Willy Messerschmitt

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aeronautical engineer human industrialist

Willy Messerschmitt was a German aircraft engineer and industrialist best known for designing some of Nazi Germany’s most important World War II fighter planes, including the Bf 109.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aeronautical engineer → human → industrialist →
afterWarActivity	civilian aircraft design → industrial consulting →
associatedWith	Luftwaffe → Nazi Germany →
awardReceived	Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross →
basedIn	Augsburg → Bavaria →
birthCountry	German Empire →
birthDate	1898-06-26 →
birthPlace	Frankfurt am Main →
citizenship	Germany →
countryOfActivity	Germany →
deathCountry	West Germany →
deathDate	1978-09-15 →
deathPlace	Munich →
designed	Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun → Messerschmitt Bf 109 → Messerschmitt Bf 110 → Messerschmitt Kabinenroller microcar → Messerschmitt Me 262 →
educatedAt	Technical University of Munich →
employer	Messerschmitt AG →
era	20th century →
familyName	Messerschmitt →
fieldOfWork	aeronautical engineering → aircraft design →
founded	Messerschmitt AG →
gender	male →
givenName	Wilhelm →
hasNationality	German →
languageOfWorkOrName	German →
name	Willy Messerschmitt →
notableFor	designing World War II German fighter aircraft → pioneering lightweight, high-performance aircraft structures →
notableWork	Messerschmitt Bf 109 → Messerschmitt Bf 110 → Messerschmitt Me 262 →
occupation	aircraft designer → engineer → entrepreneur →
participatedIn	World War II armaments production →
positionHeld	chairman of Messerschmitt AG → chief designer at Messerschmitt AG →
subjectOf	post-war denazification proceedings →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Messerschmitt Bf 109 → Messerschmitt Bf 110 → Messerschmitt Me 262 →	designer
Bayerische Flugzeugwerke → Schwalbe →	associatedWith
Bf →	associatedWithDesigner
Willy Messerschmitt →	name