Focke-Wulf
Sign in to saveFocke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the predecessor companies of today's Airbus.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau
- Company.logo
- FockeWulf-Logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 200px
- Company.type
- initially AG, later GmbH
- Company.fate
- Merged with Weser Flugzeugbau
- Company.successor
- Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke
- Company.defunct
- 1964
- Company.location_city
- Bremen
- Company.location_country
- Germany
- Company.industry
- Aerospace
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- Built under license
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Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the predecessor companies of today's Airbus.
==History== The company was founded in Bremen on 24 October 1923 as Bremer Flugzeugbau AG by Prof. Henrich Focke, Georg Wulf and Dr. rer. pol. Werner Naumann. Almost immediately, they renamed the company Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG (later Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH).