situation (like the famous JG1 of Von Richthofen in W.W. As a cabinet minister, he was able to get significant resources and personnel allocated to the Luftwaffe compared to other branches of the armed forces. The estimated total number of destroyed and damaged for the war totaled 76,875 aircraft. Since the Luftwaffe was organized in a geographical fashion rather than on a strategic functional basis, it had an independent administrative as well as an operational command structures. By the end of 1940 the The so-called "Göring program", had largely been predicated on the defeat of the Soviet Union in 1941. In total, 571,000 of these were in anti-aircraft units and another 18 percent were in the signals branch. It was renamed Luftstreitkräfte on 8 October 1916. Germany imported most of its essential materials for rebuilding the The development of aircraft was now confined to the production of twin-engined medium bombers that required much less material, manpower and aviation production capacity than Wever's "Ural Bomber". Each was commanded by The Luftwaffe Field Division had a minimal administrative staff along with logistical support personnel in pioneer, medical and supply companies along with maintenance and other staff. Яуза-пресс, по "Rise and fall of the German Air Force", Лондон 1948 г., пер. On an operational level, the Luftwaffe was divided into air fleets (The OKW was the highest in the military command structure.

There were no cohesive ideas for the organization of a structured, modern air force. Unlike the other two forces, air power did not have past experience to draw upon. Armed forces losses: statistic research, Olma-Press, Moscow, 2001, page 430)E.R. In the Luftwaffe the emphasis was always put on TACTICAL operations in support of the Wehrmacht. Besides the lack of training and combat experience of the Luftwaffe commanders, the army had to supply equipment to these units.