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Willy Messerschmitt
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German aircraft designer and manufacturer (1898-1978)
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Vinony's link graph records 108 inbound references to Willy Messerschmitt, and connects out to Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, Me 410 Hornisse and Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun.
It is catalogued under topics including 1898 births, 1978 deaths and 20th-century German businesspeople.
Vinony links it to 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1898-06-26 ) 26 June 1898 , Frankfurt am Main , German Empire
- Died
- 15 September 1978 (1978-09-15) (aged 80) , Munich , West Germany
- Education
- Munich Institute of Technology
- Occupation
- Aerospace engineer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Frankfurt
- Place of death
- Munich
- Educated at
- Technical University of Munich
- Employer
- Technical University of Munich
- Languages spoken
- German
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1969-169-19, Willy Messerschmitt.jpg
- Work location
- Munich
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- Commons category
- Willy Messerschmitt
- date of birth
- 1898-06-26
- date of death
- 1978-09-15
- name in native language
- Willy Messerschmitt
- P8168
- Jozef Golonka
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Encyclopedic overview
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Wilhelm Emil "Willy" Messerschmitt ( German pronunciation: [ˈmɛsɐʃmɪt]; 26 June 1898 – 15 September 1978) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer who designed a number of prominent aircraft for the Luftwaffe and civil aviation.
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