Key facts
- Born
- ( 1898-02-24 ) 24 February 1898, Bromberg, German Empire (now Bydgoszcz , Poland )
- Died
- 5 June 1983 (1983-06-05) (aged 85), Munich , West Germany
- Education
- Technische Universität Berlin
- Projects
- Akaflieg Berlin B2 Rohrbach Ro VIII Rohrbach Ro IX Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Focke-Wulf Ta 152 Focke-Wulf Fw 200 FMA IAe 33 HAL HF-24
- Awards
- Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, 1914 Ehrenkreuz Schwarzburg-Sondershausen [ de ] Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kurt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Bydgoszcz
- Place of death
- Munich
- Occupation
- test pilot
- Educated at
- Technische Universität Berlin
- Employer
- TU Braunschweig
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- engineering
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L18396, Kurt Tank.jpg
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- 1983-06-05
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Encyclopedic overview
Kurt Waldemar Tank (24 February 1898 – 5 June 1983) 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).
Early life
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