Kurt Tank

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Focke-Wulf Fw 190, German fighter plane of World War II.

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Kurt Tank: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Wolfgang Wagner, The History of German Aviation: Kurt Tank, Focke Wulf’s Designer and Test Pilot (1998; originally published in German, 1980).

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

John Zukowsky

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Jun 01, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 25, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 20, 2024
	Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Biography of Kurt Tank.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 23, 2018
	New article added.	Elizabeth Prine Pauls	Mar 03, 2009
	New bibliography added.	Elizabeth Prine Pauls	Mar 03, 2009