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Kurt Waldemar Tank (February 24 1898 – June 5 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.

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Braunschweig University of Technology
birth date
1898-02-24
birth place
Province of Posen, Bydgoszcz
death date
1983-06-05
death place
Munich
depiction description (caption)
Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Kurt Tank March 1941
education
Technical University of Berlin
significant project
FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II, Focke-Wulf Ta 152, Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, Focke-Wulf Fw 190

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