 Foreign Secretary John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon was visiting Berlin at the time, and though the "Richthofen" group was the only such fighter unit in the Luftwaffe, the Nazis were sure to exaggerate the size of their air force to the press and British officials.Hitler told Simon personally that the Luftwaffe had reached numerical parity with the Royal Air Force.A flypast was arranged for 19 March and on 10 April 1936 the unit was used to celebrate Göring's marriage.