Korpsführer
| Korpsführer | |
|---|---|
  Flyers Corps and Motor Corps gorget patch | |
| Country |  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 was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was the highest rank used by the National Socialist Motor Corps and the National Socialist Flyers Corps. Translated as "Corps Leader", the rank of Korpsführer was held by the single officer in command of the entire organization. The rank was the equivalent of Reichsführer-SS, at least on paper.[1]
List of Korpsführers
[edit]NSFK
[edit]
| 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
[edit]
| 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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![Erwin Kraus [de]](/wiki/File:Erwin_Kraus.jpg)
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ CIA 1999, pp. 23–24.
- ^ Franks, Bailey & Guest 1993, p. 93.
- ^ Hamilton 1984, p. 288.
- ^ Miller 2015, p. 604.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.