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Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during
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. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the predecessor companies of today's
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.


History

The company was founded in Bremen on 24 October 1923 as Bremer Flugzeugbau AG by Prof.
Henrich Focke Henrich Focke (8 October 1890 – 25 February 1979) was a German aviation pioneer from Bremen and also a co-founder of the Focke-Wulf company. He is best known as the inventor of the Fw 61, the first successful German helicopter. Biography ...
,
Georg Wulf Georg Wulf (1895-1927) was a German aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer. Biography Wulf was born 17 May 1895 in Bremen. He was the son of a customs agent. He attended the high school on Dechanat Street. Around 1910, Henrich Focke, with th ...
and Dr. rer. pol.
Werner Naumann Werner Naumann (16 June 1909 – 25 October 1982) was a German civil servant and politician. He was State Secretary in Joseph Goebbels' Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda during the Nazi Germany era. He was appointed head of th ...
. Almost immediately, they renamed the company Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG (later Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH). Focke-Wulf merged, under
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pressure, with
Albatros Flugzeugwerke Albatros Flugzeugwerke GmbH was a German aircraft manufacturer best known for supplying the German airforces during World War I. The company was based in Johannisthal, Berlin, where it was founded by Walter Huth and Otto Wiener on December 20, 1 ...
of
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in 1931. The Albatros Flugzeugwerke engineer and test pilot
Kurt Tank Kurt Waldemar Tank (24 February 1898 – 5 June 1983) was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931 to 1945. He was responsible for the creation of several important Luftwaffe aircraft o ...
became head of the technical department and started work on the Fw 44 ''Stieglitz'' (Goldfinch). Dr
Ludwig Roselius Ludwig Roselius (2 June 1874 – 15 May 1943) was a German coffee merchant and founder of the company Kaffee HAG. He was born in Bremen and is credited with the development of commercial decaffeination of coffee. As a patron, he supported arti ...
became Chairman in 1925 and handed over to his brother Friedrich in early 1933. In 1938 Roselius' HAG combine increased its shareholding to 46% and C. Lorenz AG secured 28%. The company was reconstituted as Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH and no longer had to publish its accounts. A substantial capital injection occurred at this time. In August 1933 Hans Holle and Rudolf Schubert were given power of attorney over the Berlin branch of Focke-Wulf. Then in October 1933, Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau A.G. Albatros Berlin was officially registered with the Department of Trade. Dr Roselius always remained the driving force of Focke-Wulf. He and his closest collaborator,
Barbara Goette Barbara Goette (26 July 1908 – 23 October 1997) was a German academic. She lived in Germany and then Australia. From 1935 to 1943, she was the private secretary of Ludwig Roselius, creator of Böttcherstraße and Café HAG, and financier of Fo ...
, often met with technical director Professor Kurt Tank. When Roselius died in May 1943, Heinrich Puvogel (later chair of Focke-Wulf) raised 4 million RM and continued handling the financial affairs of Focke-Wulf as chief of Seehandel A.G.
Hanna Reitsch Hanna Reitsch (29 March 1912 – 24 August 1979) was a German aviator and test pilot. Along with Melitta von Stauffenberg, she flight tested many of Germany's new aircraft during World War II and received many honors. Reitsch was amon ...
demonstrated the
Focke-Wulf Fw 61 The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 is often considered the first practical, functional helicopter, first flown in 1936. It was also known as the Fa 61, as Focke began a new company—Focke-Achgelis—in 1937. Design and development Professor Henrich Foc ...
, the first fully controllable
helicopter A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes ...
(as opposed to
autogyro An autogyro (from Greek and , "self-turning"), also known as a ''gyroplane'', is a type of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to develop lift. Forward thrust is provided independently, by an engine-driven propeller. Whi ...
), in
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in 1938. The four-engined
Fw 200 The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 ''Condor'', also known as ''Kurier'' to the Allies (English: Courier), was a German all-metal four-engined monoplane originally developed by Focke-Wulf as a long-range airliner. A Japanese request for a long-range maritime p ...
airliner flew nonstop between
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and
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on August 10, 1938, making the journey in 24 hours and 56 minutes. It was the first aircraft to fly that route without stopping. The return trip on August 13, 1938, took 19 hours and 47 minutes. These flights are commemorated with a plaque in the Böttcherstraße street of Bremen. The
Fw 190 The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, nicknamed ''Würger'' ("Shrike") is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf in the late 1930s and widely used during World War II. Along with its well-known counterpart, t ...
''Würger'' (Shrike/butcher-bird), designed from 1938 on, and produced in quantity from early 1941–1945, was a mainstay single-seat fighter for the ''
Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...
'' during
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. Repeated
bombing of Bremen in World War II The Bombing of Bremen in World War II by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and US Eighth Air Force involved both indiscriminate "area bombing" and, as capacity improved, more targeted raids upon the city's military-industrial facilities. These ...
resulted in the mass-production plants being moved to eastern Germany and General Government, with AGO Flugzeugwerke of
Oschersleben Oschersleben () is a town in the Börde district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The population in 1905 was 13,271, in 2020 about 19,000. History On November 23, 994 Oschersleben was first mentioned in a document by the Emperor Otto III. In 1235 ...
as a major subcontractor for the Fw 190. Those plants used many foreign and forced labourers, and from 1944 also prisoners of war. Focke-Wulf's plant at Marienburg produced approximately half of all Fw 190s and was bombed by the Eighth Air Force on October 9, 1943. Many Focke-Wulf workers, including
Kurt Tank Kurt Waldemar Tank (24 February 1898 – 5 June 1983) was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931 to 1945. He was responsible for the creation of several important Luftwaffe aircraft o ...
, worked at the Instituto Aerotécnico in Córdoba, Argentina between 1947 and 1955. Others, like
Henrich Focke Henrich Focke (8 October 1890 – 25 February 1979) was a German aviation pioneer from Bremen and also a co-founder of the Focke-Wulf company. He is best known as the inventor of the Fw 61, the first successful German helicopter. Biography ...
, went to Brazil's Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, helping Brazil's effort to build Embraer. Focke-Wulf began to make
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s in 1951, and in 1955, motorised planes. Focke-Wulf,
Weserflug Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH, known as Weserflug, was an aircraft manufacturing company in Germany. History The company was founded in 1934 as a subsidiary of the ship and machine company Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG (DESCHIMAG). It began prod ...
and Hamburger Flugzeugbau joined forces in 1961 to form the
Entwicklungsring Nord The Entwicklungsring Nord (Northern development circle) - abbreviated ERNO - was a 1961 joint venture of Bremen-based Weserflug and Focke-Wulf with Hamburger Flugzeugbau to develop parts for rockets and get involved in space activities. Jet-power ...
(ERNO) to develop rockets. ITT Corporation, which had acquired a 25% stake in the company prior to the war, won $27 million in compensation in the 1960s for the damage that was inflicted on its share of the Focke-Wulf plant by WWII Allied bombing. Colonel
Sosthenes Behn Sosthenes Behn (January 30, 1884 – June 6, 1957) was an American businessman, and the founder of ITT. He held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. Biography Early years Sosthenes Behn was born in the island of St. Thomas, then par ...
,
Ludwig Roselius Ludwig Roselius (2 June 1874 – 15 May 1943) was a German coffee merchant and founder of the company Kaffee HAG. He was born in Bremen and is credited with the development of commercial decaffeination of coffee. As a patron, he supported arti ...
and
Barbara Goette Barbara Goette (26 July 1908 – 23 October 1997) was a German academic. She lived in Germany and then Australia. From 1935 to 1943, she was the private secretary of Ludwig Roselius, creator of Böttcherstraße and Café HAG, and financier of Fo ...
outfoxed
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in 1936 when he tried to have Roselius removed as a major stakeholder from Focke-Wulf A.G. and reconstitution followed resulting in the privatized company Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH. Focke-Wulf formally merged with
Weserflug Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH, known as Weserflug, was an aircraft manufacturing company in Germany. History The company was founded in 1934 as a subsidiary of the ship and machine company Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG (DESCHIMAG). It began prod ...
in 1964, becoming
Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW) was a West German aerospace manufacturer. The company was formed by the 1964 merger of two German aerospace firms, Focke-Wulf and Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH (Weserflug). The formation of VFW was a natural outco ...
(VFW), which after several further mergers became the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. (EADS). EADS was later reorganised as
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. In early 2021 Focke Wulf Aircraft was re-registered as a trademark across the EU, the UK and Australia as a retailer of aviation watches and associated official Focke Wulf merchandise.


Aircraft


Company designations

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Focke-Wulf A 3 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...
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Focke-Wulf A 4 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...
* Focke-Wulf A 5 * Focke-Wulf A 6 * Focke-Wulf A 7 *
Focke-Wulf A 16 The Focke-Wulf A.16 was a German three/four passenger light transport monoplane designed by Heinrich Focke and Georg Wulf and was the first design built by the newly formed Focke-Wulf company. Development With the success of their earlier design ...
– light transport aircraft, 1924. First design built by Focke-Wulf. *
Focke-Wulf A 17 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...
''Möwe'' (Gull) – 8-passenger airliner, 1927. * Focke-Wulf A 20 ''Habicht'' (Hawk) – 4-passenger airliner, 1927. * Focke-Wulf A 21 ''Photomöwe'' – aerial photography version of A 17, 1929. *
Focke-Wulf A 26 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the p ...
– engine testbed * Focke-Wulf A 28 – re-engined A 20 * Focke-Wulf A 29 – production version of A 17, 1929. *
Focke-Wulf A 32 The Focke-Wulf A 32 ''Bussard'' (German: "Buzzard") was a small airliner produced in Germany in the early 1930s. It was developed rapidly at the request of NOBA when Messerschmitt was unable to deliver aircraft on schedule. Based closely on the ...
''Bussard'' (Buzzard) – airliner, 1930. * Focke-Wulf A 33 ''Sperber'' (Sparrowhawk) – 3-passenger airliner, 1930. * Focke-Wulf A 36 ''Mastgans'' (Mast Goose) – mail plane, 1931. * Focke-Wulf A 38 ''Möwe'' (Gull) – 10-passenger airliner, 1931. *
Focke-Wulf F 19 The Focke-Wulf F 19 ''Ente'' (German: "Duck") was a German experimental "canard" aircraft in the late 1920s. Design The F 19 Ente was a high-wing monoplane with a canard layout and fixed tricycle undercarriage. The pilot sat in an open cockpit ...
''Ente'' (Duck) – experimental civil utility aircraft, 1927. *
Focke-Wulf GL 18 __NOTOC__ The Focke-Wulf GL 18 was a 1920s German light transport monoplane, designed and built by Focke-Wulf. Design and development Based on the single-engine Focke-Wulf A 16 with the nose faired over and fitted with two wing-mounted 58 kW ...
– light transport aircraft developed from the A 16, 1926. * Focke-Wulf GL 22 – revised GL 18, 1927. * Focke-Wulf K 23 ''Buchfink'' (Chaffinch) – two-seat reconnaissance aircraft, 1928. *
Focke-Wulf L 101 D Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...
''Albatros'' * Focke-Wulf S 1 – trainer, 1925. * Focke-Wulf S 2 – two-seat trainer, 1928. *
Focke-Wulf S 24 The Focke-Wulf S 24 ''Kiebitz'' (German: "Lapwing") was a sport aircraft built in Germany in the later 1920s. It was a single-bay biplane of conventional design with equal-span, unstaggered wings, braced with N-type interplane strut In aeronau ...
''Kiebitz'' (Lapwing) – sport aircraft, 1928. *
Focke-Wulf S 39 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...
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Focke-Wulf S 48 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau Aktiengesellschaft, AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. ...
* Focke-Wulf W 4 – reconnaissance floatplane, 1927. * Focke-Wulf W 7 – maritime patrol biplane, 1932.


RLM designations

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Focke-Wulf Fw 40 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...
* Focke-Wulf Fw 43 ''Falke'' (Falcon) – utility aircraft; known internally as A 43. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 44 The Focke-Wulf Fw 44 ''Stieglitz'' ("Goldfinch") is a 1930s German two-seat biplane. An early design by Kurt Tank, it was produced by the Focke-Wulf company as a pilot training and sports flying aircraft. It was also eventually built under l ...
''Stieglitz'' (Goldfinch) – trainer (biplane), 1932. * Focke-Wulf Fw 47 ''Höhengeier'' (Vulture) – weather aircraft; known internally as A 47. * Focke-Wulf Fw 55 – biplane floatplane *
Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the p ...
''Stösser'' (Goshawk) – advanced trainer (parasol monoplane), 1933 *
Focke-Wulf Fw 57 The Focke-Wulf Fw 57 was a prototype German heavy fighter and fighter-bomber. Prototypes were built in 1936 but never entered production. Design and development In 1934, the Reich Air Ministry (RLM) declared a requirement for a ''Kampfzerstörer ...
– twin-engined heavy fighter-bomber (prototype), 1935. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 The Focke-Wulf Fw 58 ''Weihe'' ( Harrier) was a German aircraft, built to fill a request by the ''Luftwaffe'' for a multi-role aircraft, to be used as an advanced trainer for pilots, gunners and radio operators. Design and development The Fw ...
''Weihe'' (Kite) – transport/photo reconnaissance/weather research aircraft, 1937. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 61 The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 is often considered the first practical, functional helicopter, first flown in 1936. It was also known as the Fa 61, as Focke began a new company—Focke-Achgelis—in 1937. Design and development Professor Henrich Foc ...
– helicopter (prototype), 1936. * Focke-Wulf Fw 62 – ship-borne reconnaissance (biplane seaplane), 1937. *
Focke-Wulf Ta 152 The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 is a World War II German high-altitude fighter- interceptor designed by Kurt Tank and produced by Focke-Wulf. The Ta 152 was a development of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft. It was intended to be made in at least three ver ...
– interceptor/fighter (derived from Fw 190), 1944. *
Focke-Wulf Ta 154 The Focke-Wulf Ta 154 ''Moskito'' was a fast twin-engined German night fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank and produced by Focke-Wulf during late World War II. Only a few were produced, proving to have less impressive performance than the pro ...
''Moskito'' (Mosquito) – night-fighter with wood structure like its British namesake, 1943. * Focke-Wulf Fw 159 – fighter (prototype only), 1935. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 186 The Focke-Wulf Fw 186 was a one-man autogyro, built by Focke-Wulf in 1937 with backing from the Air Ministry (Germany), RLM (''ReichsLuftfahrtMinisterium'' - Reich Aviation Ministry), for use as a liaison and reconnaissance aircraft. It featured ...
– autogiro reconnaissance aircraft (prototype), 1937. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 187 The Focke-Wulf Fw 187 ''Falke'' ("Falcon") was a German aircraft developed in the late 1930s. It was conceived by Kurt Tank as a twin-engine, high-performance fighter, but the ''Luftwaffe'' saw no role for the design, perceiving it as intermediat ...
''Falke'' (Falcon) – twin-engined two-seat heavy day fighter ("Zerstörer"), 1936. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 188 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...
– reconnaissance aircraft (prototype), 1939. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 189 The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 ''Uhu'' ("Eagle Owl") is a German twin-engine, twin-boom, three-seat tactical reconnaissance and army cooperation aircraft. It first flew in 1938 (Fw 189 V1), entered service in 1940 and was produced until mid-1944. In ad ...
''Uhu'' (Eagle Owl) – twin-engined, three-seat army cooperation/tactical reconnaissance, 1938. * Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ''Würger'' (Shrike/butcher-bird) – single-seat fighter/interceptor, 1939 * Focke-Wulf Fw 191 – twin-engine
Bomber B Bomber B was a German military aircraft design competition organised just before the start of World War II to develop a second-generation high-speed bomber for the ''Luftwaffe''. The new designs would be a direct successor to the ''Schnellbombe ...
design competitor (prototype), 1942. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 ''Condor'', also known as ''Kurier'' to the Allies (English: Courier), was a German all-metal four-engined monoplane originally developed by Focke-Wulf as a long-range airliner. A Japanese request for a long-range maritime ...
''Condor'' – four-engine airliner and maritime patrol-bomber, 1937.


Built under license

* Focke-Wulf C.20 – license-built (autogyro) * Focke-Wulf C.30 ''Heuschrecke'' (Grasshopper) – license-built (autogyro) * Focke-Wulf FWP.149D – license-built Piaggio P.149


Planned/unfinished designs

* Focke-Wulf Fw 42 – twin-engined medium bomber project developed from the F 19, 1929. * Focke-Wulf Fw 160 – A design for a four-engined bomber with a twin-boom, unconnected tail. *
Focke-Wulf Ta 183 The Focke-Wulf Ta 183 ''Huckebein'' was a design for a jet-powered fighter aircraft intended as the successor to the Messerschmitt Me 262 and other day fighters in Luftwaffe service during World War II. It had been developed only to the extent ...
''Huckebein'' – design for a jet-engined fighter, 1942. * Focke-Wulf Fw 206 – planned commercial aircraft, 1940. * Focke-Wulf Fw 238 – long-range bomber project (RLM airframe number 8-238 already used by Blohm und Voss) * Focke-Wulf Fw 249 – large transport aircraft project; officially designated as Project 195. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 250 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...
– twin-engine jet fighter project *
Focke-Wulf Fw 252 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau Aktiengesellschaft, AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. ...
– single engine jet fighter * Focke-Wulf Ta 254 – proposed version of the Ta 154 fighter. * Focke-Wulf Fw 259 ''Frontjäger'' (concept) *
Focke-Wulf Fw 260 The Focke-Wulf Fw 260 Flamingo and Focke-Wulf Fw 300 were a pair of related VTOL airliner projects, designed by Focke-Wulf during the early 1960s. Neither aircraft was built. Fw 260 The Fw 260 design was displayed at the Luftfahrtschau Hanover ...
– 1960s VTOL airliner proposal *
Focke-Wulf Fw 261 Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...
– four-engine bomber/reconnaissance/U-Boat support aircraft project *
Focke-Wulf Ta 283 The Focke-Wulf Strahlrohrjager was a German swept wing, ramjet-powered interceptor aircraft proposal during World War II. The project was proposed at the same time as the Focke-Wulf Super Lorin and remained only a design study until the surrend ...
– interceptor fighter project *
Focke-Wulf Fw 300 The Focke-Wulf Fw 300 was a proposed very-long-range civil airliner, transport, reconnaissance aircraft and anti-ship aircraft, designed by Focke-Wulf in 1941 and 1942. The design was intended to replace the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 ''Condor''. Design ...
– proposed long-range version of Fw 200, 1941-1942. *
Focke-Wulf Ta 400 The Focke-Wulf Ta 400 was a large six-engined heavy bomber design developed in Nazi Germany in 1943 by Focke-Wulf as a serious contender for the Amerikabomber project. One of the first aircraft to be developed from components from multiple coun ...
– ''
Amerikabomber The ''Amerikabomber'' () project was an initiative of the German Ministry of Aviation (''Reichsluftfahrtministerium'') to obtain a long-range strategic bomber for the ''Luftwaffe'' that would be capable of striking the United States (specifical ...
'' design competitor, never built, 1943. * Focke-Wulf Fw P.03.10206 – series of long-range strategic bomber projects, 1944. * Focke-Wulf Fw P.03.10221-15 – large capacity strategic transport, 1941. * Focke-Wulf Fw P.03.10025 – A 1944 design with a swept wing, a forward-swept V-tail, and two pusher propellers at the rear. * Focke-Wulf Fw 03.10251 – series of jet-engined night and bad weather fighters * Focke-Wulf Fighter Project w/BMW803 – A 1941 design with a connected twin-boom tail, slightly swept-back wings, and two pusher propellers at the rear.


Projects

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Focke-Wulf 1000x1000x1000 The Focke-Wulf 1000x1000x1000, also known as Focke-Wulf Fw 239, was a twinjet bomber project for the Luftwaffe, designed by the Focke-Wulf aircraft manufacturing company during the last years of the Third Reich. Their designation meant that these ...
– series of bomber designs, 1944. *
Focke-Wulf Project I __NOTOC__ The Focke-Wulf Project I was a design study for a jet Fighter aircraft, fighter, to be built in Nazi Germany, Germany during World War II. In 1942 in aviation, 1942, the ''Reichsluftministerium'' (RLM) asked Professor Kurt Tank of the F ...
– single-seat jet fighter, 1943. * Focke-Wulf Project II * Focke-Wulf Project III * Focke-Wulf Project VII "Flitzer" – fighter project, 1944. *
Focke-Wulf Project VIII __NOTOC__ The Focke-Wulf ''Peterle'' was a design study for a turboprop-powered fighter-bomber, undertaken in Germany during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war tha ...
– turboprop powered fighter-bomber project, also designated Fw 281 * Focke Rochen – 1950s VTOL fighter project *
Focke-Wulf Super Lorin The Focke-Wulf Super Lorin was a proposed German jet interceptor project. Designed towards the end of World War II by engineer Heinz von Halen, the project remained only a factory design exercise, and never received an RLM airframe number befo ...
– Ramjet-rocket combo powered fighter * Focke-Wulf Fw 354 Triebflügel – tail-sitter VTOL interceptor design *
Focke-Wulf TO Project Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...
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Focke-Wulf Volksjäger The Focke-Wulf ''Volksjäger'', meaning "People's Fighter" in German, was a German emergency fighter project for the ''Luftwaffe''. It was designed by Focke-Wulf industries towards the end of World War II as part of the defense effort against the ...
– rocket-powered interceptor fighter project *
Focke-Wulf VTOL Project Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau Aktiengesellschaft, AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. ...


See also

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Focke-Achgelis Focke-Achgelis & Co. G.m.b.H. was a German helicopter company founded in 1937 by Henrich Focke and Gerd Achgelis. History Henrich Focke was ousted in 1936 from the Focke-Wulf company, which he had cofounded in 1924, due to shareholder pressure ...
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List of RLM aircraft designations This is a list of aircraft type numbers allocated by an institution under the direction of ''Heereswaffenamt'' (before May 1933) and the Reich Air Ministry (RLM) between 1933 and 1945 for German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related ...


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List of Focke-Wulf aircraft
* {{Authority control Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Germany Defunct helicopter manufacturers of Germany Manufacturing companies based in Bremen (state) Companies based in Bremen ITT Inc. Companies involved in the Holocaust