- Paul Deichmann
Infobox Military Person
name=Paul Deichmann
born=birth date|1898|8|27|df=y
died=death date and age|1981|1|10|1898|8|27|df=y
placeofbirth=Fulda
placeofdeath=Hamburg
caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German EmpireGerman Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|GermanyWeimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
branch=Heer Luftwaffe
serviceyears=1916-1945
rank=General der Flieger
commands=II./KG 253
II. Fliegerkorps
1. Fliegerdivision
18. Fliegerdivision
Luftwaffenkommando 4
unit=
battles=World War I World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=Bundeswehr Paul Deichmann (27 August 1898 – 10 January 1981) was a German
World War II Luftwaffe general and recipient of theKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross ."General der Flieger" Paul Deichmann was born in
Fulda on 27 August 1898. He entered the German Imperial Army as a "Fähnrich " in the 86th Regiment of Fusiliers on 29 March 1916, and was commissioned a "Leutnant " a week prior to his eighteenth birthday. In the following August he began service with flying units as an observer, and continued this duty to the end ofWorld War I .Towards the end of 1920 he transferred to the 3rd Prussian Infantry Regiment, and in April 1925 was promoted to "
Oberleutnant ". He was temporarily released from the Army in 1928 and returned to active duty in 1931 with the 1st Infantry Regiment, and was promoted to "Hauptmann " in 1933. With the official establishment of the German "Luftwaffe " in 1934, he entered theReich Air Ministry .Paul Deichmann died on 10 January 1981 in
Hamburg .Awards
*
Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
* "Preußisches Flugzeugbeobachter-Abzeichen"
*Hanseatic Cross Hamburg
*Wound Badge (1918) in Black
*Cross of Honor
* Wehrmacht-Long Service Award 4t to 1st Class
* Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
*German Cross in Gold (20 April 1942)
*Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (26 March 1944)References
* Deichmann, Paul. "Spearhead for Blitzkrieg Luftwaffe Operations in Support of the Army, 1939 - 1945". New York: Ivy Book, 1996. ISBN 0-8041-1695-4.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
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