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Ernst Heinkel
Dr.
Ernst Heinkel
(January 24, 1888 – January 30, 1958) was a
German
aircraft designer, manufacturer,
Wehrwirtschaftsführer
in the
Third Reich
, and member of the
Nazi party
. His company
Heinkel Flugzeugwerke
produced the
Heinkel He 178
, the world's first turbojet aircraft and jet plane, and the
Heinkel He 176
, the first rocket aircraft. He was awarded the
German National Prize for Art and Science
in 1938.
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