General der Luftnachrichtentruppe

General der Luftnachrichtentruppe
(General of air force communications troops)

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 WW2 in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on tree-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

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

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