General der Flieger
General der Flieger was a General of the branch rank of the Luftwaffe in Nazi Germany. Until the end of World War II in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on three-star level, 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
;Heer:
- General of artillery
- General of mountain troops
- General of infantry
- General of cavalry
- General of the communications troops
- General of panzer troops
- General of engineers
- General of the medical corps
- General of the veterinary corps
The rank was also equivalent to the German three-star ranks:
- Admiral of the Kriegsmarine, equivalent to and
- SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS in the Waffen-SS.
junior Rank Generalleutnant | General der Flieger | senior Rank Generaloberst |
List of officers who were General der Flieger
A
- Alexander Andrae
B
- Karl Barlen
- Hellmuth Bieneck
- Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz
- Walter Boenicke
- Rudolf Bogatsch
- Alfred Bülowius
C
- Friedrich Christiansen
- Friedrich Cochenhausen
- Joachim Coeler
D
- Heinrich Danckelmann
- Paul Deichmann
- Egon Doerstling
- Eduard Dransfeld
- Karl Drum
E
- Karl Eberth
F
- Hellmuth Felmy
- Martin Fiebig
- Johannes Fink
- Veit Fischer
- Helmuth Förster
- Stefan Fröhlich
- Heribert Fütterer
G
- Hans Geisler
- Ulrich Grauert later promoted to Generaloberst
H
- Wilhelm Haehnelt
- Hans Halm
- Friedrich-Carl Hanesse
- Willi Harmjanz
- Otto Hoffmann von Waldau
J
- Hans Jeschonnek, then a Generaloberst
K
- Josef Kammhuber
- Erich Karlewski
- Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf
- Leonhard Kaupisch
- Albert Kesselring later promoted to Generalfeldmarschall
- Ulrich Kessler
- Karl Kitzinger
- Waldemar Klepke
- Robert Knauss
- Karl Koller
- Werner Kreipe
L
- Otto Langemeyer
- Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen
M
- Alfred Mahnke
- Wilhelm Mayer
- Rudolf Meister
- Erhard Milch later promoted to Generalfeldmarschall
- Max Mohr
- Walter Musshoff
P
- Erich Petersen
- Kurt Pflugbeil
- Maximilian Ritter von Pohl
- Richard Putzier
Q
- Erich Quade
R
- Georg Rieke
- Hans Ritter
S
- Hugo Schmidt
- Wilhelm Schubert
- Julius Schulz
- Karl Friedrich Schweickhard
- Hans-Georg von Seidel
- Hans Seidemann
- Hans Siburg
- Wilhelm Speidel
V
- Albert Vierling
W
- Bernhard Waber
- Walther Wecke
- Rudolf Wenninger
- Helmuth Wilberg
- Wilhelm Wimmer
- Bodo von Witzendorff
- Ludwig Wolff
Z
- Konrad Zander