Joachim-Friedrich Huth

Joachim-Friedrich Huth (31 July 1896 – 27 March 1962) was a German general in the during World War II and, post-war, the West German Air Force. Huth retired from the in 1961 holding the rank of .

Biography Huth was born in 1896 in and entered military service in the Prussian Army shortly before the outbreak of World War I, in July 1914. He was promoted to on 4 January 1915 and served as platoon leader and company commander in the (58th infantry regiment). He was injured three times. He transferred to the in June 1917 to Jasta 14 and claimed his first aerial victory on 28 January 1918. He was severely injured on 23 March 1918, losing his right lower leg. He almost certainly sustained his injury when he was shot down near the French village of Ham by British sniper Private Leslie Elsby. Huth was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross (1914) and the Knight's Cross to the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords during the war.