Hansa und Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke (more usually just Hansa-Brandenburg) was a German aircraft manufacturing company that operated during World War I. It was created in May 1914 by the purchase of ''Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke'' by

Camillo Castiglioni Camillo Castiglioni (22 October 1879 – 18 December 1957) was an Italian-Austrian Jewish financier and banker, and was the wealthiest man in Central Europe during World War I. Nicknamed "Austrian Stinnes", he was active in aviation's pioneering ...

, who relocated the factory from Liebau to

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. Brandenburg's chief designer,

Ernst Heinkel Dr. Ernst Heinkel (24 January 1888 – 30 January 1958) was a German aircraft designer, manufacturer, '' Wehrwirtschaftsführer'' in Nazi Germany, and member of the Nazi party. His company Heinkel Flugzeugwerke produced the Heinkel He 178, th ...

was retained by the new enterprise. By Autumn 1915, it had become the largest aircraft manufacturer in Germany, with a capital of 1,500,000 Marks, 1,000 employees, and two more factories - one in

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, Berlin, and one in Wandsbek,

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. Although manufacturing was carried out in Germany, Castiglioni was an Austrian, and many of the firm's military aircraft were produced for the Austro-Hungarian aviation corps. The firm became especially known for a highly successful series of floatplane fighters and reconnaissance aircraft that were used by the

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during the war. Hansa-Brandenburg did not survive in the post-war market, and ceased operations during 1919. A number of the firm's designs continued to be produced in other countries, however, most notably Finland and Norway.

Aircraft

* Hansa-Brandenburg B.I * Hansa-Brandenburg C.I *

Hansa-Brandenburg CC The Hansa-Brandenburg CC was a single-seat German fighter flying boat of World War I. It was used by both the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' (Imperial German Navy) and the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Development and design The Hansa-Brandenburg CC (where th ...

Hansa-Brandenburg D.I The Hansa-Brandenburg D.I, also known as the KD (''Kampf Doppeldecker'') was a German fighter aircraft of World War I. Despite poor handling characteristics it was put into service by Austria-Hungary, where some aircraft served until the end of ...

Hansa-Brandenburg G.I The Hansa-Brandenburg G.I was a bomber aircraft used to equip the KuKLFT, Austro-Hungarian aviation corps in World War I. It was a mostly conventional large, three-bay biplane with staggered wings of slightly unequal span. The pilot and bombardi ...

Hansa-Brandenburg GW The Hansa-Brandenburg GW was a floatplane torpedo bomber produced in Germany during World War I for the Imperial German Navy. In configuration, it was similar to the Hansa-Brandenburg G.I land-based bomber, but the GW was substantially larger ...

Hansa-Brandenburg KDW The Hansa-Brandenburg KDW was a German single-engine, single-seat, fighter floatplane of World War I. The KDW''Kampf Doppeldecker, Wasser'' (Fighter Biplane, Water)was adapted from the Hansa-Brandenburg D.I landplane to provide coastal defence ...

Hansa-Brandenburg W The Hansa-Brandenburg W was a reconnaissance floatplane produced in Germany in 1914 to equip the Imperial German Navy. Similar in general layout to the Hansa-Brandenburg B.I landplane, the W was a conventional three-bay biplane with unstaggered w ...

* Hansa-Brandenburg W.11 * Hansa-Brandenburg W.12 * Hansa-Brandenburg W.13 *

Hansa-Brandenburg W.19 The Hansa-Brandenburg W.19 was a German fighter-reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. It was a single-engined two-seat biplane floatplane, and was a larger development of the successful W.12. It served with the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' (Imper ...

Hansa-Brandenburg W.20 The Hansa-Brandenburg W.20 was a German submarine-launched reconnaissance flying boat of the World War I era, designed and built by Hansa-Brandenburg. Design and development Due to the need to be stored and launched from a submarine aircraft ca ...

Hansa-Brandenburg W.27 The Hansa Brandenburg W.27 and W.32 were prototype fighter floatplanes developed in parallel in Germany during World War I. They were developments of and intended replacements for the W.12 then in service and differed from each other principal ...

Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 The Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 was a German two-seat fighter aircraft, fighter floatplane which served in the closing months of World War I with the Imperial German Navy's () Naval Air Service () from bases on the North Sea coast. Background and d ...

Hansa-Brandenburg W.33 Hansa-Brandenburg W.33 was a German two-seat, single-engined low-wing monoplane floatplane, which had been developed by Hansa und Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke during World War I as a higher powered enlargement of the similar Hansa-Brandenburg W. ...

References

* * {{Hansa-Brandenburg aircraft Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Germany Companies of Prussia Companies based in Brandenburg