Inspector of Bombers

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

Inspector of Bombers (German: Inspekteur der Kampfflieger) 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 bomber force. It was not an operational command. The senior commander position of this unit was redesignated to General of Bombers (German: General der Kampfflieger) in 1942.

Inspector of Bombers
Inspekteur der Kampfflieger
Emblem of the Luftwaffe in gold
Longest serving officeholder Generalleutnant Johannes Fink 21 October 1940 – 31 October 1942
Luftwaffe
Member of	Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
Reports to	Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe
Formation	January 1940; 85 years ago (1940-01)
Abolished	8 May 1945; 80 years ago (1945-05-08)

Inspectors

No.	Portrait	Inspector	Took office	Left office	Time in office
Inspekteur der Kampfflieger
1		Schultheiss, PaulOberst Paul Schultheiss [de] (1893–1944)	January 1940	October 1940	9 months
2		Fink, JohannesGeneralleutnant Johannes Fink (1895–1981)	21 October 1940	31 October 1942	2 years
General der Kampfflieger
3		Peltz, DietrichGeneralmajor Dietrich Peltz (1914–2001)	1 January 1943	3 September 1943	8 months
-		Helbig, JoachimOberstleutnant Joachim Helbig (1915–1985) Acting	March 1943	August 1943	5 months
4		Marienfeld, WalterOberst Walter Marienfeld	February 1944	1 October 1944	8 months
5		Storp, WalterGeneralmajor Walter Storp (1910–1981)	1 October 1944	31 January 1945	3 months
-		Baumbach, WernerOberst Werner Baumbach (1916–1953) Acting	November 1944	January 1945	2 months
-		Beust, HansOberst Hans-Henning von Beust Acting	February 1945	May 1945	3 months

References

• Rohde, Jens (2001). Auf Gedeih und Verderb - Eine deutsche Flugzeugbesatzung im 2. Weltkrieg. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 3-8311-1552-4.