General der Luftnachrichtentruppe (en: General of air force communications troops) was a General of the branch rank of the Deutsche 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.
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 RankGeneralleutnant(German officer rank)General der Luftnachrichtentruppesenior RankGeneraloberst
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.
Officers in this rank
Name Dates of life Promotion Remark Friedrich Fahnert 1879–1964 April 1, 1945 higher commander of the Luftnachrichtenstab in Halle (Saale) Wolfgang Martini 1891–1963 1941 expert to German radar technology Walter Surén 1880–1976 January 30, 1945 Signals-Leader of the Luftwaffe in the RLM
See also
Comparative officer ranks of World War II
References Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: Teil II Die Generale der Luftwaffe 1935–1945, Biblio-Verlag Osnabrück 1991, 3 Bände (German language),