Paul-Heinrich Dähne
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Paul-Heinrich Dähne
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Nickname(s) | Sarotti |
Born | 7 July 1921 Frankfurt (Oder) |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Warnemünde |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ |
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
- Aviator badge
- Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
- Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (13 September 1943)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- German Cross in Gold on 17 October as Oberleutnant in the 2./Jagdgeschwader 52[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 April 1944 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 12./Jagdgeschwader 11 (previously 2./Jagdgeschwader 52)[3][Note 1]
Notes
- ↑ According to Scherze on 8 April 1944 as Staffelkapitän of the 2./Jagdgeschwader 52.[4]
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Preceded by
Hauptmann Horst-Günther von Fassong
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Commander of III. Jagdgeschwader 11 2 January 1945 – 23 February 1945 |
Succeeded by Hauptmann Herbert Kutscha |
Preceded by
Oberleutnant Fritz Wegner
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Commander of II. Jagdgeschwader 1 March 1945 – 24 April 1945 |
Succeeded by Hauptmann Rahe |
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 1945 deaths
- People from Frankfurt (Oder)
- German World War II flying aces
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Luftwaffe pilots
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Germany
- People from the Province of Brandenburg
- German military personnel killed in World War II