Josef Kammhuber information

Josef Kammhuber (August 19, 1896 – January 25, 1986) was a career officer who served in the Imperial German Army, the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany and the...

The Kammhuber Line was the Allied name given to the German night air defense system established in July 1940 by Colonel Josef Kammhuber. It consisted...

he was to use this as a tool to push for his area bombing policies. Josef Kammhuber recruited pilots Hermann Diehl and Wolfgang Falck to his command. They...

with Rall as his immediate successor. Another pilot of World War II, Josef Kammhuber, also made a significant career in the post-war Luftwaffe, retiring...

1945. The Kammhuber Line was the Allied name given to the German night air defense system established in July 1940 by Colonel Josef Kammhuber. The first...

Belligerents United Kingdom Germany Commanders and leaders Guy Gibson Josef Kammhuber Strength 19 Lancaster bombers XII. Fliegerkorps (Defending three dams)...

(German: Generalleutnant) while in office, although the first Inspector, Josef Kammhuber, was an exception, holding the rank of full general as a reward for...

White Rose group Friedrich Hund, physicist Sabine Impekoven, actress Josef Kammhuber, World War II and Federal German airforce general Carl Krone, founder...

v t e Inspectors of the German Air Force Josef Kammhuber Werner Panitzki Johannes Steinhoff Günther Rall Gerhard Limberg Friedrich Obleser Eberhard Eimler...

Twenty-one military personnel were killed. The commander of KG 51, Josef Kammhuber, was shot down and captured during Paula. He would later command KG 1...

Karl Dönitz, Ferdinand Schörner, Otto Remer, Siegfried Westphal, and Josef Kammhuber, former SS officers Sepp Dietrich and Joachim Peiper. In the early...

Richthofen, 12 June 1943 – 27 September 1944 Chief of staff Oberst Josef Kammhuber, 1 October 1939 – 19 December 1939 Generalmajor Wilhelm Speidel, 19...

v t e Inspectors of the German Air Force Josef Kammhuber Werner Panitzki Johannes Steinhoff Günther Rall Gerhard Limberg Friedrich Obleser Eberhard Eimler...

this date, for Geschwaderkommodore Josef Kammhuber, was shot down and became a temporary prisoner of war. Kammhuber was released after the French surrender...

of the German troops in France from 15 June 1940 onwards. Colonel Josef Kammhuber, at that time commander of KG51, alleged for a long time that it would...

ordered Colonel (later General) Josef Kammhuber to install an efficient air defence. This led to the so-called Kammhuber Line into which more Freya stations...

whose care was for soldiers of all ranks". Inspekteur der Luftwaffe Josef Kammhuber spoke on behalf of the Luftwaffe and Bundeswehr, expressing the hope...

In 1940, Josef Kammhuber used Freyas in a new air-defense network extending through the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. Called the Kammhuber Line by...

which thus far had only 16 operational jets in February. General Josef Kammhuber was asked to assist Galland. Kampfgeschwader 51 (KG 51 or Bomber Wing...

night fighting could not be organised and operated by one wing and Josef Kammhuber formed the Night Fighter Division. Radar, searchlights and anti-aircraft...

of 19 aircraft for evaluating equipment. These were to be used when Josef Kammhuber, General of the Night fighters demanded the J-1 to have a modified...

operated by one commanding officer of a single wing. In response, Josef Kammhuber formed the Night Fighter Division. Radar, search lights and anti-aircraft...

219 was protracted and tortuous, due to political rivalries between Josef Kammhuber, commander of the German night fighter forces, Ernst Heinkel, the manufacturer...

(1898–1943) Hans Jeschonnek (1899–1943), then a Generaloberst (1942) Josef Kammhuber (1896–1986) Erich Karlewski (1874–1947) Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf (1881–1945)...