General der Flakartillerie

General der Flakartillerie () 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 (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 Flakartilleriesenior 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.

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 (1872-1943)

H (1887-1969) (1891-1977) (1883-1979) (1887-1969)

O Job Odebrecht (1892-1982)

P Wolfgang Pickert (1897-1984)

R Richard Reimann (1892-1970) (1891-1968) (1891-1977) Karl von Roques (1880-1949) (Reentered the Wehrmacht as a General der Infanterie) Günther Rüdel (1883-1950) (later promoted to Generaloberst) (1885-1947)

S August Schmidt (1883-1955) Ludwig von Schröder (1884-1941)

W Hubert Weise (1884-1950) (later promoted to Generaloberst) (1892-1951)

Z (1883-1945)

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