Back Fliegerschaftsabzeichen German Insigne des équipages French 航空機乗組員章 Japanese Flymannskapsmerket NB Distintivo de Tripulação da Luftwaffe Portuguese Знак льотного складу Ukrainian 飞行员证章 (纳粹) Chinese
| Aircrew Badge Fliegerschaftsabzeichen | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Badge |
| Presented by | Nazi Germany |
| Eligibility | Military personnel |
| Established | 1933 |
| First awarded | 1933 |
| Last awarded | prior to March 1936 |
The Aircrew Badge (German: Fliegerschaftsabzeichen) was a German military decoration awarded to members of the German Air Sports Association (Deutscher Luftsportverband or DLV e. V.), an organisation set up by the Nazi Party in March 1933 to establish a uniform basis for the training of military pilots. The German Air Sports Association was a cover organization for the future German Air Force (Luftwaffe). Its chairman was the future Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe Hermann Göring and its vice-chairman Ernst Röhm. Since the Treaty of Versailles officially forbade Germany from building fighter planes of any sort, the German Air Sports Association used gliders to train men who were still officially civilians for the future Luftwaffe.[1][2] It was the first qualification badge recognized by the Luftwaffe.[1]
- ^ a b Angolia 1987, p. 161.
- ^ Ailsby 2003, p. 58.