General der Flieger
General der Flieger was a General of the branch rank of the Luftwaffe in Nazi Germany. Until the end of World War II in 1945, this particular general officer rank was on three-star level, 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
;Heer:
- General of artillery
- General of mountain troops
- General of infantry
- General of cavalry
- General of the communications troops
- General of panzer troops
- General of engineers
- General of the medical corps
- General of the veterinary corps
The rank was also equivalent to the German three-star ranks:
- Admiral of the Kriegsmarine, equivalent to and
- SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS in the Waffen-SS.
| junior Rank Generalleutnant | General der Flieger | senior Rank Generaloberst |
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- Hans Geisler
- Ulrich Grauert later promoted to Generaloberst
- Adolf Galland
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- Hans Jeschonnek, then a Generaloberst
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- Josef Kammhuber
- Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf
- Leonhard Kaupisch
- Albert Kesselring later promoted to Generalfeldmarschall
- Ulrich Kessler
- Karl Koller
- Werner Kreipe
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- Rudolf Meister
- Erhard Milch later promoted to Generalfeldmarschall