Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Kurt Tank across 6 places, from 1923 to 1983.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Kurt Waldemar Tank (24 February 1898 – 5 June 1983) was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931 to 1945.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Kurt Tank is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Kurt Tank was documented, and when
1923year
Technische Hochschule Berlinattested“After the war, Tank studied at and graduated from the Technische Hochschule Berlin (now the Technische Universität Berlin) in 1923.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Tank
January 1930month
Augsburgattested“In January 1930, Tank joined Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke in Augsburg as the director of their projects division, just after pilot Hans Hackmack had died when the BFW M.20 he was flying crashed.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Tank
1946year
Córdoba, Argentinaattested“Tank moved to Córdoba in central Argentina in late 1946, with many of his Focke-Wulf co-workers.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Tank
1967year
West Berlinattested“Tank left Hindustan Aeronautics in 1967 and by the 1970s, he had returned to live in West Berlin, basing himself in Germany for the rest of his life.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Tank
1967year
Germanyattested“Tank left Hindustan Aeronautics in 1967 and by the 1970s, he had returned to live in West Berlin, basing himself in Germany for the rest of his life.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Tank
In each of these, a source puts Kurt Tank and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Kurt Tank was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
November 1931month
Bremenmentioned“In November 1931, Tank joined Focke-Wulf in Bremen as the head of design and flight testing.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Tank
1941year
Rechlinmentioned“In 1941, six initial Fw 190s were tested at Rechlin.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Tank
November 1941month
Bremenmentioned“In November 1941, Tank was flying from Paris to Bremen when his radio operator alerted him about hostile aircraft.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Tank
November 1941month
Parismentioned“In November 1941, Tank was flying from Paris to Bremen when his radio operator alerted him about hostile aircraft.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Tank
1942year
Berlinmentioned“In 1942, Tank was piloting an Fw 190 to Berlin, while trying to learn the night combat method developed by Major Hajo Herrmann at the Döberitz military training area.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Tank
1942year
Döberitz military training areamentioned“In 1942, Tank was piloting an Fw 190 to Berlin, while trying to learn the night combat method developed by Major Hajo Herrmann at the Döberitz military training area.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Tank
August 1942month
Echterdingenmentioned“In August 1942, the 139 engines were sent to the Daimler-Benz factory in Echterdingen for testing.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Tank
April 1945month
Nellingenmentioned“However, these modified Fw 190s weren't flown in combat because their test base at Nellingen was occupied by the US Army in April 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Kurt Tank
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting.
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