>Speaking of witches influential in the early Luftwaffe, I would
>bet/hope that Ernestine Udet made out considerably better than
>her real-life equivalent.

Remember how I was speaking about the long-suffering aid?

Just kidding, history has been kinder to her than that. Like her RL counterpart, she was a Great War ace and during the interwar period a star of the screen, renowned for her good looks and dashing figure in uniform, with many boys (and a few girls) secretly keeping pictures of her. And like IRL, Hermine talked her into joining the new Luftwaffe, though as a comrade rather than as an underling. But while many credit her with her having the forward-thinking to see the usefulness of dive-bombing, seeing the virtues of air witches as flying artillery, she's earned a bit of a rep as "antiquated" after voicing skepticism about the future of jet strikers. Still, she enjoys the Kaiser's favor, being seen as a realist in a service where some overestimate the power of their "wonder weapons" and underestimate the danger of the Neuroi.