Höhne, Otto, born 30-04-1895 in Woinowitz, in Ober Silesia, joined the Army Service as a war volunteer in the 2nd Grenadier Regiment, age 19, on 14-08-1914. In the fields of the first war as a war volunteer with the 49th Infantry Regiment and wounded 
in hospital in Stendal and Ratibor from 19-01-1917 to 01-12-1915. He finished his pilot training 
on 26-03-1916 and as a pilot in the Fighter Squadron 2, again in hospital from 10-01-1917 to 21-03-1917. Höhne was a pioneer ace; he was the first pilot to score a victory while flying the Fokker D I
in hospital in Stendal and Ratibor from 19-01-1917 to 01-12-1915. He finished his pilot training on 26-03-1916 and as a pilot in the Fighter Squadron 2, again in hospital from 10-01-1917 to 21-03-1917. Höhne was a pioneer ace; he was the first pilot to score a victory while flying the Fokker D I
He on 09-11-1916, shot down Canadian ace Alan Duncan Bell Irving
and Duncan survived but never flew again, he died age 70, on 24-04-1965. Höhne retired from the Service in December 1918 and reactivated in January 1930 as the leader of the Military Pilot School, in Breslau-Gandau until 30-06-1934, that same day Adolf Hitler (did you know) murdered his SA opponents in the “Knight of the long Knives”, 
in Bad Wiessee. Ernst Röhm, 
Edmund Heines, 
August Schneidhuber 
and Theodor Eicke. 
The Night of the Long Knives between 30 June and 2 July 1934 saw the killing of approximately 82 SA men, including almost its entire leadership, effectively ending the power of the SA. At the beginning of World War II, Höhne was in Hermann Goering’s (did you know) Luftwaffe as the Group Commander of the 254th Bomber Wing and at the same time Air Base Commander in Fritzler until 21-06-1940. Höhne as a Air Fighter in the Squadron “Totenkopfgeschwader” was involved in the bomb attack on Rotterdam, Netherlands, on 14-05-1940, (see Jan Ackermans) 
and (see About). The centre of the city was destroyed and around 900 civilian persons died. He was appointed to commander of the 54th Bomber Wing to 15-08-1941 and severely wounded in hospital from 15-08-1941 to 31-08-1943 after an air accident. Commander of the Air War School in Fürstenfeldbrück 
and at the same time Airport Area Command A, 12/VII to 08-05-1945.Death and burial ground of Höhne, Otto.
Otto Höhne retired in Jachenau, Upper Bavaria and died there at the age of 74, on 22-11-1969 and is buried with his wife Hildegard, born Klingel, who died age 72 in 1985, on the small cemetery of Jachenau, beautiful village between the impressive mountains of Bavaria.
