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  • Wolfgang Schenck (pilot)
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  • Wolfgang Schenck (7 February 1913 – 5 March 2010) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. He was born in Windhoek in German West Africa (now Namibia). Wolfgang Schenck was an important figure in the Luftwaffe's development of the fighter-bomber, as well as pioneering work in the use of the Me 262 jet-bomber.
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serviceyears
  • 1936
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  • Should this be '131st', '139th' or something else?
Birth Date
  • 1913-02-07
Date
  • October 2013
Commands
Branch
  • 18
death place
  • Marburg, Germany
Name
  • Wolfgang Schenck
Caption
  • Wolfgang Schenck
Birth Place
Title
  • Commander of Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss"
Awards
death date
  • 2010-03-05
Rank
Battles
Before
  • Oberstleutnant Wolf Dietrich Meister
Years
  • --12-05
After
  • Oberstleutnant Rudolf Hallensleben
abstract
  • Wolfgang Schenck (7 February 1913 – 5 March 2010) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. He was born in Windhoek in German West Africa (now Namibia). Wolfgang Schenck was an important figure in the Luftwaffe's development of the fighter-bomber, as well as pioneering work in the use of the Me 262 jet-bomber.