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| rdfs:comment | - Georg Dörffel (27 July 1914 – 26 May 1944) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Georg Dörffel was killed on 26 May 1944, north of Rome. During his career he flew 1004 missions as a ground assault pilot. He was posthumously promoted to Oberstleutnant.
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| Title | - Commander of Schlachtgeschwader 4
- Commander of I. Schlachtgeschwader 1
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| Battles | - World War II
*Invasion of Poland
*Battle of France
*Battle of Britain
*Balkans Campaign
*Battle of Greece
*Operation Barbarossa
*Battle of Białystok–Minsk
*Siege of Leningrad
*Battle of Kursk
*Italian Campaign
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| Before | - Major Alfred Druschel
- formed from Stab/Schlachtgeschwader 2
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| Years | - --10-18
- March 1943 – September 1943
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| Alt | - Color portrait of a man wearing a peaked cap, military uniform with an Iron Cross displayed at his neck.
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| After | - Hauptmann Siegfried Steinhof
- Major Ewald Janssen
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| abstract | - Georg Dörffel (27 July 1914 – 26 May 1944) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Georg Dörffel was killed on 26 May 1944, north of Rome. During his career he flew 1004 missions as a ground assault pilot. He was posthumously promoted to Oberstleutnant.
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