Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik

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.

Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik
Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik
Born	10 December 1891
Died	17 June 1985(1985-06-17) (aged 93)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Branch	Luftwaffe (1934–45)
Years of service	1909–1919 1934–1945
Rank	Generalmajor
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
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The winner of the Challenge International de Tourisme 1930, Morzik at Berlin Tempelhof Airport, July 1930

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.^[1]

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).^[2]

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 April 1942 as Oberst and Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader z.b.V. 1 and Lufttransportführer Ost of Luftflotte 1^[3]