National Socialist Flyers Corps
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The National Socialist Flyers Corps (German: Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps; NSFK) was a paramilitary aviation organization of the Nazi Party.
History
NSFK was founded 15 April 1937 as a successor to the
gliders and private airplanes
.
Leadership
Reich Marshal was nominal head of the NSFK and was occasionally consulted on issues surrounding heavy transport, as at the Battle of Stalingrad
.
Ranks, uniforms and other insignia
The
paramilitary rank system was in use by the NSFK between the years of 1933 and 1945. The ranks were designed after paramilitary rank titles of the Sturmabteilung. Most ranks of the NSFK were also used by the National Socialist Motor Corps which maintained its own paramilitary rank system
.
As with most Nazi paramilitary groups, rank patches were worn on a single collar opposite a badge of unit membership. The exception was for the ranks Standartenführer and above which displayed rank insignia on both collars.
Rank insignia
As of 1937, the final rank pattern of the National Socialist Flyer Corps was as follows:[1][2][3]
Insignia | NSFK Rank | Translation | Luftwaffe equivalent | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Collar | Shoulder | |||
Korpsführer | Corps Leader | Generalfeldmarschall | ||
Ehrenführer | Honorary Leader | Generaloberst | ||
Obergruppenführer | Senior Group Leader | General | ||
Gruppenführer | Group Leader | Generalleutnant | ||
Brigadeführer | Brigade Leader | Generalmajor | ||
Oberführer | Senior Leader | Oberst | ||
Standartenführer | Regiment Leader | Oberst | ||
Obersturmbannführer | Senior Assault Unit Leader | Oberstleutnant | ||
Sturmbannführer | Assault Unit Leader | Major | ||
Hauptsturmführer | Chief Assault Leader | Hauptmann | ||
Obersturmführer | Senior Assault Leader | Oberleutnant | ||
Untersturmführer | Junior Assault Leader | Leutnant | ||
Obertruppführer | Senior Troop Leader | Stabsfeldwebel | ||
Truppführer | Troop Leader | Hauptfeldwebel | ||
Oberscharführer | Senior Squad Leader | Oberfeldwebel | ||
Scharführer | Squad Leader | Unteroffizier | ||
Rottenführer | Section Leader | Obergefreiter | ||
Sturmmann | Storm Trooper | Gefreiter | ||
Mann
|
Trooper | Flieger
| ||
None | Anwärter | Candidate | None |
Uniforms
Source:[4]
Rank flags
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NSFK Korpsführer
-
NSFK Stabsführer
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NSFK Gruppenführer
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NSFK Standartenführer
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NSFK Sturmangehörige
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NSFK Sturmführer
-
NSFK Standarte
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NSFK Vehicle pennant
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NSFK White vehicle pennant
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NSFK Blue vehicle pennant
Source:[5]
NSFK badges
- The Free Balloon Pilot Badge (Das Abzeichen für Freiballonführer). This was authorized on 10 March 1938 by NSFK Korpsführer, Christiansen.[6]
- The Motor Aircraft Pilot Badge (Das Abzeichen für Motorflugzeugführer). This was authorized on 12 July 1938 by Christiansen.[6]
- The Large Glider Flyer Badge (Das Große Segelfliegerabzeichen). This was authorized on 26 January 1942 by Christiansen.[6]
References
- ^ "Uniform und Rangabzeichen des NSFK" (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ Ley, Robert (1937). "Table 73". Organisationsbuch der NSDAP (in German). Zentralverlag.
- ^ "Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps (NSFK) Regulation Collar Tabs". German Daggers. 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ Ley, Robert (1943). Organisationsbuch der NSDAP. Zentralverlag der NSDAP, images 70-73.
- ^ Herzfeld, Andreas (2013). Die Riemann'sche Sammlung deutscher Autoflaggen und Kfz-Stander, vol. 1. p. 170, and image 71.
- ^ a b c Doehle 1995, p. 122.
Further reading
- Doehle, Heinrich (1995) [1943]. Medals & Decorations of the Third Reich: Badges, Decorations, Insignia. Reddick Enterprises. ISBN 0962488348.
- Taylor, Victoria (2022). "Fledglings of the Third Reich: The National Socialist Flyers Corps" (PDF). Journal of Aeronautical History (11): 1–28.