Luftwaffe aircraft design community
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The Luftwaffe aircraft design community was the group of German engineers, aerodynamicists, and manufacturers responsible for developing military aircraft for Nazi Germany’s air force before and during World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aeronautical engineering community
ⓘ
military-industrial complex component ⓘ |
| activeDuring |
World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| associatedWithGovernment | Third Reich ⓘ |
| associatedWithIdeology | Nazism ⓘ |
| associatedWithProgram | V-weapons development context ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Arado Flugzeugwerke
ⓘ
surface form:
Arado
Blohm & Voss ⓘ Dornier aircraft ⓘ
surface form:
Dornier
Focke-Wulf ⓘ Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke ⓘ
surface form:
Heinkel
Henschel & Sohn ⓘ
surface form:
Henschel
Junkers ⓘ Messerschmitt ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| designed |
Arado Ar 234
ⓘ
Blohm & Voss BV 141 ⓘ Dornier Do 17 ⓘ Dornier Do 217 ⓘ Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ⓘ Focke-Wulf Ta 152 ⓘ Heinkel He 111 ⓘ Heinkel He 178 ⓘ Heinkel He 280 ⓘ Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ Junkers Ju 88 ⓘ Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ Messerschmitt Me 163 ⓘ Messerschmitt Me 262 ⓘ |
| employedBy |
Reich Ministry of Aviation
ⓘ
surface form:
Reichsluftfahrtministerium
|
| field |
aeronautical engineering
ⓘ
aircraft design ⓘ military aviation technology ⓘ |
| includesProfession |
aerodynamicists
ⓘ
aeronautical engineers ⓘ aircraft manufacturers ⓘ aircraft structural engineers ⓘ engine designers ⓘ test pilots ⓘ |
| influenced |
Soviet jet aircraft development
ⓘ
post-war Allied aircraft design ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
German rearmament
ⓘ
close air support aircraft development ⓘ fighter aircraft development for air superiority ⓘ strategic bombing doctrine of the Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| location | Germany ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Alexander Lippisch
ⓘ
Ernst Heinkel ⓘ Hans von Ohain ⓘ Hugo Junkers ⓘ Kurt Tank ⓘ Walter Dornier ⓘ Wernher von Braun ⓘ Willy Messerschmitt ⓘ |
| partOf | Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| pioneered |
early operational jet fighters
ⓘ
high-speed aerodynamics research ⓘ rocket-powered interceptor concepts ⓘ swept-wing research ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
development of Luftwaffe combat aircraft
ⓘ
integration of new propulsion technologies into aircraft ⓘ research in aerodynamics for military aircraft ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Allied exploitation of German aeronautical research
ⓘ
post-war technical intelligence programs such as Operation Paperclip ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | Reich Air Ministry ⓘ |
| timePeriodEnd | 1945 ⓘ |
| timePeriodStart | early 1930s ⓘ |
| usedTechnology |
all-metal stressed-skin airframes
ⓘ
jet engines ⓘ monoplane configurations ⓘ rocket propulsion ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Luftwaffe (as aircraft designer for its equipment)
this entity surface form:
Luftwaffe (for his aircraft designs)
subject surface form:
Kurt Tank
this entity surface form:
Luftwaffe (as aircraft designer via Focke-Wulf)