The Gerhard Fieseler works GmbH briefly "Fieseler works" or "Fieseler", were an aircraft factory in Kassel. With Fieseler the V1 and the Fieseler stork were developed among other things and built.

History

1930 took over Gerhard Fieseler the building of gliders Kassel factory and designated it in Fieseler aircraft construction over. 1933wurde the sport aircraft production from Ihringshausen to bed living into resounding a former ammunition factory shifts. The realm aviation Ministry gave in the year 1934 orders for civil aircraft and the development of a fall combat bomber to Fieseler. One year later began the production of slow-speed flight things Fi 156 (Fieseler stork) and first licensed product ions (Messerschmitt BF 109). The large-scale enterprise grown meanwhile on 5300 coworkers was distinguished 1938 as LV model company. On 1 April 1939 the Fieseler aircraft construction in Gerhard Fieseler of works GmbH was renamed.

On 5 June 1942 the realm aviation Ministry gave the order a "remote projectile in airplane form" to develop - the flying bomb Fieseler Fi-103 (better well-known than "retaliation weapon" V1), developed by Robert leaving with Fieseler, goes in March 1944 with more than 50 German into mass production. 9,251 against England (most of it on London) and 6,551 was shot by approx. 35,000 V1 against Antwerp. On 28 July 1944 the Gerhard Fieseler works in bed living and Waldau a goal of the first attack of US of air forces on Kassel became. However to a large extent only populated areas and the neighbouring spin fiber AG were met. On 22 October 1943 however more than 10,000 humans died with the attack of the RAF on Kassel. All industrial companies were heavily damaged. The production numbers demanded by the Air Force were not reached, and Gerhard Fieseler became to 29. March 1944 as operating leaders of the Fieseler works set off. On 19 April 1944 the again repaired Fieseler of works was damaged again by bomb attacks (US Air Force).

On 15 October 1947 the aliierten military governors publication that the Gerhard Fieseler works are diminished in the context of their disassembly plan.

Listing some airplanes, which were produced among other things with Fieseler under license:

• Messerschmitt BF 109 (particularly worth mentioning is here only the model BF 109 T with hinged bearing areas, produced with Fieseler. It was for the employment on the German aircraft carrier count Zeppelin was intended, that never finished.)
• Focke Wulf L.G. 190
• Fieseler F 2 sport airplane
• Fieseler F 5 sport and training flight things
• Fieseler Fi 98, combat aircraft, double-decker
• Fieseler Fi-103 the flying bomb V1
• Fieseler Fi 156 (Fieseler stork) STOL, reconnaissance aircraft
• Fieseler Fi of 167 torpedo bombers, reconnaissance aircraft

Occasionally more than 10,000 workers and female workers, under it thousands Netherlands and French forced laborers, were into whom employs three Kasseler Fieseler works.

On 17 October 1980 the Gerhard Fieseler donation in Kassel was created. Purpose is the promotion of existing non-profit institutions of the welfare nature, the sport, the old person assistance as well as from art and culture.

Literature

• Thorsten Wiederhold: Gerhard Fieseler - a career. An industrial leader in the service of the national socialism. (National socialism in North Hesse - writings to regional contemporary history, volume 20) - ISBN 3-934377-98-X
• Gerhard Fieseler: My course in the sky (autobiography)

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