Wolfgang Falck

Wolfgang Falck

Surname	Falck
Given Name	Wolfgang
Country	Germany
Category	Military-Air
Gender	Male

I always believed that men commanding pilots should be flying combat with their men, leading by example. Men sitting in chairs, issuing orders, should have the firsthand experience to justify those orders. This was what I called "white knuckle command."

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Colin Heaton and Anne-Marie Lewis, The German Aces Speak

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1931年4月1日	Wolfgang Falck began a year-long training program to become a commercial pilot at Schleissheim, München-Oberbayern, Germany.
1932年10月1日	Wolfgang Falck returned to the German Army from his secret fight pilot training in Russia. His comrades in his regiment were not told of the details of his training.
1934年10月1日	Wolfgang Falck was promoted to the rank of Leutnant and was retired from the German Army for transfer to the secret German air force.
1936年4月1日	Wolfgang Falck was assigned to the 5th group of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen", based at Jüterbog-Damm, Germany. He was placed in charge of furthering the training of new pilots assigned to the unit.
1936年4月20日	Wolfgang Falck was promoted to the rank of Oberleutnant.
1937年6月21日	Wolfgang Falck's son Klaus was born.
1939年9月5日	Wolfgang Falck shot down one Polish two-seater aircraft.
1939年9月11日	Wolfgang Falck shot down two Polish aircraft, a bomber and a reconnaissance aircraft.
1940年5月22日	German pilot Hauptmann Wolfgang Falck was ordered to establish Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 wing for the night fighter defence of Germany.
1940年6月25日	Wolfgang Falck arrived at Düsseldorf, Germany.
1940年6月26日	Wolfgang Falck was officially named the commanding officer of the German nightfighters, Nachtjagdfliegerdienst.
1940年7月19日	Wolfgang Falck was ordered to see Hermann Göring; during this meeting, Falck would be promoted to the rank of Major.
1940年7月22日	Wolfgang Falck received a call from Hermann Göring, who thanked him for the efforts to create an effective nightfighting unit within the Luftwaffe.
1940年10月1日	Hermann Göring officially awarded Wolfgang Falck the Knight Cross medal, but it would be not be presented to Falck until 7 Oct 1940.
1940年10月7日	In the morning, Hermann Göring presented Wolfgang Falck the Knight Cross medal, which was officially awarded to Falck six days prior; the medal was placed around Falck's neck by Major Bernd von Brauchitsch, son of the army chief of staff and Göring's adjutant. During the lunch after the award ceremony, Falck asked Erhard Milch to consider changing the Luftwaffe rule which stated that the family of servicemen who died with less than 10 years of service received no pension.
1941年4月26日	Wolfgang Falck, stationed at Deelen in the Netherlands, was ordered to attend a meeting at Hamburg, Germany. He would use the opportunity to learn more about new aircraft-mounted radar systems under development: Morgenstern, Flensburg, and SN-2 (Lichtenstein).
1942年7月18日	Wolfgang Falck departed Venice, Italy after advising the Italians on nightfighting tactics. In a subsequent report he filed for Erhard Milch, Falck noted that the Italian nightfighting organization was extremely poor.
1943年1月1日	Wolfgang Falck was promoted to the rank of Oberstleutnant.

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