Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik
Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik | |
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| File:Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik Pilot.jpg Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik | |
| Born | 10 December 1891 |
| Died | 17 June 1985 (aged 93) |
| Allegiance | File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Luftwaffe (1934–45) |
| Service years | 1909–1919 1934–1945 |
| Rank | Generalmajor |
| Conflicts | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
| Signature | File:Unterschrift Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik (Fritz Morzig) (1891-1985).png |
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Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik (10 December 1891 – 17 June 1985) was a general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Morzik was a winner in the first International Tourist Plane Contest Challenge and the second Challenge in 1930. In 1935 he started service in the Air Force (Luftwaffe), as a commandant of pilots' school. In World War II he became a head of Luftwaffe Transport Command, in a rank of Generalmajor.[1]
After the war he wrote a detailed story of German transport aviation during the war: Die deutschen Transportflieger im Zweiten Weltkrieg (Frankfurt am Main, 1966) and German Air Force Airlift Operations (New York: Arno Press, 1968).[2]
Awards and decorations
[edit | edit source]- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 April 1942 as Oberst and Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader z.b.V. 1 and Lufttransportführer Ost of Luftflotte 1[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Edwards, R. Panzer: A Revolution in Warfare 1993 p.169 ISBN 1854092081
- ^ The Candy Bombers The Berlin Airlift, 1948/49 : the Technical Conditions and Their Successful Transformation Von Wolfgang J. Huschke · 2008 (books.google.com).
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 258.
Bibliography
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik in the German National Library catalogue
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- 1891 births
- 1985 deaths
- Luftwaffe World War II generals
- People from Szczytno County
- Military personnel from East Prussia
- German Army personnel of World War I
- Prussian Army personnel
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States
- Luftstreitkräfte personnel
- Major generals of the Luftwaffe