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Also known as Kurt Waldemar Tank

German aircraft designer (1898–1983)

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Kurt Tank (2007 - present) is an hardcore/punk band from Stavanger, Rogaland in Norway. The band consists of: Bass guitar/vocals - Henrik Schneidereit, Guitar/backing vocals - Knut Heggheim, Lead Guitar - Ruben Berle Karlson and Drums - Audun Larsen. An known band locally in the Stavanger area, their songs include hits as "Kurt Tank" and "Nothing Has A Name", They played at Undergrunn 10' at Metropolis in front of about 650 people, and have played many big concerts the last 2 years, warming up

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Born
( 1898-02-24 ) 24 February 1898, Bromberg, German Empire (now Bydgoszcz , Poland )
Died
5 June 1983 (1983-06-05) (aged 85), Munich , West Germany
Education
Technische Universität Berlin
Projects
Akaflieg Berlin B2 Rohrbach Ro VIII Rohrbach Ro IX Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Focke-Wulf Ta 152 Focke-Wulf Fw 200 FMA IAe 33 HAL HF-24
Awards
Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, 1914 Ehrenkreuz Schwarzburg-Sondershausen [ de ] Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

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Kurt Tank
date of birth
1898-02-24
date of death
1983-06-05
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Kurt Tank
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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 World War II, including the Fw 190 fighter aircraft, the Ta 152 fighter-interceptor and the Fw 200 Condor airliner. After the war, Tank spent two decades designing aircraft abroad, working first in Argentina and then in India, before returning to West Germany in the late 1960s to work as a consultant for Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB).

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