German aircraft industry in the First World War
The list of the most important companies in the German aircraft industry during the First World War essentially refers to the companies that developed and supplied their own aircraft types during this period.
overview
Due to the war, the German aviation industry experienced a considerable economic and technological upswing from 1914 to 1918. The number of aircraft factories grew
- of 14 plants in 1914 with a delivery capacity of 60 aircraft per month
- to 60 plants in 1918 with 55,000 workers and a delivery capacity of 2500 aircraft per month
During the war they were
- 47,637 aircraft
- 40,449 aircraft engines
produced.
Participating companies (aircraft construction)
In addition to the aircraft factories listed below, numerous other factories and ancillary suppliers produced aircraft on a license basis , as the capacities of the various manufacturers were insufficient to produce their own aircraft types. In addition, other companies participated not only in the production, but also in the maintenance and repair of the aircraft. This group included a. the companies:
- Court and Kühlstein, Berlin-Johannisthal
- Dr. Geest
- Germania Flugzeugwerke GmbH, Leipzig
- Jacob Goedecker Flugzeugbau, Mainz
- Hans Grade Aircraft Construction and Aviation School, Bork
- Willy Hanuschke, Berlin-Johannisthal
- Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke , Lindenthal
- Ing.F. Hergt
- Emil Jeannin
- warrior
- Luft-Torpedo-Gesellschaft (LTG), Berlin
- Märkische Flugzeugwerke (MFW), Bork
- Märkische Flugzeugwerft GmbH Golm idM, Golm
- NAGLO shipyard, Zeuthen / Berlin-Pichelsdorf
- National Aircraft Works (NFW), Berlin-Johannisthal
- Rathgeber
- Rex
- Albert Rinne Airplane Works
- Franz Schneider Flugmaschinenwerk, Spandau-Seegefeld
- Schwade aircraft and aircraft engine construction, Erfurt
- Union-Flugzeugwerke, Teltow
- Mercur Flugzeugwerke, Berlin
Participating companies (aircraft engine construction)
The main engine manufacturers were
- Argus Motoren-Gesellschaft mbH , Reinickendorf near Berlin, (engine construction under license from Opel in Rüsselsheim )
- Benz & Cie., Rheinische Automobil- und Motorenfabrik AG , Mannheim
- Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH (from 1917 BMW ), Munich- Milbertshofen
- Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (Mercedes), Stuttgart-Untertürkheim and Berlin-Marienfelde
- Basse & Selve , Altena
- Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau GmbH (from 1918 Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH ), Friedrichshafen
- National Automobile Society (NAG), Oberschöneweide near Berlin
- Siemens & Halske , Siemensstadt ( Spandau district near Berlin)
- Gandenberger's machine factory Georg Goebel, Darmstadt
- Motorenfabrik Oberursel AG , Oberursel
The number of engine factories producing at the end of the war was 14 in 1918.
The end of the war also meant the end of most of the aircraft industry, as the Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany to maintain air forces.
Individual references / comments
- ↑ The " Idflieg " (inspection of the air force, including the authoritative inspection authority for military aircraft), took care to stimulate competition from different suppliers as far as possible and then to involve the companies that were inferior in the production of their competitors in order to ensure that all plants were optimally utilized for the war economy to reach.
literature
- Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: The German military aircraft 1910–1918, Wilhelmshaven 1977
- Nowarra, Heinz: The development of the aircraft 1914-18, Munich 1959