Paul Deichmann

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Paul Deichmann (born August 27, 1898 in Fulda , † January 10, 1981 in Hamburg ) was a German officer , most recently General der Flieger in World War II .

Life

origin

Deichmann was the son of a nursery owner . The paternal grandfather died as a Prussian captain as a result of the Franco-German War .

Military career

After visiting the Cadet Corps during the First World War , he joined the Fusilier Regiment "Queen" (Schleswig-Holstein) No. 86 of the Prussian Army on March 29, 1916 as an ensign . In July 1917 Deichmann joined the air force as a lieutenant and trained as an observer there. After the end of the war he joined a Freikorps fighting in Courland , was accepted into the Reichswehr in May 1920 and was initially active there as a platoon leader in the 3rd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment . On October 31, 1928, he officially resigned from the Reichswehr in order to work until 1931 at the training airbase, which is secretly operated by the Reichswehr , near the Russian city of Lipetsk . In April 1931 he returned to Germany and was reactivated as a company commander in the Reichswehr . From October 1933 Deichmann initially worked in the Reich Aviation Ministry before he switched to the newly established Air Force on April 1, 1934 .

At the beginning of the Second World War, he was Chief of Staff at the Air Force Training Department in the Reich Aviation Ministry. From June 20, 1940, he became Chief of Staff of the Second Air Corps.

Awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on March 26, 1944, he was promoted to lieutenant general on May 20, 1944 . Towards the end of the war he took over command of Luftwaffenkommando 4 and was promoted to General der Flieger on April 20, 1945 .

From June 15, 1945 Deichmann was in American captivity , from which he was released on December 22, 1947.

In the 1950s he worked on several studies for the USAF on the German Air Force .

Awards

Works

  • The boss in the background. A life as a soldier from the Prussian army to the Bundeswehr. Stalling 1979. ISBN 3-7979-1358-3 .

literature

  • 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 with the rank of general. Volume 1: AG. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1991. ISBN 3-7648-2207-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhard Stumpf : The Wehrmacht Elite. Structure of rank and origin of the German generals and admirals 1933–1945. (Military history studies). Harald Boldt Verlag. Boppard am Rhein 1982. ISBN 3-7646-1815-9 . P. 272.
  2. ↑ a b c d Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1924. p. 190.
  3. ↑ a b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 268.
personal data
SURNAME Deichmann, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and general of the aviators
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Fulda
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1981
Place of death Hamburg