Luftwaffe Ranks Equivalents and Abbreviations

Luftwaffe	Officer Candidate	USAAF	RAF
Flieger	-	Private	Aircraftman Second Class
Gefreiter	-	Private First Class	Aircraftman First Class
Obergefreiter	-	Corporal	Leading Aircraftman
Hauptgefreiter	-	Sergeant	-
Unteroffizier	-	Staff Sergeant	Corporal
Unterfeldwebel	Fahnenjunker	-	-
Feldwebel	Fähnrich	Technical Sergeant	Sergeant
Oberfeldwebel	Oberfähnrich	Master Sergeant	Flight Sergeant
Hauptfeldwebel	-	Flight Officer	Warrant Officer
Leutnant	-	Second Lieutenant	Pilot Officer
Oberleutnant	-	First Lieutenant	Flying Officer
Hauptmann	-	Captain	Flight Lieutenant
Major	-	Major	Squadron Leader
Oberstleutnant	-	Lieutenant Colonel	Wing Commander
Oberst	-	Colonel	Group Captain
Generalmajor	-	Brigadier General	Air Commodore
Generalleutnant	-	Major General	Air Vice Marshal
General der Flieger	-	Lieutenant General	Air Marshal
Generaloberst	-	General (4 star)	Air Chief Marshal
Generalfeldmarschall	-	General (5 star)	Marshal of the R.A.F.
Reichsmarschall	-	-	-

Commisioned Officers Field Grade	Abbreviation
Reichsmarschall	RM
Generalfeldmarschall	GFM
Generaloberst	Genobst.
General der Flieger	Gen. der Flg.
Generalleutnant	Genlt.
Generalmajor	Genmaj.
Oberst	Obst.
Oberstleutnant	Obstlt.
Major	Maj.
Commisioned Officers
Hauptmann	Hptm.
Oberleutnant	Oblt.
Leutnant	Lt.
Warrant Officers
Stabsfeldwebel	Stabsfw.
Oberfähnrich	Ofhr.
Non-commisioned Officers
Hauptfeldwebel	Hptfw.
Oberfeldwebel	Obfw.
Fähnrich/Fahnenjunker	Fhr.
Feldwebel	Fw.
Unterfeldwebel	Ufw.
Unteroffizier	Uffz.
Enlisted Ranks
Hauptgefreiter	Hptgefr.
Obergefreiter	Ogefr.
Gefreiter	Gefr.
Flieger	Flg.

This webpage was updated 25^th June 2013

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