Kay Staack
Kay Staack (born July 11, 1922 in Kiel , † March 22, 2007 in Mainz ) was a German doctor and, as a medical officer, most recently a doctor general in the Air Force . From 1981 to 1982 he was the 6th President of the German Society for Aerospace Medicine e. V. (DGLRM).
biography
Staack was drafted into the Air Force as a medical officer candidate in December 1939 . Then he studied medicine, in 1942 he completed the physics and in 1945 the state examination. From April 1945 until the end of the war he was employed as a medical officer in the Westerland Air Force hospital on Sylt .
He then worked as a general practitioner until 1953 and then as an employee of the British Army of the Rhine until joining the Bundeswehr in August 1958 . In the Bundeswehr he completed his training as an aviation doctor , was employed at the Aviation Medical Institute of the Air Force , at the helicopter school in Faßberg and then as the first aviation doctor for Fighter Bomber Wing 31 , before he was transferred to the Air Force medical service inspection in 1963, from which the specialist command "General Doctor der Luftwaffe ”emerged. Here he was initially head of department for "Organization and Management" and from 1965 for "Aviation Medicine and Military Hygiene". From 1969 to 1972 he was command doctor at the air transport command in Münster, then until 1978 deputy general doctor of the air force and chief of staff, and from 1978 to 1980 military area doctor with the former military area command IV in Mainz. In his last military service he was from April 1, 1980 to September 30, 1982 General Doctor of the Air Force.
Awards
- Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (November 30, 1976)
- Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (1982)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. V. Harsch The German Society for Aerospace Medicine e. V. (1961-2001) , Neubrandenburg, 2001.
- ↑ Obituary General Doctor a. D. Dr. Kay Staack , Wehrmedizin und Wehrpharmazie 2/2007, pp. 76–77.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Staack, Kay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and general physician in the Air Force |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 2007 |
| Place of death | Mainz |