Paul-Friedrich Darjes

Paul-Friedrich Darjes
Born	20 March 1911 Berlin
Died	20 February 1989(1989-02-20) (aged 77) Bad Schwartau
Allegiance	Weimar Republic Nazi Germany West Germany
Service/branch	Heer Luftwaffe
Years of service	1931–45 1956–69
Rank	Oberstleutnant i.G (Wehrmacht) Oberst i.G (Bundeswehr)
Commands held	ZG 1
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Paul-Friedrich Darjes (20 March 1911 – 20 February 1989) was an officer] in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe on 20 July 1942 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 October 1942 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Schlachtgeschwader 1^[2]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Preceded by Oberstleutnant Ralph von Rettberg	Geschwaderkommodore of Zerstörergeschwader 1 6 October 1942 – 1 March 1943	Succeeded by Oberstleutnant Alfred Druschel

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 and Schlachtgeschwader 1

StG 1	Walter Hagen (Oak Leaves) Paul-Werner Hozzel¹ (Oak Leaves) Karl-Hermann Lion Helmut Mahlke Robert-Georg Freiherr von Malapert (Oak Leaves) Martin Möbus² (Oak Leaves) Theodor Nordmann³ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Artur Pipan Ernst Reusch Joachim Rieger Franz Roka Gerhard Rothe Elmar Schaefer Hartmut Schairer Johann Schalanda⁴ (Oak Leaves) Karl Schrepfer⁴ (Oak Leaves) Gustav Schubert (Oak Leaves) Hans Steinwachs Egon Stoll-Berberich Willi Viertel Johann Zemsky (Oak Leaves)

ScG 1	Alois Berndl Paul-Friedrich Darjes Otto Dommeratzky⁵ (Oak Leaves) Siegfried Fischer Heinz Frank (Oak Leaves) Johannes Gehrmann Walter Hoffmann Werner Hoffmann Otto Hulsch Hans-Joachim Jäschke Karl Kennel⁵ (Oak Leaves) Johann-Alfred Klaus Hans-Jürgen Klußmann Friedrich Lang⁶ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Johannes Meinicke Josef Menapace Johann Schalanda⁴ (Oak Leaves) Karl Schrepfer⁴ (Oak Leaves) Hans Stollnberger Willy Tritsch

¹Oak Leaves with StG 2. ²Oak Leaves with SG 5. ³Swords with SG 3. ⁴Knight's Cross with StG 1, Oak Leaves with SG 1. ⁵Oak Leaves with SG 2. ⁶Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves with StG 2.

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