Walter Rethel

Walther Karl Paul Rethel (15 August 1892 – 1977) was a German aircraft designer born in Wesel.[1][2]

Working for the Dutch company Fokker in the years after World War I, he designed aircraft such as the amphibious Fokker B.I and the Fokker F.VII airliner. In the 1920s he worked for Arado Flugzeugwerke in Germany, before moving to Messerschmitt, where he was chief engineer on the legendary Bf 109.[3]

References
  1. Rhineland, Prussia, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1533-1950
  2. Kranzhoff, Jörg Armin (1997). Arado: History of an Aircraft Company. Schiffer Pub. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-7643-0293-0. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. "Walter Rethel Personnel File". Wehrmacht History. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2020.


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