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Re: Ferry pilots in Luftwaffe ... (?)
Also several Google hits for the term: Überführungsflugzeugführer . I have seen this compound noun used repeatedly in the Luftwaffenpersonalamt correspondence and records.
Before the Überführungsgeschwader was formed, it was called an Überführungsgruppe. Prior to that, there were Flugzeug-Überführungskommandos and Flugzeug-Überführungsstellen. The Heimat Luftzeuggruppen even delivered aircraft. So there was a systematic process in place for moving the aircraft forward from Germany to the front units right from the beginning of the war.
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