Hansa-Brandenburg
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Industry | Aircraft manufacture |
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Founded | 1914 |
Defunct | 1919 |
Headquarters | |
Key people | Camillo Castiglioni Ernst Heinkel |
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, who relocated the factory from Liebau to Brandenburg an der Havel. Brandenburg's chief designer, Ernst Heinkel 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 Rummelsburg, Berlin, and one in Wandsbek, Hamburg.
Although manufacturing was carried out in Germany, Castiglioni was an Austrian, and many of the firm's military aircraft were produced for the
Aircraft
- Hansa-Brandenburg B.I
- Hansa-Brandenburg C.I
- Hansa-Brandenburg CC
- Hansa-Brandenburg D.I
- Hansa-Brandenburg G.I
- Hansa-Brandenburg GW
- Hansa-Brandenburg KDW
- Hansa-Brandenburg W
- Hansa-Brandenburg W.11
- Hansa-Brandenburg W.12
- Hansa-Brandenburg W.13
- Hansa-Brandenburg W.19
- Hansa-Brandenburg W.20
- Hansa-Brandenburg W.27
- Hansa-Brandenburg W.29
- Hansa-Brandenburg W.33
References
- Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 56.
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919. London: Sampson Low Marston. p. 218.