Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik | |
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Morzik (2nd from right)
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Born | 10 December 1891 |
Died | 17 June 1985 | (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).