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APPENDIX
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Training of Flying Units i n ti'Vartime ( Unit Training )
(Extracted from con f erence notes No .
16 o f a speech made
by Reich Marshal Goering in Paris on 1 4 March 1941 .
)
"The g enera l s commanding a i r corps must be constantly on
e a c n t i n a c h c
the move. It i s th eir duty to x = e
operational readiness ,
target preparations , genera l awareness
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of the e ff ect of weapons ,
impl ementation of security regulatione ,
and the care and welf are o f personne l . Th ey must keep in min d
that
they are not infantry corps commanders : they have much
fewer people under th eir command .
Our combat means are very
high - grade .
The commitment of a squadron or even one airplane
can have far greater resu lt s than th e employment of a
compaṇy
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or a battalion .
Theq must also be sware of the fact that they
are respons ibl e f or the use of very valuable h c x iical arms .
For this reason
contiṇua l indoctrination and review are
essentia l . St aff visits should not be used to inspect but to
attend routine duty performance ,
to indoctrinate , and to
i ,
mprove the training status steadily .
At least four days a
Week shou l d b e d evoted to this pur pose .
In addition to the corps commanders , th e wing conmanders
s h ou ld make every possible effort to improve training and
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