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Soren said:

All German fighter pilots had to go through gunnery school (FliegerSchützenSchule), Erich Hartmann did it as-well.

There were several of these schools, including the Værløse Luftwaffe FliegerSchützenSchule in Denmark.

You can read about some of them here:
Various schools


And then here about the FliegerSchützenSchule for bomber gunners, later renamed to BordSchützenSchulen in 1942 (as written), the designation FSS still used for the fighter pilots. And up until very late in the war it was a 5 month process:
Kampfflieger: Bomber Crewman of the ... - Google Bogsøgning

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Good info - wonder if LW had the equivalent 'Clobber College' that 8th AF imbedded in each of the operational Groups to transition from Goxhill, Atcham, Cheddington and Halesworth Transition schools?

The 355th had on base at Steeple Morden two 2 seat mod Mustangs, an AT-6 for transition training plus an A-35 and A-20 for Tow Target ships . to teach the newly arrived pilots a more refined set of operational skills after Goxhill. The A-35 and A-20 ships were rotated out to 2AD to serve all of the 65th Fighter wing gunnery training.

What was the operational focus and support doctrine for LW pre-combat/post advanced flight school Gunnery and tactics training?