General der Flakartillerie
General der Flakartillerie (en: General of anti-aircraft artillery) was a General of the branch rank of the Luftwaffe (en: German Air Force) in Nazi Germany. Until the end of World War II in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on three-star level (OF-8), equivalent to a US Lieutenant general.
| General of the Anti-aircraft Artillery General der Flakartillerie | |
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| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Nazi Germany |
| Service branch | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Luftwaffe |
| Rank | Three-star |
| NATO rank code | OF-8 |
| Non-NATO rank | O-9 |
| Formation | 1939 |
| Abolished | 1945 |
| Next higher rank | Generaloberst |
| Next lower rank | Generalleutnant |
| Equivalent ranks | See list |
The "General of the branch" ranks of the Luftwaffe were in 1945:
- General of parachute troops
- General of anti-aircraft artillery
- General of the aviators
- General of air force communications troops
- General of the air force
The rank was equivalent to the General of the branch ranks of the Heer (army) as follows:
- Heer
- General of artillery
- General of mountain troops
- General of infantry
- General of cavalry
- General of the communications troops
- General of panzer troops (armoured troops)
- General of engineers
- General of the medical corps
- General of the veterinary corps
| junior Rank Generalleutnant |
(German officer rank) |
senior Rank Generaloberst |
- Other services
The rank was also equivalent to the German three-star ranks:
- Admiral of the Kriegsmarine, equivalent to (US Vice admiral) and
- SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS in the Waffen-SS.
List of officers who were General der Flakartillerie
A
- Walther von Axthelm (1893-1972)
B
- Heinrich Burchard (1894-1945)
D
- Otto Deßloch (1889-1977) (later promoted to Generaloberst)
G
- Hugo Grimme (1872-1943)
H
- Alfred Haubold (1887-1969)
- Friedrich Heilingbrunner (1891-1977)
- Friedrich Hirschhauer (1883-1979)
- Gerhard Hoffmann (1887-1969)
O
- Job Odebrecht (1892-1982)
P
- Wolfgang Pickert (1897-1984)
R
- Richard Reimann (1892-1970)
- Otto Wilhelm von Renz (1891-1968)
- Helmut Richter (1891-1977)
- Karl von Roques (1880-1949) (Reentered the Wehrmacht as a General der Infanterie)
- Günther Rüdel (1883-1950) (later promoted to Generaloberst)
- Camillo Ruggera (1885-1947)
S
- August Schmidt (1883-1955)
- Ludwig von Schröder (1884-1941)
W
- Hubert Weise (1884-1950) (later promoted to Generaloberst)
- Eugen Weissmann (1892-1951)
Z
- Emil Zenetti (1883-1945)
See also
References
- Horst-Adalbert Koch: Flak - Die Geschichte der deutschen Flakartillerie und der Einsatz der Luftwaffenhelfer, 2. Auflage, Podzun Verlag, Bad Nauheim 1965
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