Helmut Wick
✓ Source-basedrisingGerman officer and fighter pilot in World War II
Lived 1915 to 1940 · aged 25
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Helmut Paul Emil Wick was a German flying ace of World War II. He was a wing commander in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany, and the fourth recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, the nation's highest military decoration at the time.
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Joachim Seegert (left), Helmut Wick (centre), Erich Leie (right) on 6 October 1940
Wick's received this Fliegerpokal on account of his 50th victory. On display at the Aviation Museum Hannover-Laatzen.
Bf 109 E-4 "Schwarzer Doppelwinkel", Werknummer 5344, flown by Major Wick, October 1940
Wick's Iron Cross and Oak Leaves pin (family possession)Awards 2
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Lived 1915 to 1940 · aged 25
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