Defence of the Reich: Female Fighter Controllers?

[Larry deZeng]

Bronc -

To your #7, above:

Yes, I've seen some of those citations, too................but there's a big difference between being a school-trained Jagdleitoffizier and a school-trained female plotter or telephone communicator who has been asked to sit next to the male Jagdleitoffizier because she (1) knows what's going on and (2) has a high-pitched voice and is willing to give it a go while he pretty much tells her what to say.

But I agree with you and the others here in that more research needs to be done on this subject. I think it possible that in 1944 one or more of these larger air defense command and control bunkers organized an ad hoc local week or two-long course to teach and train a few Ln.-Helferinnen in the basics of being a Jagdleitoffizier. These local training courses were widely conducted by units throughout the Wehrmacht but did not result in the reclassification of an individual's trade certification. The courses were strictly at the OJT level to meet some need not provided for within the specialized school training establishment.

L.