Transfer of German Aeronautical Knowledge After 1945

Within the subsequent chapter, many statements of contemporary witnesses are being used. Thus, it represents a summary of the situation during the years after World War Two, when German aeronautical research was suspended, and many scientists and engineers went abroad. Many of them returned after 1955 to the German Federal Republic or the German Democratic Republic, respectively, and were able to put, in continuation of their activities, their accumulated knowledge and experience to use. Thus, a renewed transfer of knowledge occurred.