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Helmut Wick

1915 - 1940

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Helmut Paul Emil Wick (5 August 1915 – 28 November 1940) was a German flying ace of World War II. He was a wing commander in the Luftwaffe (air force) of Nazi Germany, and the fourth recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, the nation's highest military decoration at the time. Born in Mannheim, Wick joined the Luftwaffe in 1936 and was trained as a fighter pilot. He was assigned to Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" (JG 2—2nd Fighter Wing), and saw combat in the Battles of France and Britain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmut Wick has received more than 118,993 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Helmut Wick is the 37th most popular pilot (down from 31st in 2019), the 3,847th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,162nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Helmut Wick ranks 37 out of 71. Before him are Sarla Thakral, Olga Sanfirova, Pyotr Nesterov, Polina Osipenko, Vladimir Kokkinaki, and Jean Mermoz. After him are Jadwiga Piłsudska, Bessie Coleman, Touria Chaoui, Jacqueline Auriol, Ahmet Ali Çelikten, and Steponas Darius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Helmut Wick ranks 149. Before him are Aldo Boffi, Tapio Rautavaara, Georges Guétary, Sargent Shriver, Robert Monroe, and Ken Aston. After him are Patrick Leigh Fermor, Antonio Innocenti, Herman Wouk, Günther Schwägermann, William Masters, and Boris Paichadze. Among people deceased in 1940, Helmut Wick ranks 116. Before him are Ernst Weiss, Tom Mix, Fanny Brate, Flora Finch, Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg, and Raymond Smith Dugan. After him are Pierre Weiss, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, Smedley Butler, Ljubomir Davidović, Charley Chase, and Ameen Rihani.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Helmut Wick ranks 3,847 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), Friedrich von Ingenohl (1857), Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg (1815), Johann Most (1846), Botho Strauß (1944), and Andrey Osterman (1686). After him are Bill Brandt (1904), Mathieu Carrière (1950), Siegfried Buback (1920), Lothar Wolleh (1930), Peter Carsten (1928), and Gottfried Fuchs (1889).

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Among PILOTS In Germany

Among pilots born in Germany, Helmut Wick ranks 5. Before him are Adolf Galland (1912), Ernst Udet (1896), Hermann Graf (1912), and Mathias Rust (1968). After him are Gotthard Handrick (1908).

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