Hansa-Brandenburg
Hansa- and Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke AG (HBF) | |
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legal form | Corporation |
founding | 1914 |
Seat | Brandenburg an der Havel , Germany |
management |
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Branch | Aircraft manufacturer |
The Hansa- und Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke AG ( HBF ), also often Hansa-Brandenburg ( HB ) for short , was an important aircraft manufacturer for the German and Austrian armed forces in World War I and during this time the place of activity of the important aircraft designer Ernst Heinkel .
history
The well-known aviation pioneer Igo Etrich , which extends through the construction of Etrich dove had made a name, founded in 1914 in Briest near Brandenburg an der Havel , the Brandenburg aircraft plants GmbH with personnel working previously for him Ernst Heinkel as chief designer. The bustling Austrian industrialist Camillo Castiglioni acquired Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke GmbH and Hansa-Flugzeug-Werke Hamburg Carl Caspar in Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel in July 1915 , which he merged with his company, Deutsche Aero-Gesellschaft AG , which had existed since 1914 , and the whole thing became Hansa and renamed Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke AG . In 1918, Max Oertz's boat and yacht yard in Hamburg was added, apparently with the aim of expanding production to include seaplanes . The company's share capital at that time was 3 million marks .
After the war, Hansa-Brandenburg had to give up aircraft construction due to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty . However, the company existed until at least 1925, with Castiglioni and Heinkel forming the board of directors and the company's purpose continued to be described as follows: manufacture and sale of all types of aircraft and all other products considered for aviation, giving flight instruction, acquisition and exploitation of inventions , Patents and licenses in the field of airship travel . The share capital was only 20,000 Reichsmarks , however , income from patent licenses may have been the only sales achieved.
developments
During the war, the company, headed by Heinkel, built a large number of its own aircraft for the German and Austro-Hungarian air forces , the latter partly under license from Austro-Hungarian aircraft factories.
The large bomber Friedrichshafen G.III , which was later manufactured under license by the Hanseatische Flugzeugwerke in Hamburg, which was formally spun off from the company, is often included in the production of HB .
Particularly noteworthy were the sea combat aircraft that were deployed from German and Austro-Hungarian seaplane stations on the North Sea and the Mediterranean .
Training aircraft
- 1914: Hansa-Brandenburg D
- 1914: Hansa-Brandenburg FD
Unarmed scouts
- 1915: Hansa-Brandenburg LDD
- 1915: Hansa-Brandenburg DD
Armed scouts
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg KDD
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg CI
- 1917: Hansa-Brandenburg K
- 1917: Hansa-Brandenburg L15
Fighter planes
- 1915: Hansa-Brandenburg MLD
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg KF
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg KD (DI)
- 1917: Hansa-Brandenburg L14
- 1917: Hansa-Brandenburg L16
bomber
- 1915: Hansa-Brandenburg ZM - prototypes ZM I and ZM II
- 1915: Hansa-Brandenburg GF (GI)
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg GFK
Float planes
- 1914: Hansa-Brandenburg W
- 1915: Hansa-Brandenburg NW
- 1915/16: Hansa-Brandenburg LW
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg GNW
- 1916/17: Hansa-Brandenburg KW
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg KDW - single -seater hunting
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg W.11
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg W.12
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg GW - torpedo aircraft
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg GDW - torpedo aircraft
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg W.16
- 1917/18: Hansa-Brandenburg W.19 - sea combat aircraft
- 1917: Hansa-Brandenburg W.25 - single seater sea hunt
- 1917: Hansa-Brandenburg W.26 - long-range reconnaissance aircraft
- 1917: Hansa-Brandenburg W.27 - sea combat aircraft
- 1918: Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 - sea combat aircraft
- 1918: Hansa-Brandenburg W.32 - training aircraft
- 1918: Hansa-Brandenburg W.33 - sea combat aircraft
- 1918: Hansa-Brandenburg W.34 - sea combat aircraft
Flying boats
- 1915: Hansa-Brandenburg FB
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg CC - single-seater hunting
- 1916: Hansa-Brandenburg W.13
- 1917: Hansa-Brandenburg W.17 - single-seater hunting
- 1917: Hansa-Brandenburg W.18 - single-seater hunting
- 1917: Hansa-Brandenburg W.20 - small flying boat
- 1917: Hansa-Brandenburg W.23
- 1918: Hansa-Brandenburg W.35
See also
literature
- Handbook of German stock corporations , 30th edition 1925, Volume II, p. 2929.
- Jürgen Thorwald (Ed.), Ernst Heinkel: Stormy life . Mundus-Verlag, Stuttgart 1953. / as reprint : Aviatic-Verlag, Oberhaching 1998, ISBN 3-925505-46-6 .
- Enzo Angelucci, Paolo Matricardi: Airplanes from the beginnings to the First World War. Wiesbaden 1976, ISBN 3-8068-0391-9 .
- Günter Kroschel, Helmut Stützer: The German military aircraft 1910–1918. Wilhelmshaven 1977.
- Kenneth Munson: Bomber 1914-1919. Orell Füssli Verlag , Zurich 1968.
- Kenneth Munson: Warplanes 1914-1919. Orell Füssli Verlag, Zurich 1968.
- Heinz Nowarra: The Development of Airplanes 1914-18. Munich 1959.