Helmut Dilthey

Leutnant Helmut Dilthey IC (9 February 1894 – 9 July 1918) was a German pilot who became a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.

From 18 May 1915 through March 1917, he would serve in Flieger-Abteilung 50, flying reconnaissance and bombing missions in Russia while winning both classes of the Iron Cross and being promoted to leutnant.

[1] Dilthey joined the German aerial service early in World War I, during November 1914.

[1] While flying reconnaissance and bombing missions, he also gained some flight time in the Fokker Eindekker.

[1] He was assigned an Albatros D.Va fighter, and had it vividly painted in the Saxon national colors of green and white.