Kurt Tank

About

German aircraft designer and test pilot who developed the Luftwaffe's World War II mainstay, the Focke-Wuld 190.

Before Fame

He designed flying boats in the years between the two World Wars.

Trivia

Some 20,000 of his FW-190 fighters were produced during the war years.

Family Life

His grandfather was a sergeant in the German cavalry.

Associated With

Ferdinand Porsche was another German engineer whose motors powered German war tanks during World War II.