Search results
Early life. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, the son of Baptist Ferdinand Messerschmitt (1858–1916) and his second wife, Anna Maria Schaller (1867–1942). [2] [3] First sailplane designs and World War I. As a young man, Messerschmitt befriended German sailplane pioneer Friedrich Harth.
Mar 26, 2024 · aerospace engineering. Willy Messerschmitt (born June 26, 1898, Frankfurt am Main—died Sept. 17, 1978, Munich) was a German aircraft engineer and designer. Messerschmitt was educated at the Munich Institute of Technology, where he received a degree in engineering in 1923.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 29, 2018 · Messerschmitt was born Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt on June 26, 1898, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His father, Ferdinand, was a wine merchant who relocated the family to Bamberg, a textile town in northern Bavaria, when Messerschmitt was around seven years old.
Wilhelm Emil "Willy" Messerschmitt ( German pronunciation: [ ˈmɛsɐʃmɪt]; 26 June 1898 – 15 September 1978) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer. In 1934, in collaboration with Walter Rethel, he designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109, which became the most important fighter aircraft in the Luftwaffe as Germany rearmed prior to World ...
Apr 21, 2015 · Willy Messerschmitt was born in 1898. At an early age he became fascinated by airships, having seen a Zeppelin. This sparked a general interest in aviation and Messerschmitt was soon working for Friedrich Harth – the German gliding pioneer. During World War One, Messerschmitt worked at a military flying school.
Wilhelm Messerschmitt was born in 1898. In 1912, at age 14, he became friends with Friedrich Harth, a builder of gliders . He went on to build and fly his own glider using one of Harth's designs.
Jul 18, 2016 · Flight Journal. From the Magazine. At the age of 15, “Willy” Messerschmitt, who would eventually become a near-legend during WW II, started his apprenticeship with a group of “free-flight” enthusiasts in his hometown of Bamberg, in Bavaria.
Related searches
