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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
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designs were slight modifications of the
Focke-Wulf 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, the ...
. It is one of the predecessor companies of today's
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.


History

The company was founded in
Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...
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 Focke-Wulf Fw 61, Fw 61, the first successful, practical, ...
,
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.
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. 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 Luftstreitkräfte during World War I. The company was based in Adlershof, Johannisthal, Berlin, where it was founded by Walter Huth and Otto Wiene ...
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 of ...
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 ar ...
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 Foc ...
, 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 Pilot (aeronautics), 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 hono ...
demonstrated the
Focke-Wulf Fw 61 The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was the first successful, practical, and fully controllable 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 Henri ...
, the first fully controllable
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(as opposed to
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), in
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in 1938. The four-engined
Fw 200 The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 ''Condor'', also known as ''Kurier'' (German for ''courier'') to the Allies, is an all-metal four-engined monoplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf. It was the first heavier-than-air craf ...
airliner flew nonstop between
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and
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on 10 August 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 13 August 1938, took 19 hours and 47 minutes. These flights are commemorated with a plaque in the
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street of
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. The Fw 190 ''Würger'' (Shrike/butcher-bird), designed from 1938 on, and produced in quantity from early 1941–1945, was a mainstay single-seat fighter for the ''
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'' during
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. Repeated
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resulted in the mass-production plants being moved to eastern Germany and
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, with
AGO Flugzeugwerke AGO Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company from 1911 until 1945. The initials AGO had a variety of meanings (such as ''Aktiengesellschaft Otto'') during the company's lifetime, but in its final version stood for ''Apparatebau Gmb ...
of
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as a major subcontractor for the Fw 190. Those plants used many foreign and
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ers, and from 1944 also
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. Focke-Wulf's plant at Marienburg produced approximately half of all Fw 190s and was bombed by the Eighth Air Force on 9 October 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 of ...
, worked at the Instituto Aerotécnico in
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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 Focke-Wulf Fw 61, Fw 61, the first successful, practical, ...
, went to Brazil's Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, helping Brazil's effort to build
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. Focke-Wulf began to make gliders in 1951, and in 1955, motorised planes. Focke-Wulf,
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and
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joined forces in 1961 to form the
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(ERNO) to develop rockets.
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, 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
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,
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 ar ...
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 Foc ...
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 pro ...
in 1964, becoming
Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW; English: "United Aviation Engineering Works") 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 (Weserfl ...
(VFW), which after several further mergers became the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. (EADS). EADS was later renamed 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

In alphabetical order: * Focke-Wulf A 3 * Focke-Wulf A 4 * 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 designs ...
– 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 The Focke-Wulf A 20 ''Habicht'' (German: "Hawk") was an airliner developed in Germany in the late 1920s. It was a high-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage. The fuselage The fuselage (; from the French language, Frenc ...
''Habicht'' (Hawk) – 4-passenger feederliner, 1927. *
Focke-Wulf A 21 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 ...
''Photomöwe'' – aerial photography version of A 17, 1929. * Focke-Wulf A 26 – engine testbed * Focke-Wulf A 28 – A 20 with Bristol Titan engine *
Focke-Wulf A 29 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 ...
– 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 an experimental canard aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf. Development and design The F 19 Ente was a high-wing monoplane with a canard layout and fi ...
''Ente'' (Duck) – experimental civil utility aircraft, 1927. * Focke-Wulf GL 18 – 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 AL 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 ''Kiebitz'' (Lapwing) – two-seat sports biplane, 1928. *
Focke-Wulf S 39 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 19 ...
– two-seat reconnaissance parasol monoplane, 1931-1932. * Focke-Wulf W 4 – reconnaissance
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, 1927. * Focke-Wulf W 7 – maritime patrol
biplane A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...
, 1932.


RLM designations

* Focke-Wulf Fw 40 short-range reconnaissance parasol monoplane (prototype), 1932; known internally as A 40. * Focke-Wulf Fw 43 ''Falke'' (Falcon) – utility aircraft (prototype), 1932; known internally as A 43. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 44 The Focke-Wulf Fw 44 ''Stieglitz'' (Goldfinch) is a twin-seat biplane designed and produced by the Germany, German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf. It was the company's first major international success. The Fw 44 had a relatively conventional ...
''Stieglitz'' (Goldfinch) – trainer (biplane), 1932. * Focke-Wulf Fw 47 ''Höhengeier'' (Vulture) – weather aircraft, 1931; known internally as A 47. * Focke-Wulf Fw 55 – biplane floatplane derived from the Albatros L102, 1932. *
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 ...
''Stösser'' (Goshawk) – advanced trainer (parasol monoplane), 1933 *
Focke-Wulf Fw 57 The Focke-Wulf Fw 57 was a prototype Germany, 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 ''Kampfz ...
– twin-engined heavy fighter-bomber (prototype), 1935. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 The Focke-Wulf Fw 58 ''Weihe'' ( Harrier) was a twin-engine multi-role aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf. It was developed in response to a request from the ''Luftwaffe'', which sought a multi-rol ...
''Weihe'' (Kite) – transport/photo reconnaissance/weather research aircraft, 1937. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 61 The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was the first successful, practical, and fully controllable 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 Henri ...
– helicopter (prototype), 1936. * Focke-Wulf Fw 62 – ship-borne reconnaissance (biplane seaplane), 1937. *
Focke-Wulf Ta 152 The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 is a German high-altitude fighter and interceptor aircraft designed by Kurt Tank and produced by Focke-Wulf. It entered production too late and in insufficient numbers to have a significant role in the Second World War. ...
– interceptor/fighter (derived from Fw 190), 1944. *
Focke-Wulf Ta 154 The Focke-Wulf Ta 154 ''Moskito'' was a fast twin-engined night fighter aircraft designed by the Nazi Germany, German aeronautical engineer Kurt Tank and produced by the aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf. It was unofficially named ''Moskito'' due ...
''Moskito'' (Mosquito) – night-fighter with wood structure like its British namesake, 1943. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 159 The Focke Wulf Fw 159 was an experimental German fighter of the 1930s, designed by Kurt Tank which never reached production, as it was considered inferior to the He 112 and Bf 109. It was a heavier variant of the Focke-Wulf Fw 56, with sever ...
– fighter (prototype only), 1935. * Focke-Wulf Fw 186 – autogiro reconnaissance aircraft (prototype), 1937. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 187 The Focke-Wulf Fw 187 ''Falke'' ("Falcon") was a German aircraft designed in 1935. 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 intermediate between ...
''Falke'' (Falcon) – twin-engined two-seat heavy day fighter ("Zerstörer"), 1936. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 189 The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 ''Uhu'' (Owl) is a twin-engine twin-boom tactical Aerial reconnaissance, reconnaissance and Liaison aircraft, army cooperation aircraft designed and produced by the Germany, German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf. It was o ...
''Uhu'' (Eagle Owl) – twin-engined, three-seat army cooperation/tactical reconnaissance, 1938. *
Focke-Wulf 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, the ...
''Würger'' (Shrike/butcher-bird) – single-seat fighter/interceptor, 1939 *
Focke-Wulf Fw 191 The Focke-Wulf Fw 191 was a prototype German bomber of World War II, as the Focke-Wulf firm's entry for the Bomber B advanced medium bomber design competition. Two versions were intended to be produced, a twin-engine version using the Junkers Ju ...
– twin-engine
Bomber B Bomber B was a German military aircraft design competition organised just before the start of World War II intended to develop a second-generation high-speed bomber for the ''Luftwaffe''. The new designs would be a direct successor to the '' S ...
design competitor (prototype), 1942. *
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 ''Condor'', also known as ''Kurier'' (German language, German for ''courier'') to the Allies of World War II, Allies, is an all-metal four-engined monoplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wul ...
''Condor'' – four-engine airliner and maritime patrol-bomber, 1937.


Built under license

* Focke-Wulf C.20 – license-built (autogyro) * Focke-Wulf Fw 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, 1933. *
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 The Focke-Wulf Nr. 238 ''Fernkampfflugzeug'' was a four-engine strategic bomber developed by the German aeronautical company Focke-Wulf-Flugzeugbau AG in the early 1940s and remained at the project stage. Designed to the same specifications ...
– long-range bomber project (RLM airframe number 8-238 already used by
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) *
Focke-Wulf Fw 249 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 ...
– large transport aircraft project; officially designated as Project 195. * Focke-Wulf Fw 250 – twin-engine jet fighter project * Focke-Wulf Fw 252 – 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 – 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 – 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 (specificall ...
'' 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 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 ...
– 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 – 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 Strike fighter, fighter-bomber, undertaken in Nazi Germany, Germany during World War II. Development It was based on the work previously done on Focke-Wulf Flitzer. ...
– turboprop powered fighter-bomber project, also designated Fw 281 *
Focke Rochen The Focke Rochen (engl.: Focke Stingray), also known as ''Focke-Wulf Schnellflugzeug'' or ''Focke-Wulf VTOL'' was a Nazi Germany, German VTOL aircraft project. Designed by Heinrich Focke of the Focke-Wulf company towards the end of World War II, th ...
– 1950s VTOL fighter project * Focke-Wulf Super Lorin – 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 ...
* Focke-Wulf Volksjäger – rocket-powered interceptor fighter project *
Focke-Wulf VTOL 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-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 pressur ...
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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 The Ministry of Aviation (, abbreviated RLM) was a government department during the p ...


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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 (city) ITT Inc. Companies involved in the Holocaust Bremen (city) in World War II