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Sachsenberg, Gotthard

( *   06. Dec. 1892   23. Aug. 1961 )

 

1919 - 1925
Junkers Luftverkehr
(Managing Director)

1925 - 1928
JFA Sales Departement




During WWI Gotthard Sachsenberg was a commanding officer of a navy aircraft unit. He favorized the Junkers J7 and J9 and in 1918 his unit was equipped with Junkers J9 aircraft. After WWI Sachsenberg's unit continued fighting at the Baltic regions against Russia. His unit received 30 Junkers J9 aircraft plus 15 Junkers J10. In May 1919 Sachsenberg founded the Lloyd Ostflug GmbH with the support of Hugo Junkers, Albatros Flugzeugwerke and the Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company. In December 1921 parts of the Lloyd Ostflug were integrated in the newly formed Junkers Department for Air Traffic at Dessau. Sachsenberg became the director of this new departement and was responsible for the development of the new Junkers Luftverkehr. In October 1925 Sachsenberg, now managing director of the Junkers Luftverkehrs AG was forced to leave his position by the RVM, who blamed him responsible for the desolate situation of the German airtraffic industry.

Gotthard Sachsenberg was also responsible for the German-Russian Fili treaties in 1922. In 1926 Sachsenberg became manager of the Junkers sales departement. He still remained as a member of the supervisory board of the Oberschlesische Luftverkehrs AG after 1925. From 1928 to 1932 Sachsenberg was member of the German Reichstag. He therefore left Junkers, but returned later to IFA and became again a IFA managing director position here. After new disputes with Junkers he left IFA finally in December 1931.

In 1933 he joint the shipyard company of his father at Rosslau. In 1934 he was accused by the Nazi Government and prisoned in a KZ. Since 1942 Sachsenberg developed flying boats at the shipyards in Rosslau. He continued these developements after WWII and tried to reinstall several Junkers organisations together with Hagemann.

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Sachsenberg, Hans

( *   1889   1937 )

 

1917 – 1918
IDFLIEG Supervisor at JFA

1919 - 1925
JFA Board of Directors
later JLAG Director

1922 - ????
Ad Astra Director

1923 - ????
Ungarische Aero Express
(Supervisory Board)

1925 - 1931
Tomtas Turkey
(Managing Director)




Hans Sachsenberg was a brother of Gotthard Sachsenberg. During WWI he was construction supervisor of the German Airforce at the Junkers facilities in Dessau. After the end of WWI, Hans Sachsenberg joint the Junkers Flugzeugwerke AG and became a member of the board of directors in 1919. Hans Sachsenberg was mainly engaged in the area of air transport and became a managing director of Ad Astra in 1922 and in 1923 he was appointed as a member of the supervisory board of "Ungarische Aero Express". In 1924 Hans Sachsenberg became also supervisory member of Junkers Luftverkehrs AG. In 1925 he became the managing director of Turkische Flugzeug- und Motoren AG (Tomtasch) at Ankara, Turkey. In 1931 the Tomtasch engagement was stopped and Hans Sachsenberg returned to Germany.

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Schade, E. Herbert

( *   27. June 1895   )

 

1922 - 1925
Junkers Fili

1928 - 1931
Mitsubishi Supervision

1931 - 1935
JFM Plant Director



Herbert Schade joint Junkers in 1922 after having worked for Hans Grade before. In March 1923 Schade offically left Junkers and went to Fili in Russia. Also, when Junkers already had stopped his engagement in Russia, Schade remained their and worked for Aviatrust until 1928. In August 1928 Schade returned to Junkers and shortly later went to Mitsubishi in Japan, where he supported the Ki20 license production.

In September 1931 Schade returned to Dessau and was appointed as a chief engineer. During WWII Schade finally became the operational manager of the Junkers facilities in Dessau. After WWII Schade worked in Germany's heavy industries.

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Scheller, Wilhelm

( *     + 1932 )

 

1902 - 1918
Junkers Experimental Laboratories Aachen

1918 - ????
Junkers Research Laboratories Dessau



Wilhelm Scheller joint Junkers at Aachen in 1902. He became manager of the Junkers Research Institute at Aachen. Under his management, the oil engine studies were restarted at Aachen after WW I. In 1919 Scheller went to Dessau, however further Junkers engagement of Scheller is not known.

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Schilling, Ernst

( *   28. Aug. 1897   )

 

1924 - 1945
Junkers Design Office
(later Ju88 Programme Manager)



Ernst Schilling studied naval constructions at the TH Berlin until 1922. From 1922 to 1924 he worked for Tecklenburg Shipyards and later for the Krupp Germania Shipyards. Schilling joined Junkers Flugzeugwerke in 1924. His initial work was started with design supports of theJunkers G23. Later he was responsible for the wing design of the Junkers G38. Later he was the type manager of the Junkers Ju88 program since May 1939. He was responsible for the further developments of the Ju88, as well as of its successors Ju188 and Ju388. After WWII Schilling went to West Germany and worked for BBD at Mannheim.

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Schinzinger, Reginald

( *   26. Apr. 1897   30. June 1976 )

 

1922 - 1945
JFM Experimental Flight Unit




Reginald Schinzinger joint Junkers in 1922 and worked at the aerodynamic research departement of von Doepp. Later he became a member of the experimental flight unit and in 1928 he was responsible for the preparations of Koehl's Atlantic flight. In September 1928 he performed two world altitude record flights with a Junkers W34. Schinzinger participated in a lot of experimental flights, such as the experimental rocket flights onboard a W34 or the G38 world record flight on 10.04.1930 together with Zimmermann In 1934 he became the head of the experimental flight unit of Junkers Flugzeugwerke. He was one of the few survivors, when Ju90 D-AIVI crashed at Bathurst in 1938. After WWII Schinzinger went to France and worked there for several aviation companies. Later he returned to Germany and joint MBB at Munich.

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Schleissing, Hermann

( *   04. Sept. 1873   02. June 1940 )

 

1893 - 1918
Junkers + Co.
Financial Departement
since 1897 Managing Director

1917 -
Junkers-Fokker AG
Managing Director

1922 - ????
Ad Astra Managing Director

1923 - 1925
JLAG Supervisory Board

1925 - 1931
JFA Financial Director




Schleissing joint Junkers & Co in 1893 and took over several financial functions. When Junkers went back to Aachen for his studies and lectures in 1897, Schleissing became managing director of the Junkers & Co. company. Under Schleissing's management ICO became a successfull company in the field of water boilers. In 1917 Schleissing left the management position at ICO and became managing director of the Junkers-Fokker-Werke A.G. After WWI Schleissing was engaged in the air transport section of Junkers. In 1922 he belonged to the director's board of Ad Astra. In 1923 he was the TREU supervisory member for Rumpler Luftverkehr and in 1924 he joint the supervisory boards of Junkers Luftverkehrs AG and Sudwestdeutsche Luftverkehrs AG. Later Schleissing was the financial managing director of Junkers Flugzeugwerke AG. He left Junkers in 1931 after disputes with Junkers about the A50 development and general management questions, however Schleissing remained as a member of the supervisory board. He also was the managing director of the Junkers Motorenwerke GmbH at Magdeburg and supervisory member of the Oberschlesische Luftverkehrs AG. In June 1932 Schleissing finally left all Junkers positions. Schleissing was also chairman of the metal industry organisation at Saxony-Anhalt.

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Dr. von Schlieben, O.

( *     )

 

1925 - ????
JFA Supervisory Board



Dr. O. von Schlieben became chairman of the board of managing supervisors of IFA in October 1925, when the Reich took over the share majority of IFA. von Schlieben was the German financial minister by this time. He appointed Whilhelm von Staben as a financial supervisor for the IFA decisions in 1925.

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Luftfahrtgeschichte.de (German Infos on Anthony Fokker)



von Schmidt, Arved

( *     )

 

1917
IDFLIEG Test Pilot



Arved von Schmidt was a flying officer of the IDFLIEG. In 1917 he was sent to Dessau to perform test flights for Junkers & Co. In January 1917 he first flew the Junkers Junkers J.4, in September 1917 he flew the Junkers J7. After WWI he joint the Junkers Flugzeugwerke as a pilot.

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Schmidt, Friedrich

( *     )

 

1918 - 1919
Junkers Fokker Werke
Technical Director



Friedrich Schmidt joint Junkers on request of the IDFLIEG in February 1918 as a chief engineer and technical director. He was responsible for the extension of the Junkers facilities. In September 1918 he succeeded Karl Bauer as member of the board of directors of IFA. In December 1918 he became managing director of Junkers-Fokker-Werke. In May 1919 Schmidt left Junkers

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Scholl, Theodor

( *   03. Sept. 1892   )

 

1929 - ????
JFA Sales Department

1934 - 1936
JFA Board of Directors



Theodor Scholl was responsible for Junkers in Russia since 1929. But in the same year he was sent out of the country by Soviet officals. By then Theodor Scholl was managing director of IFA during the 30s. In 1932 he had procurement on behalve of IFA. In March 1934 he became member of the board of directors of IFA, which he kept until the transfer of IFA into IFM in July 1936.

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Dr. Schubert, Wilhelm

( *     )

 

1922 - 1924
Junkers Fili
Financial Director

1924 - 1925
JFA Supervisory Board



Schubert was Luftwaffenattache at the German embassy at Moscow in 1918. After WW I he became member of the strategic command of the Reichswehr under General v. Seeckt. Since 1921 he was the head of the Junkers facilities at < href="ju_fili_a1.htm"> Fili until 1924, when he became member of the Supervisory Board of JFA. In 1925 Schubert left the Junkers Flugzeugwerke.

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Seifert, Otto

( *     )

 

1914 - 30s
Junkers + Co.
Aircraft Branch
later JFA

???? - 1932
JFA Supervisory Board



Otto Seifert was an early member of the ICO aircraft bench. In 1915/16 Seifert participated in the developement of the first Junkers aircraft Junkers J1 and Junkers J2. He was a member of the IFA supervisory board during 1932 and represented the Junkers employees in the supervisory board.

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Seitz, Carl

( *   13. May 1870   )

 

1917 - 1918
Junkers Fokker AG
(on behalve of Junkers)

1919 - 1924
JFA Main Office




Major Carl Seitz was a Chief Marshall of Prince Leopold of Prussia before WW I. During the critical periods of the Junkers-Fokker A.G., Hugo Junkers asked Seitz to assist him in his position against Anthony Fokker and he offered Seitz to act and represent instead of Junkers in questions of the Junkers-Fokker A.G. Seitz was wellknown at the offical state departements and he prepared all activities, which had to be performed by Junkers or his companies. At the end of WW I, Seitz was the head of the Headoffice of the Junkers companies and he remained in that position during the first years after the war. Seitz was responsible for the legal activities during the seperation of Junkers and Fokker in 1919. He left Junkers following disputes with Sachsenberg in 1924.

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Sell, Werner

( *   01. Sept. 1900   )

 

1929 - 1933
JFM Sales Department



Sell studied naval constructions. In 1929 he joint Junkers Flugzeugwerke. He was responsible for the sales regions of Africa, Asia and Australia. In 1932 Sell proposed the addition of a small cooking place at the Junkers Ju52 of Prince Bibescu of Romania. The introduction of an electrical heaster at this aircraft seemed to be the world's first cooking area in an aircraft. In 1933 Sell already left Junkers and founded the Sell Haus- und Kuchentechnik GmbH. During the following years, Sell Aviation Galleys developed to one of the top Aviation Galley Supplier.

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Spaleck, Paul

( *     )

 

1901 - 1932
Junkers + Co.
Managing Director

1923 - 1925
Junkers Fili
Managing Director

1923 - 1925
JLAG Supervisory Board




Paul Spaleck joint ICO in 1902 and was engaged in the machine construction of ICO. In 1917 he became the successor of Herrmann Schlessing as the managing director of ICO at Dessau. He kept this position until ICO was sold to Robert Bosch AG in 1932. Spaleck was also engaged in the foundation of the Junkers Fili plants in Russia. After WW I he was the managing director of the Junkers plant in Russia since 1922. Later he returned to Dessau in 1925 and became again ICO managing director. In November 1932 Spaleck left Junkers.

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von Staben, Wilhelm

( *     )

 

1925 - 1926
JFA Supervisory Board
(on behalve of German Government)



Wilhelm von Staben became the financial supervisor of the German Reich upon the Junkers Flugzeugwerke AG in October 1925, after the Reich has taken over the share majority of IFA. During 1926 he influenced the development of IFA intensivly but without economic success. In December 1926 the Reich returned leadership of IFA into Junkers hands and von Staben left Dessau.

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Staerke, Bruno

( *     )

 

1920s
Junkers Construction Office



Bruno Staerke was member of the construction office of Dr. Zindel at Junkers Flugzeugbau since the early 20s. He was responsible for the undercarriage design of the Junkers J21 built for Russia. The detailed construction of Junkers G24 was headed by Staerke.

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Steudel, Hans

( *   22. July 1883   + 17. Jan. 1963 )

 

1913 - 1945
Junkers + Co
later Junkers Flugzeugwerke

1946 - 1953
OKB-2 Kuibyschew




Hans Steudel studied at the TH Berlin. In 1911 he joint the Motoren-Luftschiffahrtsgesellschaft of Parseval at Berlin as a construction engineer. He joint the Versuchsanstalt Prof. Junkers in 1913 as a leading engineer in the construction office for ship engines. Later Hans Steudel was technical director of Junkers & Co. at Dessau during WW I. Together with Otto Mader he was engaged in the foundation of the first steps of Junkers aircraft designs. In 1916 he was engaged in the Junkers J7 design. From 1933 to 1945 Steudel was the manager of the material research departement of Junkers. From 1945 to 1953 Steudel was forced to work in Russia for the Soviets.

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Steuerlein, Gustav

( *     10. May 1959 )

 

1919 - 1945
Junkers Construction Office
(Weapon Equipment)

1946 - 1953
OKB-1 Podberesja



Gustav Steuerlein joint Junkers following WWI. He was specialized in the weapon techniques onboard aircraft and worked at the Construction Office until the end of WWII. In 1946 he was sent to Podberesja in Russia by the Soviets. He returned to Germany in 1953 and moved to Oberursel.

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