Paul-Heinrich Dähne

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Paul-Heinrich Dähne
Nickname(s) Sarotti
Born 7 July 1921
Frankfurt (Oder)
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Warnemünde
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Years of service 1939–45
Rank Hauptmann (Posthumously)
Unit JG 52
JG 11
JG 1
Commands held III./JG 11
II./JG 1
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Paul-Heinrich Dähne (7 July 1921 – 24 April 1945) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was posthumously promoted to Hauptmann. During his career was credited with 99 aerial victories, 96 on the Eastern Front and 3 on the Western Front.

Paul-Heinrich Dähne was killed in a training flight accident of the Heinkel He 162 near Warnemünde, Germany. The aircraft canopy had failed to eject when he propelled himself out of the aircraft with the ejection seat.[1]

Awards

Notes

  1. According to Scherze on 8 April 1944 as Staffelkapitän of the 2./Jagdgeschwader 52.[4]

References

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 Obermaier 1989, p. 98.
  2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 78.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 156.
  4. Scherzer 2007, p. 264.

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Military offices
Preceded by Commander of III. Jagdgeschwader 11
2 January 1945 – 23 February 1945
Succeeded by
Hauptmann Herbert Kutscha
Preceded by
Oberleutnant Fritz Wegner
Commander of II. Jagdgeschwader 1
March 1945 – 24 April 1945
Succeeded by
Hauptmann Rahe