Senior Air Commanders in World War II

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Senior Air Commanders in World War II

This page lists the senior air commanders who served during World War II, where "senior" is defined as commanders of large air units (Luftwaffe Luftflotte, Soviet Air Armies) and above.

Contents 1 German 2 Soviet 3 American 4 British

[edit] German

Name	Unit(s) Commanded
Dessloch, Otto	Luftflotte 3, Luftflotte 4
Felmy, Hellmuth	Luftflotte 2
Holle, Alexander	Luftflotte 4
Löhr, Alexander	Austrian Air Force (1934-1938), German Air Forces in Austria, Luftflotte 4
Keller, Alfred	Luftflotte 1
Korten, Günther	Luftflotte 1, Luftwaffe Chief of Staff
Sperrle, Hugo	Condor Legion, Luftflotte 3
Stumpff, Hans-Jürgen	Luftflotte 5
von Richthofen, Wolfram Freiherr	Condor Legion, Luftflotte 2, Luftflotte 4

[edit] Soviet

Name	Unit(s) Commanded
Astakhov, Fyodr Alekseevich	South-Western Front Air Forces, Civil Air Fleet
Beletskii, Evgeniy Mikhailovich	1st Fighter Aviation Army
Bibikov, Vasily Nikolaevich	11th Air Army
Golovanov, Alexander Evgenevich	Long Range Aviation
Goryunov, Sergei Kondratevich	5th Air Army
Gromov, Mikhail Mikhailovich	3rd Air Army, 1st Air Army
Khryukin, Timofei Timofeevich	8th Air Army, 1st Air Army
Khudyakov, Sergei Aleksandrovich	Air Forces of the Western Front, 1st Air Army, Chief of Staff Red Army Air Forces
Kondratyuk, Daniil Fyodorovich	6th Air Army
Kutsevalov, Timofey Fyodorovich	1st Air Army, 12th Air Army
Krasovskii, Stepan Akimovich	2nd Air Army, 17th Air Army
Naumenko, Nikolai Fyodorovich	4th Air Army, 15th Air Army
Novikov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich	Red Army Air Forces (VVS)
Papivin, Nikolai Filippovich	3rd Air Army
Polynin, Fyodr Petrovich	6th Air Army
Pyatykhin, Ivan Gavrilovich	15th Air Army
Rudenko, Sergei Ignatevich	16th Air Army
Ryazanov, Vasily Georgievich	2nd Fighter Aviation Army, 1st Guards Ground Attack Aviation Corps
Rybalchenko, Stepan Dmitrievich	13th Air Army
Senatorov, Aleksandr Sergeevich	9th Air Army
Slobozhan, David Yakovlevich	10th Air Army
Smirnov, Constantine Nikolaevich	2nd Air Army, Volga Military District PVO
Sokolov, Ivan Mikhailovich	7th Air Army, 9th Air Army
Stepanov, Pavel Stepanovich	16th Air Army (briefly)
Sudets, Vladimir Aleksandrovich	17th Air Army
Vershinin, Constantine Andreevich	4th Air Army
Vinogradov, Vasily Aleksandrovich	10th Air Army, 1st Mixed Aviation Corps, 9th Air Army
Zhdanov, Vasily Nikolaevich	8th Air Army
Zhigarev, Pavel Fyodorovich	Red Army Air Forces (VVS), Far Eastern Air Forces
Zhuravlyov, Ivan Petrovich	14th Air Army

[edit] American

Name	Unit(s) Commanded
Brereton, Lewis Hyde	10th Air Force, 9th Air Force
Doolittle, James Harold	12th Air Force, 15th Air Force, 8th Air Force
Kenney, George Churchill	5th Air Force, US Far East Air Forces
Spaatz, Carl Andrew	8th Air Force, 12th Air Force, Allied Northwest African Air Force, US Strategic Air Forces in Europe
Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford	9th Air Force

[edit] British

Name	Unit(s) Commanded
Coningham, Arthur	RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Harris, Arthur Travers	RAF Bomber Command
Hill, Roderic Maxwell	RAF Fighter Command