Halberstadt aircraft factory
| Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| founding | April 9, 1912 (as Deutsche Bristol-Werke aircraft limited liability company ) |
| resolution | April 1, 1919 |
| Reason for dissolution | Takeover by Berliner Industrie AG |
| Seat | Halberstadt , Germany |
| management |
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| Branch | Aircraft manufacturer |
The Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke GmbH were an aircraft manufacturer in Halberstadt .
Company history
The origins
The company emerged from the " Deutsche Bristol-Werke Aircraft Limited Liability Company " founded in Halberstadt on April 9, 1912 with share capital of 200,000 Mk . Its managing directors were the two merchants Hermann Behrens and Curt Stockhausen from Oschersleben . The object of the company was the "manufacture and sale of aircraft that are built according to the Bristol system (note: British and Colonial Airplane Company )". The German-British joint venture initially produced the double-decker Bristol Boxkite ("box kite") and the Bristol Prier Monoplane ( monoplane ) as replicas , but then also developed its own.
In September 1914 the name was changed to Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke GmbH. Hans Burkhard, who later moved to Gothaer Waggonfabrik , was responsible for the design of the machines alongside chief designer Karl Theiss. During the First World War , Halberstadt built 1,717 C and CL aircraft and around 500 D aircraft .
Development after the First World War
After the end of the war in November 1918, aircraft construction in the German Empire of the Weimar Republic had to be completely stopped due to the terms of the Versailles Treaty .
In order to consolidate the affected plants, Berliner Industrie AG was founded on January 1, 1919, with its headquarters in Berlin NW 7 , Unter den Linden 47. After the name was changed to Berlin-Halberstädter Industriewerke AG , the aircraft works became a branch of the company on April 1, 1919. The plant in Halberstadt now built agricultural machines and repaired wagons for the Reichsbahn . At the beginning of 1926 insolvency proceedings had to be opened against the company's assets , which had not yet been completed in 1932.
A new Junkers branch for the production of wings for the Junkers Ju 88 was built on part of the former factory premises from 1935 in Halberstädter Klusstraße 30-38 .
Model
spotter
two-seat unarmed scouts and training planes
two-seater reconnaissance aircraft with water-cooled six-cylinder engines with 200 hp to 220 hp and a top speed of up to 170 km / h. First flight CI in May 1916, C.III end of 1916:
Ground attack aircraft
two-seater ground attack aircraft with water-cooled six-cylinder engines with 160 HP to 185 HP, CL.IV 100 HP, and a top speed of up to 165 km / h. First flight CL.II around February 1917, CL.IV early 1918:
Fighter planes
DI to DV : single-seat hunting double-deckers with water-cooled six-cylinder engines with 100 hp to 150 hp and a top speed of up to 145 km / h. First flight DI in February 1916, D.II in late 1916 and DV in early 1917:
Large aircraft
Naval aircraft
W 20 : single-seat micro-flying boat for taking along and reconnaissance for U-cruisers . Marine no. 1551-1553.
literature
- Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: The German military aircraft 1910–1918 , Wilhelmshaven 1977
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eberhard Rössler : The German U-Cruisers and Transport U-Boats. Bonn 2003, ISBN 3-7637-6246-9 , pp. 169-172.