I read on another board that Wolfgang Falck passed away on the 13th at the age of 96. Whilst “only” scoring 7 daylight victories, he is considered the father of the German Nightfighter force and was highly decorated for his influential role in the fight against Bomber Command.
An officer and gentleman throughout his life, he will be missed.
Short Bio link
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/falck.html
By: jeepman - 15th March 2007 at 20:19
I did ask him recently, through a third party, if he remembered the circumstances on that day – more out of interest than anything else.
I have found much about Bill’s last mission on that grey day in February 1940via the net – much more in fact than his immediate family ever knew. I had hoped that Oberst Falck’s response might have added the final piece in the jigsaw, but sadly he could remember little of that day – still at least I tried to pay my own tribute to the memory of one of thousands of aircrew on all sides lost during that time of conflict.
By: JägerMarty - 15th March 2007 at 20:05
Personal loss he would have regretted, Falck met and corresponded with many BC crew post war, an O+G
By: jeepman - 15th March 2007 at 12:07
One of those victories was my mother’s cousin in N6211
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March 15, 2007 at 6:41 am