- Wolfgang Falck
Infobox Military Person
name=Wolfgang Falck
born=birth date|1910|8|19|df=y
died=death date and age|2007|3|13|1910|8|19|df=y
placeofbirth=Berlin
placeofdeath=
caption=Wolfgang Falck
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
branch=Luftwaffe
serviceyears=1932-1945
rank=Oberst
commands=NJG 1
unit= ZG 76, ZG 1,NJG 1
battles=World War II
awards="Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves"
laterwork=Wolfgang Falck (
19 August 1910 inBerlin -13 March 2007 ) was a GermanLuftwaffe fighter ace duringWorld War II . He was one of the key organisers of the Germannight fighter defences. After the war he worked for different US companies likeMcDonnell Douglas .Military career
On
7 April 1931 , he began his pilot training at the "Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule" (German Air Transport School) atSchleißheim . The course he and 29 other trainees attended was called "Kameradschaft 31", abbreviated "K 31". Among the members of "K 31" were men likeHannes Trautloft andGünther Lützow . Falck graduated from the Deutsche Verkehrfliegerschule19 February 1932 .Falck was a friend of
Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg and came under the inspection of theGestapo after theJuly 20 Plot .Wolfgang Falck is officially credited with seven victories in about 90 combat missions, all gained while flying the
Messerschmitt Bf 110 . All his victories were claimed in daylight.Awards
*
Iron Cross 2. and 1. class
*Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (1 October 1940)After the war
Immediately after the war he worked as a warehouseman. In 1961 he received an offer from the US-american aircraft industry and became a representative for
North American Aviation and later forMcDonnell Douglas inGermany .References
*cite web | title=Aces of the Luftwaffe| work=Wolfgang Falck| url=http://www.luftwaffe.cz/falck.html| accessdate=8 May| accessyear=2007
*cite web | title= Lexikon der Wehrmacht|work=Wolfgang Falck| url= http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/F/FalckW.htm| accessdate=8 May| accessyear=2007
*Wolfgang Falck (2003), "Falkenjahre". NeunundzwanzigSechs Verlag. ISBN 3-9807935-2-4
*Kurt Braatz (2005), "Gott oder ein Flugzeug - Leben und Sterben des Jagdfliegers Günther Lützow". NeunundzwanzigSechs Verlag. ISBN 3-9807935-6-7
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