General der Luftwaffe
# General der Luftwaffe

General der Luftwaffe (en: General of the air force) 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 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

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Wilhelm Schubert [de] | 1879–1972 | July 1, 1942 | Expert of war economy and armament |
| Walther Wecke [de] | 1885–1943 | December 1, 1942 | First commanding officer of the Hermann Görings police Stabswache |
