Career
Weik joined the Luftwaffe in October 1941. After the following completion of his flying training, he was posted to I./JG 3 based on the Eastern Front. After promoted to a Leutnant, he joined JG 3, on 21 February 1943.
After returning from the Eastern Front he became an instructor.
He returned to combat soon after and downed his first four-engined bomber, a United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress in September 1943. Between February and July 1944, he claimed 23 victories, including 20 four-engined bombers.
In April 1945, Weik was a trainer of Maine 262 jet fighters at Lechfeld. By the end of the war, he had been credited with 36 victories in only 85 missions.
He was one of the leading "Viermottöters".
After the war, Weik became an architect. He planned and built many schools, sports auditoriums and other buildings. In retirement, he indulged his passion for model shipbuilding.
Weik died at the age of 78 on 5 June 2001 at Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany.
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