Helmut WickMajor Helmut Wick failed to return from a mission over the English Channel on 28 November 1940 and is listed as missing to this day. This fate ended a picture book military and flying career. In just three months Helmut Wick had risen from Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitn to Kommodore of the tradition rich Jagd geschwader Richthofen Nr. 2 and with fifty six victories had become the leading German fighter pilot. At the time he was the youngest Major and