Thread: Request for info: Kurt Dähne, Adjutant Stab I./JG 26
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Re: Request for info: Kurt Dähne, Adjutant Stab I./JG 26
It would appear from this that there is a file on him at BA/MA so perhaps there is a photo there:


DÄHNE, Kurt Hubertus. (DOB: 12.09.14 in Breslau). 16.08.33 entered service in the Luftwaffe. 01.04.37 Ofhr.,
1./Aufkl.Gr. 113, promo to Lt.(RDA 01.04.36). 17.08.37 trf to Aufkl.Gr. 122 at Prenzlau. 09.06.38 trf to 2.
(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 13. 04.12.39 pilot’s license issued by FFS A/B 14 Klagenfurt. 01.01.40 trf to 1./JG 26.
15.02.40 trf to JFS 5 at Wien-Schwechat. 10.06.40 trf to 1./Erg.Jagdgruppe Merseburg then to I./JG 26. 09.40
Adj. in I./JG 26. 09.40 Oblt., in 1./JG 26 (to 14.09.40). 14.09.40 Oblt., Stab I./JG 26 KIA – Bf 109 E-1 (<+-)
in a mid-air collision with an RAF 253 Sqdn. Hurricane and crashed vic "Beacon Hill" near Teynham/Kent).
Buried at Cannock Chase. Credited with 2 victories


His time with JG 26 was very short so the chances of photos from this unit are unlikely
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