General der Luftwaffe

General der Luftwaffe
(General of the air force)

Rank insignia of the Luftwaffe

General der Luftwaffe (en: General of the air force) was a General of the branch rank of the Deutsche Luftwaffe (en: German Air Force) in Nazi Germany. Until the end of WW2 in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on three-star level (OF-8), equivalent to a US Lieutenant general.

The General of the branch ranks of the Luftwaffe were in 1945:

The rank was equivalent to the General of the branch ranks of the Heer (Army) as follows:

junior Rank
Generalleutnant

(German officer rank)
General der Luftwaffe

senior Rank
Generaloberst

The rank was also equivalent to the German three-star ranks:

Officers in this rank

Name	Dates of life	Promotion	Remark
Wilhelm Schubert	1879–1972	July 1, 1942	Expert of war economy and armament
Walther Wecke	1885–1943	December 1, 1942	First commanding officer of the Hermann Görings police Stabswache

Reinhard Stumpf: Die Wehrmacht-Elite - Rang und Herkunftsstruktur der deutschen Generale und Admirale 1933–1945, Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard/Rhein 1982. ISBN 3-7646-1815-9
Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: Die Generale der Luftwaffe 1935–1945 (3 Bde.), Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1991. ISBN 376481701-1

German General der ... ranks (by type of weapon branch) of the Wehrmacht (1935–1945)

Heer	General der ... Artillerie Gebirgstruppe Infanterie Kavallerie Nachrichtentruppe Panzertruppe Pioniere Generaloberstabsarzt

Luftwaffe	General der ... Fallschirmtruppe Flakartillerie Flieger Luftnachrichtentruppe Luftwaffe

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.