(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Otto Höhne
Born: 30 Apr 1895 in Woinowitz, District Ratibor, Upper Silesia (Oberschlesien)
Died: 29 Nov 1969 in Jachenau over Bad Tölz
Promotions:
Unteroffizier (14 Mar 1915); Vizefeldwebel (02 May 1915); Leutnant der Reserve (14 May 1915); Hauptmann (01 Jul 1934); Major (01 Dec 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1938); Oberst (01 Jan 1941); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army Reserves as a War Volunteer in the 2nd Grenadier-Regiment (14 Aug 1914-14 Sep 1914)
War Volunteer in the 49th Infantry-Regiment (15 Sep 1914-12 Nov 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital in Stendal and Ratibor (12 Nov 1914-06 Feb 1915)
War Volunteer, Reserve-Officer-Aspirant and Company-Officer in the 49th Infantry-Regiment (07 Feb 1915-24 May 1915)
Reserve-Officer-Aspirant-Course (26 Mar 1915-11 May 1915)
Company-Officer in the 61st Territorial-Infantry-Regiment (25 May 1915-30 Jul 1915)
Pilot-Training with the 7th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Cologne then in the Flying-School Krefeld (31 Jul 1915-26 Mar 1916)
Pilot in Battle-Wing 4 of the Supreme Army Command (27 Mar 1916-15 Jul 1916)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 5 (16 Jul 1916-03 Aug 1916)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 1 (04 Aug 1916-05 Aug 1916)
Pilot with Fighter-Squadron 1 (06 Aug 1916-28 Aug 1916)
Pilot with Fighter-Squadron 2 (29 Aug 1916-10 Jan 1917)
Wounded, in Hospital (10 Jan 1917-21 Mar 1917)
Detached to Single-Seater-Combat-School Großenheim (22 Mar 1917-27 Apr 1917)
Detached to Single-Seater-Combat-School Warsaw (28 Apr 1917-09 Jul 1917)
Detached to the 2nd Flying-Replacement-Battalion (10 Jul 1917-24 Jul 1917)
Detached to the 1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion (25 Jul 1917-16 Oct 1917)
Instructor at the Fighter-Flying-School II (17 Oct 1917-13 Nov 1917)
Instructor at the Fighter-Flying-School I (14 Nov 1917-26 Dec 1917)
Pilot in the Fighter-Squadron 52 (27 Dec 1917-25 Jan 1918)
Leader of Fighter-Squadron 2 (26 Jan 1918-20 Feb 1918)
Instructor at the Fighter-Flying-School 1 (21 Feb 1918-26 Aug 1918)
Detached to the Commander Of Flying in the Homeland (27 Aug 1918-11 Sep 1918)
Detached to Single-Seater-Combat-Squadron 6 (12 Sep 1918-27 Sep 1918)
Leader of Single-Seater-Combat-Squadron 8 (28 Sep 1918-00 Dec 1918)
Retired (00 Dec 1918)
Leader of the Military Pilot School Breslau-Gandau (00 Jan 1930-30 Jun 1934)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as Instructor at the Bomber-School Lechfeld (01 Jul 1934-30 Sep 1934)
Infantry-Course in Döberitz (01 Oct 1934-30 Nov 1934)
Instructor and Adjutant of the Bomber-Flying-School Faßberg (01 Dec 1934-31 Mar 1936)
Squadron-Captain in Bomber-Wing ‘Boelcke’ (01 Apr 1936-14 Mar 1937)
Group-Commander in Bomber-Wing 254 then 54 (15 Mar 1937-21 Jun 1940)
At the same time, Air-Base-Commandant Fritzlar (01 Oct 1938-21 Jun 1940)
Commodore of Bomber-Wing 54 (22 Jun 1940-15 Aug 1941)
Severely wounded in an Air Accident, in Hospital (15 Aug 1941-31 Aug 1943)
Commander of Air-War-School 4, Fürstenfeldbruck (01 Sep 1943-08 May 1945)
At the same time, Airport-Area-Command A(o) 12/VII (15 Oct 1944-08 May 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz: am 05.09.1940 als Oberstleutnant und Kommodore des Kampfgeschwaders 54
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 22.08.1918
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- Schlesischer Adler-Orden II. Stufe
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. Klasse
- Kriegserinnerungs-Ärmelband “Jagdgeschwader Boelcke Nr. 2 1916/1918”
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II


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