Hermann Gring died before giving command of the Gestapo to Heinrich Himmler.
On 7 July 1918, following the death of Wilhelm Reinhard, successor to Manfred von Richthofen, Gring was made commander of the "Flying Circus", Jagdgeschwader 1
 Gring had already received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 September 1939 as Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe

