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Ramdohr, Hans Karl( *
21. Aug. 1908
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1933 - 1945
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Hans Karl Ramdohr joint Junkers in 1933. In 1939 he became the manager of the Prague Junkers office. After WWII he was appointed as the controller of the former Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG by the German Government. In 1954 Ramdohr initiated the foundation of a JFM design office at Essen. At the same time he was one of the founding members of the later "Hugo Junkers Gesellschaft", the society of former Junkers employees. In 1958 Ramdohr also founded the JFM AG at Bieberach, which later became the Fluggerate und Motoren GmbH, together with Kindermann and Maringer. Since 1961 Ramdohr was the chief manager of IFM.
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Dr. Rasche, Karl( *
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1936 - 1939
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Dr. Karl Rasche became member of the supervisory board of the newly founded Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG in July 1936. He represented the bankownership of IFM. In April 1939 he left his position and was followed by Fritz Rudorf
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Prof. Reissner, Hans( *
18. Jan. 1874
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1908 - 1913 |
Hans Reissner studied construction engineering at Berlin University until 1897. In 1906 Reissner became a professor for mechanical engineering at the TH Aachen. Since 1908 Reissner communicated with Junkers about possible aircraft developements. Reissner developed his first own aircraft, a double wing aircraft, which used steel and textiles. Junkers proposed an aircraft design of corrugated steel metal. Both developed a monoplane aircraft with a cunard layout. The wing of this aircraft already showed the typical Junkers courrugated structure and was made from iron. The aircraft is known as the Reissner cunard plane, but most parts of the aircraft were produced at Dessau at the Junkers & Co factory. In February 1912 this aircraft was first flown by Robert Gsell at Berlin-Johannisthal. The joint venture between Reissner and Junkers led Junkers into the direction of aerodynamic studies and laid finally the first steps for Junkers to enter the field of aviation.
Reissner continued his scientific work on aircraft designs during WWI and the following 20s. In 1930 he became the chairman of the German Aviation Comitee. In 1936 Reissner was retired due to political reasons. He continued to work for Argus Motorenwerke as a consultant and in 1938 he left Germany and became a professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology. From 1944 to 1954 he finally worked at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
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Reuter, Otto( *
10. Sept. 1886
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1915 - 1922
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Otto Reuter joint Junkers & Co. in November 1915 as a technical design engineer. He was engaged in the design of the Junkers J3 and the Junkers J7 aircraft. At the end of WW I, Reuter became the first technical managing director and chief engineer of Junkers Flugzeugwerke AG. Otto Reuter participated in the first steps of the Junkers aircraft designs during WW I and was responsible for the developement of the Junkers F13, Junkers J15 and the Junkers K16, as well as the large scale passenger aircraft Junkers JG1 before he died in 1922.
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Riedl, Alois( *
31. Dec. 1902
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1928 - ???? |
Alois Riedl studied Technical Engeering at Dresden University until 1926. He joint Henschel and designed a Diesel Locomotive. In 1928 he joint Junkers Motorenwerke. Since 1933 he was member of the Technical Secretary of Prof. Junkers and dealt with research questions regarding metal constructions.
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Dr. Ringwald, Max( *
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1929 - ???? |
Max Ringwald joined Junkers Flugzeugwerke in 1929 and became member of the board of directors. Before joining Junkers, Ringwald was busy at MAN.
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Ritter, Hans( *
21. Nov. 1886
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1928 - 1930 |
Hans Ritter was trainer at the Turkish Military Academy since 1925. When he returned from Turkey in 1928 he joint Junkers Main Office and developed a propaganda strategy for military Junkers aircraft. In 1930 he became scientific assistent of Junkers at the Junkers Office in Berlin.
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Roeder, Hermann( *
14. Nov. 1892
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1922 - 1923 |
Hermann Roeder studied at the TH Dresden. In 1912 he performed his first stand-alone flight. In 1914 he became the chief pilot of the Bayerische Motoren- und Flugzeugwerke at Nuremberg. During WWI Roeder was a bomber pilot. In 1922 he joint the Junkers Hauptburo. Shortly later he became a sales pilot of the Junkers sales departement. Since 1923 Roeder was Hugo Junkers personal pilot, who flew the Junkers directory F13 D-282. In 1927 he achieved some world records with the F13. In 1933 Roeder continued as a pilot of the Junkers director aircraft for Koppenberg. In 1937 he became manager of the Junkers Facility Pilot School. He was killed by an accident with a A50 at Dessau.
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Roehnert, Hellmuth( *
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1936 - 1937 |
Hellmuth Roehnert was member of the IFM supervisory board since July, 9th 1936. When Heinrich Koppenberg left the supervisory board on December, 16th 1937, Roehnert also took over the position of the chairman of the supervisory board.
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Dr. Rothe, Leo( *
1899
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1941 - 1945 |
Dr. Leo Rothe was the successor of Heinrich Koppenberg. In January 1941 Rothe took over the position of the chairman of the boards of directors of IFM. He kept this position until the end of the war.
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Rothe, Walter( *
04. Nov. 1895
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1926 - 1928 |
Walter Rothe was flight instructor at Rumpler Flugzeugbau in Johannisthal prior to WWI. During WWI he was a fighter pilot in Turkey. From 1919 to 1922 he studied technical engineering and in 1923 he joint the Turkish Air Force again as a flight instructor. In 1925 he established the training school at Eskhesir, where later the Junkers maintenance base of Tomtas was also established.
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Rudorf, Fritz( *
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1939 - ???? |
Fritz Rudorf became member of the supervisory board of the newly founded Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG in May 1939. He followed Dr. Karl Rasche, who left the supervisory board at this time
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Rumpler, Edmund( *
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1919 - ???? |
Edmund Rumpler was engaged in aeronautical design questions since 1909. He bought several licenses from Fritzsche and Etrich and built several aircraft for commercial customers. In late 1913 Rumpler asked Junkers for a license for his gliding patent, which Rumpler liked to built. Due to WWI these activities were stopped. In 1921 Rumpler started an own airline operation, called Rumpler Luftverkehr. This airline was later absorbed by Junkers Luftverkehr. In 1923 Rumpler became a member of the supervisory board of Junkers Luftverkehr.
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