General der Luftwaffe () was a General of the branch rank of the Deutsche Luftwaffe () 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 Luftwaffesenior 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 1879–1972 July 1, 1942 Expert of war economy and armament 1885–1943 December 1, 1942 First commanding officer of the Hermann Görings police Stabswache
See also General of the branch Military ranks of the Luftwaffe (1935–45)
Literature Reinhard Stumpf: Die Wehrmacht-Elite - Rang und Herkunftsstruktur der deutschen Generale und Admirale 1933–1945, Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard/Rhein 1982. Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: Die Generale der Luftwaffe 1935–1945 (3 Bde.), Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1991.