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Ernst Heinkel

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Birth date	January 24, 1888
Place of birth	Grunbach, German Empire
Date of death	January 30, 1958(age 70)
Death place	Stuttgart, West Germany
Occupation	German aircraft designer and manufacturer

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Dr. Ernst Heinkel (January 24, 1888 - January 30, 1958) was a German aircraft designer, manufacturer, Wehrwirtschaftführer in the Third Reich, and member of the Nazi party. His company Heinkel Flugzeugwerke produced the Heinkel He 178, the world's first turbojet aircraft and jet plane, and the Heinkel He 176, the first rocket aircraft. He was awarded the German National Prize for Art and Science in 1938.

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