German Air Sports Association
The German Air Sports Association (Deutscher Luftsportverband, or DLV e. V.) was an organisation set up by the Nazi Party in March 1933 to establish a uniform basis for the training of military pilots. Its chairman was Hermann Göring and its vice-chairman Ernst Röhm.
History
Since the
Rechlin
became its testing ground, a military airfield that had been first established in August 1918. Göring's control over all aspects of aviation became absolute, with the exception of gilders and balloons over which Milch had control as deputy kommissar because Goring’s weight prevented him from flying in either.
The German Air Sports Association was dissolved in 1937 and replaced with the National Socialist Flyers Corps, a corporation under public law and subordinate to Reichsluftfahrtminister Göring.
Insignia
Insignia | DVL Rank[2] | Translation | Luftwaffe equivalent | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Collar | Shoulder | |||
Minister | Minister | General | ||
Fliegerchef | Aviator Chief | Generalleutnant | ||
Fliegevizechef | Vice Aviator Chief | Generalmajor | ||
Kommodore | Commodore | Oberst | ||
Vizekommodore | Vice Commodore | Oberstleutnant | ||
Kommandant | Commandant | Major | ||
Kapitän | Captain | Hauptmann | ||
Schwarmführer | Flight Leader | Oberleutnant | ||
Kettenführer | Chain Leader | Leutnant | ||
Oberflugmeister | Senior Flight Master | Oberfeldwebel | ||
Flugmeister | Flight Master | Feldwebel | ||
Unterflugmeister | Sub Flight Master | Unterfeldwebel | ||
Oberfliegerführer | Senior Troop Leader | Unteroffizier | ||
Fliegerführer | Troop Leader | Hauptgefreiter
| ||
Hiltsfliegerführer | Assistant Troop Leader | Obergefreiter | ||
Oberflieger | Senior Trooper | Gefreiter | ||
Flieger | Trooper | Flieger |
See also
References
- ^ The World at War Episode 1 New Germany
- ^ "Luftsportverband (DLV) Collar Tabs and Shoulder Straps". GermanDaggers.com. 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2018.