Paul W. Wittemann and Adolph (Walter) Wittemann and Charles Rudolph Wittemann (September 15, 1884 – July 8, 1967) were early aviation pioneers.
Biography
They were the children of Emily Wittemann (née Schirzinger) of
Missouri
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. Their father, * Adolph Wendelin Wittemann was born o Dec. 01. 1846 in Karlsruhe (top right # 218) (Gottesaue)/Germany. Charles and Adolph had a company, C. & A. Wittemann of
Staten Island, New York
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Teterboro
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The Wittemann-Lewis NBL-1 "Barling Bomber"''Report on Official Performance Test of Barling Bomber, NLB-1, P-303, Light Load Configuration'', 14 April 1926. was an experimental long-range, heavy bomber built for the United States Army Air Service i ...
Farmingdale, New Jersey
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Staten Island
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*1884 Birth of Charles Rudolph Wittemann (1884-1967)
*1906 Charles and Adolph Wittemann, Aeronautical Engineers, Ocean Terrace & Little Clove Road,
Staten Island
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*1910 Living on
Staten Island
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*1917 Charles founder of
Teterboro Airport
Teterboro Airport is a general aviation relief airport in the boroughs of Teterboro, Moonachie, and Hasbrouck Heights in Bergen County, New Jersey.Samuel P. Lewis
*1918 Charles president of Wittemann-Lewis Aircraft Company, Inc. in
Newark, New Jersey
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United States Navy
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*1923 Ended production to concentrate on engineering research
*1924 Bankruptcy and
Teterboro, New Jersey
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*1967 Death of Charles Rudolph Wittemann (1884-1967)
Boland brothers
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Voisin brothers
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