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Vizeflugmeister Alexander Zenzes (10 July 1898–September 1980) Iron Cross was a German World War I flying ace. He was a German naval pilot credited with 19 confirmed aerial victories.
After World War I, he gained a Doctorate in Engineering. In 1926, he moved to the United States. Although he became a naturalized citizen, in 1942 the Federal Bureau of Investigation suspected him of being a subversive.
During the early 1920s, Zenzes earned a Ph.D in Engineering. In 1926, he moved to the United States. In 1929, he applied for citizenship; he became a naturalized American in 1934. He lived in San Francisco until World War II. He worked as a clerk and a sales manager while conducting chemical research. By 1942, the Federal Bureau of Investigation suspected him of being a German agent carrying out subversion in Mexico.
He was last heard of living in New York City in the 1950s.
Retrieved 21 October 2017.
External links
Website forum with further details and speculations on his life: http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52334&highlight=alexander+zenses
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