Wilhelm Stör

Wilhelm Stör
Wilhelm Stör
Nickname(s)	Willi
Born	10 May 1893; Witten, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	12 December 1977 (aged 84); Augsberg, Germany
Allegiance	Germany
Service/branch	Luftstreitkräfte
Rank	Vizefeldwebel
Unit	Jasta 68
Awards	Iron Cross

Vizefeldwebel Wilhelm "Willi" Stör (10. May 1893 – 12 December 1977) was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.[1]

After serving in a Hussar Regiment of the Imperial German Army in World War I he transferred to the Luftstreitkrafte (Imperial German Flying Corps), he then became a fighter pilot with Jasta 68 and was credited with shooting down three aircraft and two balloons. He was awarded the Iron Cross for his actions.

In the interwar period he became a stunt pilot and aerobatic instructor. He was then a pilot at the Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule (DVS—German Air Transport School) and won the German master aerobatic contest in 1935 and 1936 flying a BFW M.35 monoplane (serial D-EQAN) with a distinctive 'sun-burst' livery which he also demonstrated in other countries. He was then appointed the chief test pilot for Messerschmitt at their factory in Augsburg and was notable for tutoring Rudolf Hess to fly Messerschmitt aircraft including the Bf 108 and the Bf 110 (radio code VJ+OQ) that he flew to Scotland in 1941. Stör was directed to deliver two Bf 109 fighters to Kawasaki, Japan in May 1941 and his colleague Helmut Kaden then took over as the flying instructor to Hess. [2]

Sources of information

http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/stor.php
Ray Conyers Nesbit and Georges van Acker (1999). The Flight of Rudolph Hess Myths and Reality. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-4757-2.

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References

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[1] ttp://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/stor.php

[FlightofHess-2] Ray Conyers Nesbit and Georges van Acker (1999). The Flight of Rudolph Hess Myths and Reality. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-4757-2.