Air Force Generals - Lexicon of the Armed Forces

Generals of the flyer / flak /

Paratroops / air signal corps of the German

Luftwaffe

Name Rank seniority Remark

Hermann Goering First March 1935 was Colonel-General

Karl Eberth 31st August 1935Character Air General in the adoption and later the

army zV, 31 January 1943 repealed

Edmund WachenfeldFirst October

1935

4th Resigned in February 1938, and later General of

Artillery

Hans HalmFirst October

1935


the Infantry

Leonhard KaupischFirst December

1935


Artillery

Erhard Milch First April 1936 was Colonel-General

Hugo Grimme 30th April 1936General character of the flak in the adoption, later

zV 31st, May 1943 repealed

Otto von StuelpnagelFirst October

1936

Excreted end of March 1939, and later General of

the Infantry

Konrad ZanderFirst October

1936End of February 1939 resigned, later reconvened

Albert Kesselring First June 1937 GFM was directly

Hugo SperrleFirst November

1937GFM was directly

Helmuth FelmyFirst February

1938released in January 1940, but May in 1941 set

Dr. hc Friedrich von

Cochenhausen

28th February

1938

Character Air General in the adoption, in the army

and later zV General of Artillery, 31 May 1942

repealed

Helmuth Wilberg 31st March 1938Character Air General in the adoption, September

1940 accident correct Air General, November 1941

Karl Schweickhard First June 1938released 30th September 1939, the day after but

reconvened

Erich Karlewski 31st August 1938

Air General character died in the adoption, in 1945

deported by the Soviets after 1947 and there

Mühlberg

Günther RüdelFirst October

1938was Colonel-General

Hans-Jürgen StumpffFirst November


Hellmuth VolkmannFirst January

1939

1939 for the army and there Infantry General

became, in 1940, died after accident

Waldemar KlepkeFirst January

1939

30th Released April 1939, but reconvened in

mobilization

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Friedrich ChristiansenFirst January

1939long armed forces commander Netherlands

Bodo von WitzendorfFirst February

1939released November 1942, died in 1943

Ludwig von Schroeder First April 1939 killed in plane crash in 1941

Alfred Keller First April 1939 was Colonel-General

Bernhard cooling First April 1939 dismissed 31st October 1943

Alexander Lohr First April 1939 was Colonel-General

Karl von Roques 30th June 1939

General character of the flak died in passing, later

with character as general of the infantry in the army

reinstated December 1949 Allied prisoners of war

Friedrich Hirschauer First August 1939 released 30th April 1945

Hermann von der Lieth-

ThomsenFirst August 1939 died summer 1942

Karl KitzingerFirst October

1939long armed forces commander Ukraine

Hubert wayFirst October


Ulrich GrauertFirst October


William WimmerFirst October

1939-

Udet First April 1940 was Colonel-General

Hans Geisler 19th July 1940 dismissed 31st October 1942

Wolfram von Richthofen 19th July 1940 was Colonel-General

Robert Ritter von Greim 19th July 1940 was Colonel-General

Hans Jeschonnek 19th July 1940 was Colonel-General

Bruno Loerzer 19th July 1940 was Colonel-General

Kurt Student 19th July 1940 was Colonel-General

Erich QuadeFirst September

1940zV 31st, October 1944 dismissed

Eduard DransfeldFirst October

1940zV 31st, May 1943 dismissed

Rudolf WenningerFirst November

1940died in March 1945

Kamillo RuggeraFirst December

1940Adopted November 1942, died in early 1947

William MayerFirst February

194131st May 1944 dismissed

Ludwig WolffFirst February

1941

entire war period used as the Commanding General

of the XI Luftgau

Emil ZenettiFirst February

1941

came in the fall of 1944 to the hospital, died in June

1945 in this

Max Mohr First April 1941 30th November 1942 dismissed

Heinrich Danckelmann First April 194128th Released in February 1942, kidnapped in 1945

and executed in 1947 in Belgrade


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Hugo Schmidt First April 1941since 1938 inspector of the army recruiting

inspection Schwerin, 30 November 1942 dismissed

August Schmidt First July 1941

sentenced after the war by British occupiers to life

imprisonment, released in 1950 because of health

reasons, died in 1955

Rudolf Bogatsch First July 1941 -

Hellmuth Bieneck First July 1941 released on 31 December 1944

Alexander Andrae First July 1941

released on 31 May 1943, released in 1945 as a

general of artillery in the army in 1947 in Greece to

life imprisonment, in early 1952 already

Helmuth Förster First July 1941 -

Karl Bodenschatz First July 1941Since 1938, a liaison officer between Hitler and

Goering

Gustav Kastner Kirdorf First July 1941 Suicide in May 1945

Karl-Siegfried GossrauFirst September

1941released on 31 December 1944

Wolfgang Martini20th September

1941-

Alfred HauboldFirst October

1941dismissed on 30 September 1943

Joachim CoelerFirst January

1942-

Otto DeßlochFirst January


Wilhelm SpeidelFirst January

1942-

Hans-Georg von SeidelFirst January

1942

1938 to September 1944, Quartermaster General of

the Air Force

Maximilian Ritter von PohlFirst February

1942-

Kurt PflugbeilFirst February

1942to 1954, died in Russian captivity, 1955

Bernard Waber First March 1942 6th Hanged in February 1945 in Berlin-Spandau

Wilhelm Haehnelt First March 1942

31st Released March 1942, the war dragged on into

the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and died

there in 1946

Hans Ritter First April 1942released on 31 January 1945, then deported to

Russia, 1955 released

Hans Siburg First April 1942 -

Albert Vierling First June 1942 dismissed on 30 April 1945

Egon Doerstling First June 1942 1938 to 1943 in the RLM

Walter Sommé First June 1942 released on 31 December 1944

Veit Fischer First June 1942 to 1955 in a Russian POW camp

Dr. Eugene White man First June 1942 dismissed on 30 April 1945

Dr. rer. pol William Schubert First July 1942 released on 31 December 1942

Friedrich Heilingbrunner First July 1942 28 February 1945 dismissed

Richard Putzier First July 1942 changed on 28 February 1945 the army


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Willy HarmjanzFirst October

1942

dismissed on 30 April 1945, then deported to Russia,

returning in 1950

Erich PetersenFirst November

19421945 to 1950 in French captivity

Walter MusshoffFirst November

1942Judges of the Reich Court Martial

Julius SchulzFirst December

1942dismissed on 30 April 1945

Gerhard HoffmannFirst December

1942dismissed on 30 April 1945

Job OdebrechtFirst December

1942-

Walter WeckeFirst December

1942

zV dismissed on 30 November 1942, after zV until

end of March 1943, died in December 1943

Josef KammhuberFirst January

1943later Chief of German Air Force

Günther KortenFirst January

1943was posthumously Colonel General

Otto Hoffmann von WaldauFirst January

1943killed in plane crash in May 1943

Otto RenzFirst February

1943-

Martin Fiebig First March 1943Delivered in 1946 after Yugoslavia and executed in

the fall of 1947 in Belgrade

Alfred Schlemm First March 1943 -

Stefan Fröhlich First July 1943 dismissed on 30 April 1945

Alfred MahnckeFirst September

1943-

Friedrich Karl HanesseFirst January

19441940-1944 Air Force general Paris

Helmut RichterFirst February

1944-

Dr. Robert Knauss First March 1944 -

Walther von Axthelm First April 1944from early 1942 to 1945, and Inspector General of

the Flak

Ing Johannes Fink First April 1944 -

Eugen Meindl First April 1944 -

Karl Barlen First April 1944died until the fall of 1955 in Russian captivity, spring

1956

Otto Langemeyer First May 1944 31st Adopted in May 1944

Richard Reimann First May 1944by the Americans in Russia delivered, Autumn 1955

released back

Bruno Bräuer First June 1944deported to British prisoners of war in Greece and

there in the spring of 1947

First July 1944

Charles Drum First July 1944 28th February 1945 dismissed

Karl Koller First August 1944 -


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Ulrich KesslerFirst September

1944-

Ernst MüllerFirst September

1944

Released in 1947 a prisoner of war, in 1948 car

accident came

Ing Heinrich BurchardFirst September

1944Suicide in April 1945

Rudolf MeisterFirst September

1944-

Werner KreipeFirst September

1944-

Bernhard RamckeFirst September

1944-

Richard HeidrichFirst October

1944Died December 1947

Alfred BülowiusFirst December

1944-

Paul ConrathFirst January

1945-

Walter Surén30th January

194528th February 1945 dismissed

Walter Boenicke First March 1945 Spring 1947 suicide in captivity westalliierter

George Rieke First March 1945 -

Wolfgang Pickert First March 1945 -

Paul Deichmann First March 1945 -

Hans Seidemann First March 1945 -

Friedrich Fahnert First April 1945 -

Heribert Fütterer 20th April 1945 1938 - 1944 attache at the embassy in Hungary


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