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Kurt Tank

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German aircraft designer (1898-1983)

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Kurt Waldemar Tank was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931 to 1945.

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Major Günther Specht (left) and Kurt Tank (right)Major Günther Specht (left) and Kurt Tank (right)Tank (left, barely visible) exhibiting the IAe 33 to President Perón (center, in white uniform) c. 1951Tank (left, barely visible) exhibiting the IAe 33 to President Perón (center, in white uniform) c. 1951

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honorary professor
Wehrwirtschaftsführer

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Kurt Waldemar Tank was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931 to 1945. He was responsible for the creation of several important Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II, including the Fw 190 fighter aircraft, the Ta 152 fighter-interceptor and the Fw 200 Condor airliner. After the war, Tank spent two decades designing aircraft abroad, working first in Argentina and then in India, before returning to West Germany in the late 1960s to work as a consultant for Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB).

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Germany
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1898 to 1983 · aged 85
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