General of the Air Force

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Badge of rank until 1945


Air Force General (OF8)

Air Force General was a military rank in the Wehrmacht . It corresponded to that of a general in the infantry . It was only awarded twice within the Luftwaffe in 1942 and thus represents a special case within the ranking system. The reason was that the Luftwaffe lieutenant generals to be promoted could not be clearly assigned to any type of weapon (aviators, anti-aircraft cartillery, air intelligence forces) Solution resorted to.

Officers in this rank

Surname Life dates appointment Remarks
Wilhelm Schubert 1879-1972 July 1, 1942 Expert in war economics and armaments. Head of the Armed Forces Staff East , then head of the replacement and training inspection of the Air Force
Walther Wecke 1885-1943 December 1, 1942 First commander of Hermann Göring's police staff guard, from which air force ground attack troops later developed. Most recently, he was in command of the "Protection Zone Slovakia" and the Malacky Air Force Training Area.

literature

  • Reinhard Stumpf: The Wehrmacht Elite - Rank and Origin Structure of German Generals and Admirals 1933–1945 , Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard / Rhein 1982. ISBN 3-7646-1815-9
  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: The Generals of the Air Force 1935-1945 (3 vol.), Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1991. 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. ↑ Reinhard Stumpf: The Wehrmacht Elite - Rank and Structure of Origin of German Generals and Admirals 1933-1945 , Boppard / Rhein 1982, p. 172.