Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik
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.
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Born | 10 December 1891 |
Died | 17 June 1985 93) | (aged
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | Luftwaffe (1934–45) |
Years of service | 1909–19 1934–45 |
Rank | Generalmajor |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | 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.
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).
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The winner of the Challenge International de Tourisme 1930, Morzik at Berlin Tempelhof Airport, July 1930
Awards and decorations
- 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[1]
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References
Citations
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 258.
Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
External links
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik in the German National Library catalogue
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