Otto Höhne

Otto Höhne
Otto Höhne
	Oberbayern, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire ; Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftstreitkräfte; Luftwaffe
Rank	World War I: Leutnant;; World War II: Major general
Unit	Kampfeinsitzerkommando (Combat Single-Seater Command) Nord;; Spange to the Iron Cross;; Bomber Clasp in Gold,
Other work	Served in Luftwaffe during World War II.

Leutnant Otto Paul Wilhelm Höhne^[1] (30 April 1895 – 22 November 1969) was a German World War I flying ace credited with six confirmed aerial victories.^[2] Höhne was a pioneer ace; he was the first pilot to score a victory while flying the Albatros D.1.^[3] During World War II he was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

On 30 April 1895, Otto Paul Wilhelm Höhne was born in

Oberschlesien), in present-day Poland.^[4]

World War I aviation career

Höhne initially flew with Kampfeinsitzerkommando (Combat Single-Seater Command) Nord, before moving on for a brief posting to

Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2c over Hébuterne. Six days later, on 9 November 1916, he shot down Canadian ace Alan Duncan Bell-Irving's Nieuport 17 fighter to become an ace. He would score one more time, eight days later.^[2]

Höhne was himself wounded in action on 10 January 1917.[2] After spending most of 1917 in hospital, he later returned as commander of Jasta 2 in early 1918. He served in that capacity for one month, flying the Fokker Dr.1 triplane, before stepping aside as seeing himself still not sufficiently recovered to lead the squadron.^[5]

Between the World Wars

Höhne served in several Freikorps units in Silesia in the early 1920s, returning to flying service first with the DLV, then with the reformed Luftwaffe as a Major in 1935, with Kampfgruppe 254. As a squadron commander with Kampfgruppe 54, he briefly flew with the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War, and took part in the Luftwaffe's show of force during the annexation of Czechoslovakia. ^[6]

World War II

Höhne returned to service during World War II, serving in the

Rotterdam Blitz, but managed to abort the attack of his column at the last minute.^[7]^[8] He also commanded a wing of KG 54 during the Battle of Britain, the invasion of Poland, and the battles over France. He was again badly injured as a passenger in the crash of a Heinkel 111 on 15 August 1941^[2] and subsequently served as Generalmajor and commanding officer of the flight combat school in Fürstenfeldbruck (Bavaria).^{[citation needed}

]

His son, Joachim Höhne, served in the Luftwaffe as well, first as a Flak gunner and then as an ME163 Komet pilot with JG 400.[9]

References

Citations

^ extract of the baptism record of the Evangelical Church of Ratibor, year 1895 No. 40, Ratibor February 24. 1936
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Aerodrome website page on Höhne [1] Retrieved on 11 August 2010.
^ ^a ^b Guttman, Dempsey 2009, p. 41.
^ ^a ^b Franks et al 1993, p. 131.
^ Hohne, Joachim, Glory Refused: The Memoirs of a Teenage Rocket Pilot of the Third Reich
^ Hohne, Joachim: Glory Refused: Memoirs of a Teenage Rocket Pilot of the Third Reich.
^ Jacobsen, H. A., Der deutsche Luftangriff auf Rotterdam in Wehrwissenschaftliche Rundschau 8 (1958), pp. 257–284.
^ Bekker, Cajus, Angriffshöhe 4000 – Kriegstagebuch der deutschen Luftwaffe, Gerhard Stalling Verlag, Oldenburg und Hamburg, 1964, pp. 131–135.
^ Hohne, Joachim, Glory Refused: The Memoirs of a Teenage Rocket Pilot of the Third Reich

Bibliography

ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1
.

Guttman, Jon and Dempsey, Harry (2009). Pusher Aces of World War 1. Osprey Pub Co.,
ISBN 978-1-84603-417-6
.

Further reading

Hoehne, Joachim. Glory Refused: The Memoirs of a Teenage Rocket Pilot of the Third Reich Self Published. ASIN : B002WACRAC

ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6
.

Military offices
Preceded by Oberst Walter Lackner	Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 54 22 June 1940 – 23 November 1941	Succeeded by Oberstleutnant Walter Marienfeld

[1] xtract of the baptism record of the Evangelical Church of Ratibor, year 1895 No. 40, Ratibor February 24. 1936

[www.theaerodrome.com-2] The Aerodrome website page on Höhne [1] Retrieved on 11 August 2010.

[Pusher41-3] Guttman, Dempsey 2009, p. 41.

[lines131-4] Franks et al 1993, p. 131.

[5] Hohne, Joachim, Glory Refused: The Memoirs of a Teenage Rocket Pilot of the Third Reich

[6] Hohne, Joachim: Glory Refused: Memoirs of a Teenage Rocket Pilot of the Third Reich.

[7] Jacobsen, H. A., Der deutsche Luftangriff auf Rotterdam in Wehrwissenschaftliche Rundschau 8 (1958), pp. 257–284.

[8] Bekker, Cajus, Angriffshöhe 4000 – Kriegstagebuch der deutschen Luftwaffe, Gerhard Stalling Verlag, Oldenburg und Hamburg, 1964, pp. 131–135.

[9] Hohne, Joachim, Glory Refused: The Memoirs of a Teenage Rocket Pilot of the Third Reich

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