title: General der Luftnachrichtentruppe
text: # General der Luftnachrichtentruppe
  
  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 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Friedrich Fahnert | 1879–1964 | April 1, 1945 | higher commander of the Luftnachrichtenstab in Halle (Saale) |
  | Wolfgang Martini | 1891–1963 | 1941 | expert to German radar technology |
  | Walter Surén | 1880–1976 | January 30, 1945 | Signals-Leader of the Luftwaffe in the RLM |
  