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Title: Willy Achim Fiedler papers
Date (inclusive): 1933-1998
Collection Number: 95009
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and German
Physical Description:
16 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 4 oversize folders
(9.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, notes, memoranda, technical reports, patent applications, clippings, other printed matter, video
tape, sound recording, and photographs relating to the German missile development program during World War II, including the
"V1," and to postwar American missile development programs, especially the Polaris missile and other submarine launched ballistic
missiles.
Creator:
Fiedler, Willy Achim, 1908-1998
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1995.
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[Identification of item], Willy Achim Fiedler papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
German-American engineer; chief scientist, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company.
1908 January 23 |
Born, Freudenstadt, Black Forest, Germany |
1934 June 1 |
Received Diplom-Ingenieur (Master of Engineering) from the Technical University, Stuttgart |
1935-1936 |
Designer for the British Aircraft Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in Feltham, England |
1937 November 16 |
Received the title of Flugbaumeister (aeronautical engineer) from the Institute for Aviation Research (Deutsche Versuchsanstalt
für Luftfahrt, DVL) in Berlin
|
1938-1944 |
Designer and test pilot at the Gerhard Fieseler Aircraft Works in Kassel, Germany |
1942-1944 |
Tester of the "V1" missile for Gerhard Fieseler in Peenemünde, Germany |
1945 January-May |
Co-owner and technical director for the Bachem Company in Waldsee, Germany |
1945 October-1948 May |
Owner and manager of Ingenieurbureau Fiedler in Nabern, Germany |
1948-1956 |
Worked at the U.S. Naval Air Missile Test Center (NAMTC) in Point Mugu, California, as part of Operation Paperclip |
1954 January 27 |
Received the Distinguished Civilian Service Award from the U.S. Navy |
1956 |
Began work at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Sunnyvale, California |
1958 |
Became chief scientist at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company |
1973 |
Retired from Lockheed Missiles and Space Company |
1998 January 17 |
Died, Los Altos Hills, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, scientific writings, experiment notes, memoranda, technical reports, patent applications, clippings, other
printed matter, video tape, sound recording, and photographs relating to the German missile development program during World
War II, including the "V1," and to postwar American missile development programs, especially the Polaris missile and other
submarine launched ballistic missiles. The bulk of the collection relates to these and various other scientific studies and
experiments that Fiedler conducted in the decades after his immigration to the United States, organized into a Career File.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
Engineers
Nuclear weapons
Weapons systems
Polaris (Missile)
United States. Navy
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company