General of the anti-aircraft artillery

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General of the anti-aircraft artillery (OF8)

General of the flak cartillery was a military rank, or a rank of the Wehrmacht . It corresponded to the rank of a general and was usually intended for the commanding general of an anti-aircraft corps within the Wehrmacht Air Force . The rank was introduced with the mobilization in 1939 with the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force. The first person in this position was the later Colonel General Günther Rüdel .

Officers in this rank

Surname Life dates appointment Last activity performed End of service
Schröder, Ludwig von 1884-1941 April 1, 1939 Military Commander Serbia † July 28, 1941
Roques, Karl von 1880-1949 June 30, 1939 President of the Reichsluftschutzbund (granted the character of general of the anti-aircraft artillery when saying goodbye) March 31, 1943
Hirschhauer, Friedrich 1883-1979 August 1, 1939 President of the Reich Air Protection Association April 30, 1945
Ruggera, Camillo 1885-1947 December 1, 1940 Inspector of the defense replacement inspection in Düsseldorf November 30, 1942
Grimme, Hugo 1872-1943 January 1, 1941 General of the flak artillery at the Reich Minister of Aviation and Commander in Chief of the Air Force (General der Flakartillerie zV) May 31, 1943
Zenetti, Emil 1883-1945 February 1, 1941 Commanding General and Commander in Luftgau VII (Munich) End of war
Schmidt, August 1883-1955 July 1, 1941 Commanding General of the Flak Corps e.g. V. End of war
Haubold, Alfred 1887-1969 October 1, 1941 Commanding General and Commander in Luftgau III (Berlin) September 30, 1943
Weissmann, Eugene 1892-1951 June 1, 1942 Commanding general and commander in the Luftgau western France April 30, 1945
Heilingbrunner, Friedrich 1891-1977 July 1, 1942 Commanding general and commander in Luftgau XII (Wiesbaden) February 28, 1945
Hoffmann, Gerhard 1887-1969 December 1, 1942 Commanding General and Commander in Luftgau III (Berlin) April 30, 1945
Odebrecht, job 1892-1982 December 1, 1942 Commanding general of the II Flak Corps End of war
Renz, Otto Wilhelm von 1891-1961 February 1, 1943 Commanding general of the 5th Flak Corps End of war
Judge, Helmut 1891-1977 February 1, 1944 Commanding general of the anti-aircraft artillery with the Commander in Chief of the western fortifications End of war
Axthelm, Walther von 1893-1972 April 1, 1944 General of anti-aircraft training End of war
Reimann, Richard 1892-1970 August 2, 1944 Commanding general of the I. Flak Corps End of war
Burchard, Heinrich 1893-1945 September 1, 1944 General of the anti-aircraft artillery z. b. V. to the Reichsmarschall † April 11, 1945
Pickert, Wolfgang 1897-1984 March 1, 1945 General of the Flakwaffe in the Air Force High Command End of war

literature

  • Horst-Adalbert Koch: Flak. The history of the German anti-aircraft cartillery and the deployment of air force helpers. 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition. Podzun, Bad Nauheim 1965.
  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrand: The generals of the German air force. 1935-1945. The military careers of the aviator, anti-aircraft cartillery, paratrooper, air intelligence and engineer officers, including doctors, judges, intendants and ministerial officials in the general rank (= Germany's generals and admirals. Tl. 2). 3 volumes. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1990–1992, ISBN 3-7648-1701-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BROCKHAUS, The Encyclopedia in 24 Volumes (1796-2001), Volume 19: 3-7653-3679-3, p. 507 Definition: Difference shoulder piece / epaulette
  2. ^ Jörn Hasenclever: Wehrmacht and occupation policy in the Soviet Union. The commanders of the rear army areas 1941–1943. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2010, ISBN 978-3-506-76709-7 , p. 103, (At the same time: Münster, University, dissertation, 2007: Failed provisional. ).
  3. ^ Otto Wilhelm von Renz . In: Der Spiegel . No. 19 , 1954 ( online ).
  4. ^ Karl-Heinz Hummel: The German flak cartillery 1935-1945. Your major formations and regiments . VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken 2010, ISBN 978-3-86619-048-1 , p. 38-39 .