Hans Wirth (pilot)
Hans Wirth (* 1898 in Bern ; † January 14, 1933 in Rorschach ) was a Swiss pilot and pilot in command.
life and work
Wirth was a well-known Bernese sports pilot and one of the best Swiss pilots as well as director of the St. Gallen-Altenrhein airfield .
During a flight competition around Europe , Wirth won first prize and was the first to land on the Jungfraujoch and take off again. Wirth was an honorary member of the "Ligue internationale des aviateurs". Wirth and his flight student Max Bachmann crashed in a former military aircraft from an altitude of 150 meters on the airfield of Altenheim. Bachmann died immediately, Wirth died shortly afterwards in the Rorschach hospital. He left behind a woman whom he had married three years earlier.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berner Woche picture show . In: The Bern Week . tape 23 , no. 4 . Bern 1933 ( e-periodica.ch ).
- ↑ Bern weekly chronicle . In: The Bern Week . tape 23 , no. 3 . Bern 1933, p. 47 ( e-periodica.ch ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wirth, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss pilot and pilot in command |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1933 |
| Place of death | Rorschach |