title: General der Flieger
text: # General der Flieger
  
  General der Flieger (English: General of the aviators) was a General of the branch rank of the Luftwaffe (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 Flieger
  
  * A
  * B
  * C
  * D
  * E
  * F
  * G
  * H
  * J
  * K
  * L
  * M
  * P
  * Q
  * R
  * S
  * V
  * W
  * Z
  
  ## A
  
  * Alexander Andrae (1888–1979)
  
  ## B
  
  * Karl Barlen (1890–1956)
  * Hellmuth Bieneck (1887–1972)
  * Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz (1890–1979)
  * Walter Boenicke (1895–1947)
  * Rudolf Bogatsch (1891–1970)
  * Alfred Bülowius (1892–1968)
  
  ## C
  
  * Friedrich Christiansen (1879–1972)
  * Friedrich Cochenhausen (1879–1946)
  * Joachim Coeler (1891–1955)
  
  ## D
  
  * Heinrich Danckelmann (1887–1947)
  * Paul Deichmann (1898–1981)
  * Egon Doerstling (1890–1965)
  * Eduard Dransfeld (1883–1964)
  * Karl Drum (1893–1968)
  
  ## E
  
  * Karl Eberth (1877–1952)
  
  ## F
  
  * Hellmuth Felmy (1885–1965)
  * Martin Fiebig (1891–1947)
  * Johannes Fink (1895–1981)
  * Veit Fischer (1890–1966)
  * Helmuth Förster (1889–1965)
  * Stefan Fröhlich (1889–1978)
  * Heribert Fütterer (1894–1963)
  
  ## G
  
  * Hans Geisler (1891–1966)
  * Ulrich Grauert (1889–1941) later promoted to Generaloberst
  
  ## H
  
  * Wilhelm Haehnelt (1875–1946)
  * Hans Halm (1879–1957)
  * Friedrich-Carl Hanesse (1892–1975)
  * Willi Harmjanz (1893–1983)
  * Otto Hoffmann von Waldau (1898–1943)
  
  ## J
  
  * Hans Jeschonnek (1899–1943), then a Generaloberst (1942)
  
  ## K
  
  * Josef Kammhuber (1896–1986)
  * Erich Karlewski (1874–1947)
  * Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf (1881–1945)
  * Leonhard Kaupisch (1878–1945)
  * Albert Kesselring (1885–1960) later promoted to Generalfeldmarschall
  * Ulrich Kessler (1894–1983)
  * Karl Kitzinger (1886–1962)
  * Waldemar Klepke (1882–1945)
  * Robert Knauss (1892–1955)
  * Karl Koller (1898–1951)
  * Werner Kreipe (1904–1967)
  
  ## L
  
  * Otto Langemeyer (1883–1950)
  * Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen (1867–1942)
  
  ## M
  
  * Alfred Mahnke (1888–1979)
  * Wilhelm Mayer (1886–1950)
  * Rudolf Meister (1897–1958)
  * Erhard Milch (1892–1972) later promoted to Generalfeldmarschall
  * Max Mohr (1884–1966)
  * Walter Musshoff (1885–1971)
  
  ## P
  
  * Erich Petersen (1889–1963)
  * Kurt Pflugbeil (1890–1955)
  * Maximilian Ritter von Pohl (1893–1951)
  * Richard Putzier (1890–1979)
  
  ## Q
  
  * Erich Quade (1883–1959)
  
  ## R
  
  * Georg Rieke (1894–1970)
  * Hans Ritter (1893–1991)
  
  ## S
  
  * Hugo Schmidt (1885–1964)
  * Wilhelm Schubert (1879–1972)
  * Julius Schulz (1889–1975)
  * Karl Friedrich Schweickhard (1883–1968)
  * Hans-Georg von Seidel (1891–1955)
  * Hans Seidemann (1902–1967)
  * Hans Siburg (1893–1976)
  * Wilhelm Speidel (1895–1970)
  
  ## V
  
  * Albert Vierling (1887–1969)
  
  ## W
  
  * Bernhard Waber (1884–1945)
  * Walther Wecke (1885–1943)
  * Rudolf Wenninger (1890–1945)
  * Helmuth Wilberg (1880–1941)
  * Wilhelm Wimmer (1889–1973)
  * Bodo von Witzendorff (1876–1943)
  * Ludwig Wolff (1886–1950)
  
  ## Z
  
  * Konrad Zander (1883–1947)
  