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Wolfgang Schenck returned to South Africa and was a 'bush' pilot for several years (I suspect this was a euphemism for smuggling all kinds of stuff everywhere, as he was quite a character!)
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Which other ex-Luftwaffe pilots could resume flying in civil or military aviation in the immediate post-war period?
I know only a few examples:
- Walter Schuck and Hartmann Grasser served as advisors to the Syrian Air Force, latter trained also Indian pilots in 1949.
- Heinz "Negus" Marquardt became in 1947 a flying instructor in Switzerland before he joined the Bundesluftwaffe again in 1956.
- Hans Guido Mutke flew DC-3 for airlines in Argentina and Bolivia.
- The German news magazine
Der Spiegel reported in 1950 that the Dominican Air Force hired some former Luftwaffe pilots/ officers; an Oberst Friede, a Hauptmann Pagels and a Oberleutnant Kretschmar are mentionend (this story sounds a bit incredulous to me!)
Are there further details or stories known of the post-war careers of the listed examples or can the strange story of Germans serving in the Dominican Air Force be confirmed?
Thanks in advance
Best regards
Michael