General der Flakartillerie

General of the Anti-aircraft Artillery General der Flakartillerie
Collar patch and flying suit insignia
Luftwaffe shoulder board
Country	Nazi Germany
Service branch	Luftwaffe
Rank	Three-star
NATOrank code	OF-8
Non-NATOrank	O-9
Formation	1939
Abolished	1945
Next higher rank	Generaloberst
Next lower rank	Generalleutnant
Equivalent ranks	See list

General der Flakartillerie(en:General of anti-aircraft artillery) was aGeneral of the branchrank of theLuftwaffe(en: German Air Force) in Nazi Germany. Until the end ofWorld War IIin 1945, this particular general officer rank was onthree-starlevel (OF-8), equivalent to a USLieutenant 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 theGeneral of the branchranks of theHeer(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) General der Flakartillerie

senior Rank Generaloberst

Other services

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

• Admiralof theKriegsmarine,equivalent to (USVice admiral) and
• SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SSin theWaffen-SS.

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 aGeneral 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

• General (Germany)

References

• Horst-Adalbert Koch: Flak - Die Geschichte der deutschen Flakartillerie und der Einsatz der Luftwaffenhelfer, 2. Auflage, Podzun Verlag, Bad Nauheim 1965