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The Messerschmitt AG was a German airplane and vehicle manufacturer.
The history of the company Messerschmitt AG begins initially in another enterprise. 1927 start Willy Messerschmitt its work with the Bavarian aircraft plants and schart there a development team around itself, which goes to this time conceptionally and completely new ways of the airplane development. With its airplanes the BF 108 Taifun as well as the BF 109 wins Messerschmitt and its team several development competitions into the second half of the 1930 years inside.
On 11 July 1938 Messerschmitt creates the Messerschmitt AG (Hauptwerk in Augsburg, designated after it; Branch works in Regensburg and Obertraubling) in that the Bavarian aircraft plants come up at the same time. Willy Messerschmitt becomes the chairman of the board of the new enterprise. The Messerschmitt AG is essentially responsible to 2 for the development of some trend-setting types of aircraft in the time. World war. Thus Messerschmitt with the ME 262 builds first in series produced jet engine-driven airplane of the world as well as the ME 163 comet propelled by a rocket engine.
With the establishment of the Messerschmitt AG also all airplanes developed from then on were provided before at the same time with the contraction "ME "instead of "BF ". All types of aircraft existing to date kept officially however their contraction "BF ", although it came to overlaps, since for example the BF 109 or BF 110 partly than ME 109 emerged or ME 110 in documents.
1943 was attacked for the first time the works in Regensburg by allied bomber formations (see also operation double Strike). Up to then the BF (ME) 109 one produced. Starting from 1944, production was tried into hidden works to page out e.g. into an underground lug plant in upper bunting gau. 1945 one went on a trip the last manufactured ME 262 to Munich.
After the war the Boelkow GmbH (1968) and fusion with that became Hamburg aircraft construction GmbH (1969), a daughter of Blohm & Voss, to Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm (MBB), then largest German air and space travel company from the Messerschmitt AG by assumption. 1989 were taken over MBB by Daimler Benz Aerospace AG.
See also: Messerschmitt cab scooter, list of types of aircraft, Alexander Lippisch
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D» Development ring south» Department | J» Junkers Ju 248 | M» Messerschmitt ME 509» Messerschmitt P.1110 » Messerschmitt P. 1101 » Messerschmitt ME 323 » Messerschmitt ME 328 |
W» William Emil Messerschmitt |
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