Enno Walther Huth (

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, 8 October 1875 -

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, 31 May 1964) was a German industrialist, pioneer of the Luftstreitkräfte.

Biography

Huth was the son of

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Johann Ernst (1832-1897) and his wife Emilie (1838-1921) family with military traditions. In 1905 he married Elsa Bachstein (1878-1968), daughter of the railroad entrepreneur Hermann Bachstein. Left after 13 years as an officer in the military and from 1908 to 1912 he studied biology. He finished his studies and graduated in 1909, met in

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the French aviator

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. Huth showed the desire to produce aircraft in

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. Founded as the Albatros Flugzeugwerke in Johannisthal. Later aircraft produced under license by a

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manufacturer. Later he worked with designers such as Ernst Heinkel or

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. The Albatros-Werke provided the first aircraft for the Luftstreitkräfte. During

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many aircraft and components were manufactured by Albatros. Huth was an intelligence officer.

Awards

Huth was president of the National Federation of the German Aerospace.

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