General der Luftnachrichtentruppe

General der Luftnachrichtentruppe
(General of air force communications corps)

shoulder board

collar patches

Rank insignia of the Luftwaffe

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 the anti-aircraft artillery
• General of the aviators
• General der Luftnachrichtentruppe / 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 Rank Generalleutnant

(German officer rank) General der Luftnachrichtentruppe

senior Rank Generaloberst

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

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), ISBN 376481701-1