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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 War II.
Mar 9, 2017 · Willy Messerschmitt died in September 1978 at the age of 80—the only aircraft designer ever to give his name to such a vast and remarkable array of aircraft spanning nearly half a century.
Mar 26, 2024 · 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.
May 29, 2018 · Messerschmitt, Willy (Wilhelm) (1898–1978) German aircraft designer, famous for the Messerschmitt Bf-109 fighter used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. Messerschmitt also designed the ME-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to be used in combat (1944).
Wilhelm „Willy“ Emil Messerschmitt war ein deutscher Flugzeugkonstrukteur und Vorstandsvorsitzender der Messerschmitt AG. Er gilt als ein Pionier der Luftfahrt.
Wilhelm Emil "Willy" Messerschmitt 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 War II.
(1898–1978) German aircraft designer and manufacturer, responsible for many German warplanes including the Me 262, the first operational jet fighter. The son of a wine merchant, Messerschmitt was educated at schools in Frankfurt and Bamberg and at the Technische Hochschule, Munich.
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