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Foreword: * 24.04.1904 † 1996 Wilhelm Sachsenberg's father was co-owner of the Sachsenberg shipyard in Roßlau. From 1920-1925 he was a Sachsenberg volunteer with Junkers, 1926/27 he received his aeronautical training with Raab-Katzenstein. 1928-1929 pilot and organizer of flight days at RAKA-Flug in Kassel; 1929 entry into the service of the German Aviation Association. Since 1931 he was managing director of the Südwestdeutsche Sportfliegervereinigung. 1934-1935 Speaker for powered flight of the Landesgruppe Westfalen. 1934-39 Responsible manager and organizer of the international flight competitions of the 1936 Olympics, after 1950 he was still active in various air sports organizations. The collection contains documents of his aviation activities (badges, orders, memoirs, photos), e.g. at Raab-Katzenstein from the time before 1945 and his collection of material on aviation after 1950. The estate was handed over to the archive in 1995. It has a scope of 79 units of distortion with a duration of 1910-1992