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Meeting the Legendary Kurt Tank

he FW 190 was truly one of the world’s greatest aircraft designs, but what of the man responsible for it? I had the good fortune to interrogate Kurt Tank when he was captured and taken to London, and in January 1943, they designated him “Professor” because of his technical prowess.

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