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t ha t s pe a ia l r eme d i a l meas ur e s beceme ne c e s s asy ( es t ab li eY ent of t he Ins pe c t or a t e
for Flight Safety and gircraft E quipment} .
The Lu f t x af f e Gener a l St af f was o f f i c i , al l y e s t abl i s hed as f ar as i t a per -
s onne l make - up vras c onc erned; i t s chi ef wa s t he Chi ef of t he Ai r Com ian d C!f f i c e .
On t hs bas is o f' t he e xper i enc e ga in e d s o f ar ,
t he Luf t waf f e s uppl y s et -
up was subj ec t e d t o r eorg e . ni za t i on ( s ee Se c t i on 3 , ar ga ni zat i on o f Spec i . al Ar e as
of Ac t i v i t y wi t hin t he Re i chs . i r di n is t r y ) .
1937:
Th e i nspec t or at e ays t em was expanded f ur t her .
' The ir Commen d Of f i ce , by d i nt of add i t i or _ a l org an i zat i ona l c ha . nge s , Ras
r adua l l y be i ng gr oome d t o t e . be aver as t he L uf t waf f e Ge n,er al St af f ( in t h is
conne c t i on ,
General Staff) .
t he re ader i a r ef er r ed t o Se c t i on 2 , The ar gan i zat i on of t he Luf t a . f f e
The o f f i ce of t he Luf t wa f f e Gene r a l , Commander i n Chi ef , Araty ( pr ev i oua l y t o
bec ome e f f ec t i v e on y i n t l eve nt of mob i l i zat i on ) was g i ve n f i l l s t at us i n t he
peac®tima organ . zational plan . This step , of course , serve d to establish a more
or Iess permenent top- level apparatus under which the Luftwaffe units attached
t o t he gr iqy c oul d be br oug ht i nt o ac t i on imme d i at e l , y i n t he eve nt of mob i l i zat i on .
I t di d not , however , as sur e uni f orm o per at i ona l command of t hs s e un i t s dur i ng
peaCetims.
un i t a ,
A similar organizational move proved to be unnecessazy for the naval air
ina s rnuc h as t he l at t er a l re ac , y had a un i f orm oper at i onal command he ad -
quar t e r s i n t he f orm of t he Command H ,eadquar t er s , VI t h Ai r Ar ea Comma . nd , Wh i c h
had been de t a i l e d t o Wor k c l os e l , y wi t h t he Navy
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