German seaplane Arado 196 on the eastern front.

Arado 196

Hauptmann (Captain) Paul-Heinrich &quot;Sarotti&quot; Dähne (1921-1945), KC on April 6, 1944 as squadron leader 12./Jagd-Geschwader 11. He achieved 99 aerial victories (different sources note between 3 and 20 against western opponents) on app. 600 missions. On April 24, 1945 Dähne died in a flying accident when he crashed with his Heinkel He 162 &quot;Volksjäger&quot; jet-powered fighter aircraft near Warnemünde/north Germany aged 23.

Hauptmann Paul-Heinrich Dähne

Oberst (Colonel) Walter Sigel (1906-1944), KC with oak leaves on September 2, 1942 as comander of Stuka-Geschwader 3. He died on May 8, 1944 when he crashed with his Fieseler Storch into the Trondheimfjord/Norway. Walter Sigel rests on the German military cemetery at Byaasen / Trondheim-Havstein (row 6, grave 5).