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Wolfgang Schenck (actor)
Wolfgang Schenck may refer to: * Wolfgang Schenck (pilot) Wolfgang Schenck (7 February 1913 – 5 March 2010) was a 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 South West Africa (now Namibia). Wolfgan ... (1913–2010), German pilot * Wolfgang Schenck (actor), German actor, starring in '' Effi Briest'' {{hndis, Schenck, Wolfgang ...
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Wolfgang Schenck (pilot)
Wolfgang Schenck (7 February 1913 – 5 March 2010) was a 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 South 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. Early life Wolfgang 'Bombo' Schenck, was born on 7 February 1913 in Windhoek, German South West Africa, the son of a farmer. On the death of his mother in 1923, Wolfgang and his sister moved back to Germany to live with family in Berlin. In 1934 he returned to South West Africa to work on a coffee plantation. Career By this time he held a 'C' gliding flying certificate and an 'A' certificate for powered flight. He entered the military in December 1936 as an officer-cadet, and posted to II./JG 132 'Richthofen' in Jüterbog in 1938. This unit was renamed I Gruppe, Zerstörergeschwader 1 ( ...
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Wolfgang Schenck (actor)
Wolfgang Schenck may refer to: * Wolfgang Schenck (pilot) Wolfgang Schenck (7 February 1913 – 5 March 2010) was a 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 South West Africa (now Namibia). Wolfgan ... (1913–2010), German pilot * Wolfgang Schenck (actor), German actor, starring in '' Effi Briest'' {{hndis, Schenck, Wolfgang ...
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