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Wolfgang Thimmig

Wolfgang Thimmig

German military officer (1912–1976)

Wolfgang Thimmig (4 October 1912 – 6 November 1976)[1] was a German Luftwaffe night fighter during World War II. By the end of the war he had achieved 24 aerial victories, reached the rank of Oberstleutnant, and was Geschwaderkommodore for NJG 2, having previously been the Kommodore for NJG 4.[citation needed]

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In 1956, Thimmig joined the newly formed Bundesluftwaffe and was the Military Attache of the Federal Republic of Germany in Sweden between 1959 and 1963. In addition to that, he was the Nigerian Air Force's Chief of the Air Staff from 1965 to 1966.[2] He was the second Commander of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), and given the task of continuing the creation of an air force for Nigeria under a 1963 agreement between Nigeria and Germany. Thimmig and the German Air Force Assistance Group (GAFAG) withdrew from Nigeria in January 1966, when their mission of creating the air force was completed.

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

Foreman, Parry and Mathews, authors of Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 – 1945, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 23 nocturnal victory claims.[3] Matthews and Foreman also published Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, listing Thimmig with 23 claims, all of which claimed in Defense of the Reich.[4]

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Awards

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    According to Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims on 26 July 1941.[7]
  2. [N 2]
    According to Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims at Waterwijk.[7]

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    "THIMMIG, Wolfgang". TracesOfWar.com. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. [2]
    "History of The Nigerian Air Force: Former Chiefs of Air Staffs". The Nigerian Air Force. Nigerian Air Force. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. [3]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, pp. 22–200.
  4. [4]
    Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 1318–1319.
  5. [5]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 22.
  6. [6]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 25.
  7. [7]
    Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1319.
  8. [8]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 26.
  9. [9]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 29.
  10. [10]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 30.
  11. [11]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 42.
  12. [12]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 56.
  13. [13]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 66.
  14. [14]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 77.
  15. [15]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 78.
  16. [16]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 81.
  17. [17]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 118.
  18. [18]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 167.
  19. [19]
    Foreman, Mathews & Parry 2004, p. 200.
  20. [20]
    Patzwall 2008, p. 204.
  21. [21]
    Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 474.

Bibliography

  • Foreman, John; Mathews, Johannes; Parry, Simon (2004). Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939–1945. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-0-9538061-4-0.
  • Mathews, Andrew Johannes; Foreman, John (2015). Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims — Volume 4 S–Z. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-1-906592-21-9.
  • Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
  • Patzwall, Klaus D. (2008). Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg [The Honor Goblet for Outstanding Achievement in the Air War] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3.
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