Hermann Wurster

Hermann Wurster (born September 25, 1907 in Stuttgart , † October 17, 1985 in Augsburg ) was a German mechanical engineer and test pilot .

Life

From 1926 Wurster studied aircraft construction at the technical universities in Munich and Stuttgart . In 1933 he was promoted to Dr.-Ing. and was chief designer at the German Aviation Research Institute in Berlin from 1933 to 1935 . He then worked as a test pilot for the Air Force at the Rechlin test site until 1936 . He then moved to the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke ( Messerschmitt AG from 1938 ) in Augsburg, where he was chief pilot of the test aviation until 1943. In total, Wurster flew 40 different types of aircraft in the course of his career (6 of which were the first flight at Messerschmitt).

After Wurster had finished the test flight, he switched to the design office of Alexander Lippisch . There he developed the twin-engine flying wing Me 265 (renamed Me 329 from 1944 ) to replace the failed Me 210 .

From 1943 until the end of the war, Wurster headed the development department for the Enzian anti-aircraft missile in Oberammergau.

After the war ended, the Americans tried to convince him to continue his work in the United States. Wurster refused, however. Instead, he founded a building materials business in Nördlingen , which he ran until his retirement in 1973.

record

On November 11, 1937 Wurster set the previous speed record for Howard Hughes' land planes with a modified Messerschmitt Bf 109 along the Augsburg – Buchloe railway line with 610.95 km / h . His record was surpassed on March 30, 1939 by Heinkel test pilot Hans Dieterle.

literature

Günther Grünsteudel et al. (Ed.): Augsburger Stadtlexikon . 2nd Edition. Perlach-Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-922769-28-4 ( online version ).

Individual evidence

^ Franz Häußler: Aviation City Augsburg. From the aviation pioneers to the space rocket. context Verlag Augsburg , 2010, ISBN 978-3-939645-24-5 , p. 56.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Robert Deininger: Portrait of a pilot city. A never-ending aviation story. Presse-Druck- und Verlag, Augsburg 1995, DNB 947281355 , p. 73 ff.

personal data
SURNAME	Wurster, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German mechanical engineer and test pilot
DATE OF BIRTH	September 25, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH	17th October 1985
Place of death	augsburg

[1] Franz Häußler: Aviation City Augsburg. From the aviation pioneers to the space rocket. context Verlag Augsburg , 2010, ISBN 978-3-939645-24-5 , p. 56.

[Deininger-2] Robert Deininger: Portrait of a pilot city. A never-ending aviation story. Presse-Druck- und Verlag, Augsburg 1995, DNB 947281355 , p. 73 ff.