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Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik (10 December 1891 – 17 June 1985) was a general in the 
Luftwaffe
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of Nazi Germany
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during World War II
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. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
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.
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
The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German '' Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the '' Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabt ...
), as a commandant of pilots' school. In World War II
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he became a head of Luftwaffe Transport Command, in a rank of ''Generalmajor
is the Germanic variant of major general, used in a number of Central and Northern European countries.
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
is the second lowest general officer rank in the Royal Danish Army and Royal Danish Air Force. As a tw ...
''.
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).
Awards and decorations
*Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.
The Knight' ...
on 16 April 1942 as ''Oberst
''Oberst'' () is a senior field officer rank in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to colonel. It is currently used by both the ground and air forces of Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, and Norway. The Swe ...
'' and ''Geschwaderkommodore
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''Geschwaderkommodore'' (short also ''Kommodore'') is a ''Luftwaffe'' position or appointment (not rank), originating during World War II. A ''Geschwaderkommodore'' is usually an OF5-rank of ''Oberst'' (colonel) or K ...
'' of Kampfgeschwader z.b.V. 1 and Lufttransportführer Ost of Luftflotte 1Fellgiebel 2000, p. 258.
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