Hansa- und Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke A.-G.
Camilio Castiglioni, primary owner; Igo Etrich, designer and, perhaps, a minority owner; Karl Caspar, perhaps a minority owner; Ernst Heinkel, chief designer.
Company formed by merger of Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke and Hansa Flugzeugwerke, July 1914. Produced 2-seat biplanes, armed and fighter flying boats, reconnaissance aircraft (also made by Phönix Flugzeugwerke and Ufag in Austria), torpedo-bomber seaplanes and other seaplanes. In 1916, Hamburg-Fuhlsbuttel factory was separated (it became Hanseatische Flugzeugwerke Karl Caspar AG). Firm closed 1919.
In 1917, in the advertisement pictured here, the firm (A.G.) gave a location and telephone contact in Berlin (Rummelsburg, which is within Lichtenberg; see w:de:Berlin-Rummelsburg). Here they say they can supply replacement parts and accessories for all types of airplanes; they also offer serial delivery of aircraft frames and wingsets.
A.-G. or GmbH
A.G. form of firm listed in Dir 1920, p28, at Brandenburg a.H., with flying ground at Briest.
A.-G. is used on the company's patent filings (that we have found so far.)
The GmbH form presumably is used in one or more of the sources below.
Sources
- Gunston, 1993, p141, 56, 144, 236, 242
- Gunston, 2005, p208, 72, 212, 360, 369
- SD227; 1920Dir28
| Names | Hansa und Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke GmbH, Hansa- und Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke A.G., Hansa-Brandenburg |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| City | new factory at Brandenburg am Havel; flying ground at Briest; plus, until 1916, former Hansa Flugzeugwerke at Hamburg-Fuhlsbuttel; Berlin-Rummelsburg |
| Affiliations | |
| Keywords | airplane, manufacturer, wings, frame |
| Started aero | 1914 |
| Ended aero | 1919 |
| Key people | Camilio Castiglioni, Igo Etrich, Karl Caspar, Ernst Heinkel |
| Wikidata id | Q7217236 |
