Branch: Civilian
Born: 21 January 1900 in Schladming, Austria.
Died: 18 November 1994 in
Appointment's:
Junkers
Flugzeug 1936
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Other: Personnel
Articles:
Dr. Anselm Franz was born in Schladming, Austria on 21 January
1900 and became a German engineer during World War II his
most notable achievement was the development of the
Jumo
004 jet engine, which was the first to be put into mass
production.
Anselm Franz went to the technical University of Graz where
he studied mechanical engineering, upon leaving the technical
University of Graz Anselm went on to study at the University
of Berlin, where he attained a doctoral degree.
Anselm worked as a design engineer for a company in Berlin,
at which time he developed hydraulic torque converters.
Sometime in 1936 Anselm Franz went on to join
Junkers
one of his first appointments within Junkers was to head the
development department of superchargers and turbochargers.
In 1939, Junkers decided to set up a jet engine department
headed by Anselm Franz who of course took several employees
from superchargers and turbochargers department. Anselm took
a completely different route from
Heinkel,
who used centrifugal compressor, whereas Junkers used axial
compressor.
The first experimental
Junkers
Jumo 004A was tested in early 1940 and throughout 1941.
The engine was used on
Bf
110 on 15 March 1942 and later went on to power the
Me
262.
Dr. Anselm Franz was relocated to the United States. After
World War II, as part of Operation Paperclip.
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