Luftwaffe strength by 1941

1,700,000 personnel

Anti-Aircraft artillery branch 35% ( 571,000 )

Signal troops 18%

Flying units 580,000 ( late 1941 ) i.e. 36% but most of these were ground support personnel or paratroopers.

Altogether the Luftwaffe amounted to 20 per cent of Germany´s total manpower under arms that year (1941 ), a considerable reservoir of trained men and women.

From Luftwaffe Field divisions by Kevin Conley Ruffner

PS. Don´t ask me about the remaining percentage of men. Probably robbing Göring jewels and paintings around Europe...

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