Kurt Tank

Kurt Waldemar Tank
Kurt Waldemar Tank
	Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Kurt Tank, March 1941
Born	24 February 1898; Bromberg, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Poland)
Died	5 June 1983 (aged 85); Munich, Bavaria, West Germany (now Germany)
Nationality	German citizenship
Education	Technical University of Berlin
Occupation	Engineer
	Engineering career
Projects	Focke-Wulf Fw 190; Focke-Wulf Ta 152; Focke-Wulf Fw 200; FMA IAe 33; HAL HF-24;
Awards	Honorary Professor with chair at Technical University of Braunschweig

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).

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