 On 23 January 1941, Wick's father received a telephone call from Bodenschatz at the Führer Headquarters that Wick had been rescued and taken prisoner of war.Apparently an official Reuters report had indicated that a 25-year-old Luftwaffe "Major", credited with 56 aerial victories, had been interned in a prisoner-of-war camp in Canada.Both Hitler and Göring initiated steps to get confirmation of the report.