Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik

Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik
Morzik (2nd from right)
Born 10 December 1891
Died 17 June 1985(1985-06-17) (aged 93)
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch 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

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.

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).

The winner of the Challenge International de Tourisme 1930, Morzik at Berlin Tempelhof Airport, July 1930

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. ↑ 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. 

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