Wolfgang Thimmig’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Second in command of Nigerian air force
Was Military leader
From Nigeria
Type Military
Gender male
Birth

4 October 1912, Dresden

Death

6 November 1976, Stockholm
(aged 64 years)

Wolfgang Thimmig (October 4, 1912—November 6, 1976) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace during World War II. At the end of the war he had achieved no less than 24 aerial victories, reached the rank of Oberstleutnant and was Geschwaderkommodore for NJG 2, having previously been the Kommodore for NJG 4. In 1956, Thimmig joined the newly formed Bundesluftwaffe and was the Military Attache of the Federal German Republic in Sweden between 1959 and 1963. In addition to this he was the Nigerian Air Force’s Chief of the Air Staff from 1965 to 1966. He was the second Commander of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), and assigned to the continuation of creating an Air Force for Nigeria by a 1963 agreement between Nigeria and Germany. Thimmig and the German Air Force Assistance Group (GAFAG) withdrew from Nigeria in January 1966 when their task of creating an Air Force was completed.

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