Willy Achim Fiedler papers, 1933-1998

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Summary

Creators:
Fiedler, Willy Achim, 1908-1998
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.
Extent:
16 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 4 oversize folders (9.2 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English and German
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Willy Achim Fiedler papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

German-American engineer; chief scientist, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company.

Date Event
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
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1995.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Willy Achim Fiedler papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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