von Oechelhaeuser (jun.), Wilhelm

( *   1850   1923 )

1890 - 1893
Versuchsanstalt fuer Gasmotore

Wilhelm von Oechelhaeuser was the technical director of the Deutsche Continental Gasgesellschaft at Dessau. In October 1888 Hugo Junkers joint this company for his first job outside the university. Junkers and Oechelhaeuser later became partners and in 1890 they founded the Versuchsstation fur Gasmotoren at Dessau. Due to differences about the commercial success of Junkers developements, Oechelhaeuser and Junkers left each other in April 1893. Oechelhaeuser later was appointed Professor of thermo dynamics and engines at the technical high school of Danzig (Gdansk) and finally he was appointed headmaster of this university until his death in 1923

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Offermann, Erich

( *   09. July 1885   )

1912
Reissner/Junkers Test Pilot

1919 - 1925
Junkers Berlin Office

Erich Offermann performed several test flights with the Reissner Ente in 1912 at Aachen. After WWI he became technical director of the DLR. In November 1919 he joint the Berlin office of Junkers. In 1925 he left Junkers and in 1929 he was appointed as the German representative at the Gugenheim Fonds.

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