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Prof. Laas, Walter( *
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1911 - ????
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Prof. Walter Laas was the head of the Institute of Practical Ship Engineering at the Technical Highschool of Berlin since 1904. In August 1911 Laas was discussing about cooperations with Hugo Junkers. He promoted the use of Junkers engines for ships.
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Larsen, John M.( *
11. Nov. 1874
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John M. Larsen immigrated to the U.S. in 1892 from Denmark. As an engineer he designed, produced and sold cooling machines in the U.S.A. In 1919 he intended to sell U.S. aircraft in Denmark, but during his stay in Europe he also saw the Junkers F13 and was was interested in selling the Junkers F13 within the USA. Together with Junkers he founded the Junkers Larsen Corporation in 1920, which was responsible for the marketing of Junkers aircraft in the USA. Larsen managed to sell some of the modified F13 as JL6 to the U.S. Army and to the U.S. Postal Office. But due to a series of crashes the JL6 was grounded by both. Larsen also converted one JL6 to a war machine as JL12, but the U.S. Army was not interested in this aircraft and the joint venture was stopped after a few sales.
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Lehmann, Kurt( *
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1924 - 1945
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Kurt Lehmann joint Junkers in 1924 as an ensurance expert. He became head of the Mivermi, which was Junkers internal ensurance company. After WWII he moved to Gerling Konzern in Hamburg and he became a foundation member of the Hugo-Junkers-Society.
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Dr. Lichte, August( *
17. March 1902
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1934 - 1945
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Dr. August Lichte joint the Junkers Research Institute in April 1934. He was responsible for the oil injection mechanism of the Jumo 210 and Jumo 211. In 1942 he became manager of the thermodynamic departement and chief engineer of the Junkers engine developement.
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Loose, Fritz( *
+ 1982
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1923 - 1945
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Fritz Loose was one of the early Junkers pilots. He performed the first flight between Helsinki and Stockholm for Junkers Luftverkehr in June 1924 with a F13 aircraft. In July 1927 he tried to achieve a permanent flight world record with a W33, but due to technical problem he was forced down. One month later he and Johann Risztics made a second approach together with Hermann Koehl and Edzard, who were looking for an adequate airplane for the transatlantic crossing. Loose and Koehl were forced down again, while Edzard and Risztics managed to perform the record flight. Later Loose was one of the first Junkers pilots, who tried to perform real instrument flights without any outside viewing. By this he was a pioneer of the night flight operations at Junkers. Loose flew most of the Junkers aircraft. He was engaged in record flights, test flights and ferry flights, as well as an airline pilot for Junkers Luftverkehr. From 1939 to 1945 Loose was the operational flight manager of Junkers Flugzeugwerke.
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Lottmann, Kurt( *
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1912 - 1917
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Kurt Lottmann joint ICO in 1912. In 1917 he was one of the founding members of Junkers-Fokker-Flugzeugwerke AG. In 1918 he remained at JFA and took over economical positions at JFA.
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Dr. Ludwig, Robert( *
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1885 - 1887
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Robert Ludwig and Hugo Junkers were friends during their common studies at the Berlin University. In July 1895 Ludwig became a partner of Hugo Junkers at Junkers & Co. in Dessau. He gave Junkers the necessary financial backing for his studies and took over the economical parts of the company. Two years later, Ludwig left the Junkers & Co. due to disputes with Junkers about the majority of the ownership.
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Lurken, Matthias( *
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Matthias Lurken was the managing director of the Kaloriferwerk Hugo Junkers in Aachen
and later in Dessau. When he died in 1939 his position was taken over by Ingo Mayer.
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