title: General der Flakartillerie
text: # General der Flakartillerie
  
  General der Flakartillerie (en: General of anti-aircraft artillery) was a General of the branch rank of the 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.
  
  ## List of officers who were General der Flakartillerie
  
  * A
  * B
  * D
  * G
  * H
  * O
  * P
  * R
  * S
  * W
  * Z
  
  ## 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 a General 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)
  