Korpsführer

*Korpsführer*
Korpsführer;
	Flyers Corps and Motor Corps gorget patch
Country	Nazi Germany
Service branch	National Socialist Flyers Corps; National Socialist Motor Corps
Next higher rank	None
Next lower rank	Obergruppenführer
Equivalent ranks	Reichsführer-SS

Korpsführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was the highest rank used by the National Socialist Motor Corps and the National Socialist Flyers Corps. Translated as "Corps Leader", the rank of Korpsführer was held by the single officer in command of the entire organization. The rank was the equivalent of Reichsführer-SS, at least on paper.^[1]

List of Korpsführers

NSFK

No.	Portrait	Korpsführers for NSFK	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Christiansen, FriedrichFriedrich Christiansen (1879–1972)	5 April 1937	26 June 1943	6 years, 82 days	^[2]
2		Keller, AlfredAlfred Keller (1882–1974)	26 June 1943	8 May 1945	1 year, 313 days	–

NSKK

No.	Portrait	Korpsführers for NSKK	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Hühnlein, AdolfAdolf Hühnlein (1881–1942)	30 April 1933	18 June 1942 †	9 years, 49 days	^[3]^[4]
2		Kraus, ErwinErwin Kraus [de] (1894–1966)	21 June 1942	8 May 1945	2 years, 318 days	–

References

Notes

^ CIA 1999, pp. 23–24.
^ Franks, Bailey & Guest 1993, p. 93.
^ Hamilton 1984, p. 288.
^ Miller 2015, p. 604.

Bibliography

CIA (24 August 1999). "Records Integration Title Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
Franks, Norman L. R.; Bailey, Frank W.; Guest, Russell (1993). Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914-1918. Grub Street. ISBN 9780948817731.
Hamilton, Charles (1984). Leaders & Personalities of the Third Reich, Vol. 1. San Jose, CA: R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 0-912138-27-0.
Miller, Michael (2015). Leaders Of The Storm Troops Volume 1. England: Helion & Company. ISBN 978-1-909982-87-1.

[FOOTNOTECIA199923–24-1] CIA 1999, pp. 23–24.

[FOOTNOTEFranksBaileyGuest199393-2] Franks, Bailey & Guest 1993, p. 93.

[FOOTNOTEHamilton1984288-3] Hamilton 1984, p. 288.

[FOOTNOTEMiller2015604-4] Miller 2015, p. 604.

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