NARA T733 R2 Guide 24 OKL I - Gyges

PREFACE
This Guide is one of a series of finding aids describing those declassified seized German records deposited at the World War II Records
Division, National Archives, which have been microfilmed by the Microfilming Project of the Committee for the Study of War Documents of the
American Historical Association. The Guide contains the text of data sheets identifying records filmedo A copy of the data sheets has been
filmed as a target sheet at the beginning of each roll of film*
The present Guide covers 78 rolls of film of records of the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe. The greatest part of the correspondence contained
in this collection is that of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, Generalluftzeugmeister (GL), and its branch offices, the Technische &nt,
LC III, LC 6 and 7» The files deal chiefly with the procurement of armaments and supplies for the Luftwaffe and thus contain correspondence
with German firms engaged in war production, with foreign firms for raw materials supply, ahd with Erprobungsstellen of the air force* The
documentation also includes information on foreign - especially Russian - armaments, used by'the Erprobungsstellen and private firms engaged
in research on, and production of, air force equipmento ;
The files for the period 1927-1939 contain chiefly correspondence pertaining to the reorganization of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium
in 1939, plans for peace-time manoeuvres, mobilization and civilian air defense. A major source of information on the war operations of the
Luftwaffe is the collection of the KriegstagebiScher, especially those of Luftflotten 3 and 6. Much additional information is yielded by the
daily reports of the smaller units, the largest group of which originated with Flak units, andv/hieh constitute an important supplement to the
estimates of the situation*
Information on the organization of the Luftwaffe is to be found in the various booklets issued by the Reichsminister der Luftfahrt und
Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe (R.d.L.UoOb.d.L*)* They also contain instructions on the recruitment and treatment of non-commissioned officers,
regular and war-time officers, Luftwaffen- und Flakhelferinnen, and Luftwaffenhelfer. Organizational charts of the Air Ministry and the OIL,
as well as Stfirkenachweisungen for various units, are also included*
A large segment of the record group is made of printed material. The Deutsche Akademie der Luftfahrtforschung and the Technische Amt
published a considerable amount of technical data, samples of which have been filmed. However, propaganda material, such as "Mitteilungen
f$r. die Truppen v " "Untexrichtsunterlagen fflr die geistige Betreuung der Truppen," and instruction material issued by the various offices of
the Wehrmacht Propaganda has been filmed in its entirety*
Originally the folders in this collection had been numbered in the order of acquisition. This system was abandoned when$ prior to
filming, the entire collection was reorganized. The attention of the reader is also directed to pertinent material described in other guides,
especially Guides 7» 10, 12 8 17, 18, 19 and 25.
The terms "Serial" and "Roll 11 in this Guide refer to the sequence of film. The "Item 11 number is the identification symbol on the
original folder within the captured records collection. "Provenance" indicates, where ascertainable, the archival origin of the documents
whose description follows* The symbol "FT 11 means that the folder has been filmed throughout; the symbol "FS" denotes that the folder has
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