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Schwidetzky, Dr Walter Hans

Person · Germany · USA

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Born in Bromberg; German-American engineer in WW2, member of the Rocket Team in the United States thereafter. By 1953 working for Convair in San Diego, where he received a patent for a mechanical resonance detection system.

As of January 1947, working at Fort Bliss, Texas.

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Country
Germany, USA
Bibliography
1980

Chronology

2 events

1910 October 28

  • Birth of Dr Walter Hans Schwidetzky. - . Related Persons: Schwidetzky. Born in Bromberg; German-American engineer in WW2, member of the Rocket Team in the United States thereafter. By 1953 working for Convair in San Diego, where he received a patent for a mechanical resonance detection system..

1996 December 17

  • Death of Dr Walter Hans Schwidetzky. - . Related Persons: Schwidetzky. Born in Bromberg; German-American engineer in WW2, member of the Rocket Team in the United States thereafter. By 1953 working for Convair in San Diego, where he received a patent for a mechanical resonance detection system..