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I decided to
emphasize onto some of the text on the original document page 6
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Attached to
every aircraft manufacturing plant was a body known as a Bauaufsicht Luft
(Aircraft Construction Supervision) (I would designate is being also the
acceptance authority, AOB) for the purpose of inspection and quality control. In
1942 industry suggested that the duplication of inspection and quality control
and government inspection be eliminated or drastically reduced, pointing out
that they were capable of inspecting their own work. The government eagerly
agreed to this program, visualizing the release of badly-needed manpower.
Therefore, in December 1942, Field Marshall Milch issued order 517 to Ball to
discontinue their operations in matter of inspection, transferring the
responsibility for number of BAL personnel from 2000 to less than 1100. However,
quality of product decreased so markedly that, with the establishing of the Jägerstab,
on March 1, 1944 order 517 was revoked and BAL resumed its qualityquality
inspection in aircraft with a total personnel numbering about 3000.
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