(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Friedrich-Wilhelm (Fritz) Morzik
Born: 10 Dec 1891 in Passenheim, East Prussia
Died: 17 Jun 1985 in Freudenstadt
Promotions:
Gefreiter (11 Aug 1910); Unteroffizier (15 Apr 1911); Sergeant (15 Oct 1914); Vizefeldwebel (24 Dec 1914); Offizier-Stellvertreter (12 Jul 1916); Hauptmann (01 May 1934); Major (01 Jun 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1937); Oberst (01 Jun 1940); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943)
Career:
Pupil at the NCO-Preparatory-School Greifenberg, Pomerania (15 Apr 1907-14 Apr 1909)
Entered the Army as Pupil at the NCO-School Treptow, Rega (14 Apr 1909-14 Apr 1911)
NCO in the 5th Grenadier-Regiment, Danzig (15 Apr 1911-31 May 1914)
Observer-Training with the 2nd Flying-Battalion (01 Jun 1914-05 Aug 1914)
Observer with the 17th Field-Flying-Battalion (06 Aug 1914-19 Feb 1915)
Pilot-Training with the 1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion (20 Feb 1915-14 Apr 1915)
Pilot-Training at the Flying-School in Schwerin (15 Apr 1915-08 May 1915)
Detached to the Experimental-Park West (08 May 1915-14 Feb 1916)
Pilot with the 300th Flying-Battalion ‘Pascha’ (15 Feb 1916-23 Feb 1917)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection Of Flying (24 Feb 1917-19 Mar 1917)
Training at the Single-Seated-Combat-School Paderborn (20 Mar 1917-25 Apr 1917)
Training at the Fighter-School Valenciennes (26 Apr 1917-14 May 1917)
Pilot with the Fighter-Squadron 26 (15 May 1917-03 Jun 1917)
Detached to the 1st Flying-Replacement-Battalion (04 Jun 1917-09 Sep 1917)
Detached to the 2nd Flying-Replacement-Battalion (10 Sep 1917-16 Jan 1918)
Pilot with the Single-Seated-Combat-Squadron 5 (17 Jan 1918-23 Apr 1918)
Pilot with the Single-Seated-Combat-Squadron 8 (24 Apr 1918-14 Jan 1919)
Pilot with the 418th Flying-Battalion, later renamed Troop-Flying-Squadron 27 (15 Jan 1919-22 Sep 1919)
Pilot with Troop-Flying-Squadron 6 (23 Sep 1919-25 Sep 1919)
Transferred to Police Service as Platoon-Sergeant with the Police-Flying-Squadron, later renamed Air-Police-Detachment Silesia, Breslau (26 Sep 1919-21 Mar 1921)
Retired (21 Mar 1921)
Pilot with the Firm Deutscher Luft-Lloyd, Berlin (22 Mar 1921-31 Dec 1922)
Pilot with the Firm Junkers-Aircraft-Works, Dessau (01 Jan 1923-30 Apr 1928)
Flight-Instructor and Flight-Leader at the German Commercial-Flying-School Staaken and Braunschweig (01 May 1928-30 Apr 1934)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as Squadron-Captain with Flying-Group Tutow (01 May 1934-31 May 1936)
Advisor with the Inspection for Flight-Security and Equipment L in 5, RLM (01 Jun 1936-31 Jul 1936)
Group-Leader with the Inspection for Flight-Security and Equipment, L in 5, RLM (01 Aug 1936-31 Mar 1938)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Combat-Group 1 and Air-Base-Commandant Fürstenwalde (01 Apr 1938-31 Oct 1938)
Commodore of Special-Purpose-Combat-Group 1 and Air-Base-Commandant Burg (01 Nov 1938-25 Aug 1939)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Combat-Group 1 (26 Aug 1939-30 Apr 1940)
Commander of Regional-Transport-Glider-Group Me 321 (01 May 1941-30 Sep 1941)
Air-Transport-Leader with the General-Quartermaster of the Luftwaffe and Commander of Blind-Flight-Schools (01 Oct 1941-14 May 1943)
Transport-Flying-Leader 2 (15 May 1943-14 Jul 1944)
Flying-Leader of the Parachute-Army (15 Jul 1944-30 Sep 1944)
General with Special Duties with Air-Region-Command VII (01 Oct 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Air-Transport-Chief of the Wehrmacht, OKL (01 Feb 1945-14 May 1945)
In US Captivity (14 May 1945-30 Jun 1947)
Released (30 Jun 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz: am 16.04.1942 als Oberst und Kommodore Kampfgeschwader z.b.V. 1 und Lufttransportführer Ost der Luftflotte 1
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Flugzeugführer-Abzeichen
- “Ehrenbecher für dem Siege rim Luftkampf”
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938 mit Spange “Prager Burg”
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
- Frontflugspange für Transportflieger in Gold


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