WW2+fathers+of+the+Jet+engines

Dr. Hans-Joachim Pabst von Ohain is the "father of the gas turbine engine," his creation of the H.e S 3A jet engine which he invented, developed and successfully tested in 1936. He and Dr. Herbert Wagner are the father's of the jet engine.

At about the same time, Frank Whittle in England also worked on a gas turbine engine but his engine did not run until 1937 on Power Jets.

Prof. Dr. Herbert Wagner started the design of the world's first axial gas turbine at Junkers, Magdeburg in 1935. He was in charge of advanced developments at Junkers until 1939. Then a fellow Austrian, Dr. Ing. Anselm Franz continued its development which during the war years led to the Jumo 004 axial gas turbine engine. Wagner is also the father of the turboprop engine which he patented in 1935.

Dr. Ing. Anselm Franz, director of the gas turbine engine development at Junkers in Germany from 1940 to 1945 came to the US with Operation "Paperclip" in 1946 and became vice president and assistant general director at AVCO Corp. Lycoming Division in Connecticut were he continued his management efforts developing gas turbine engines. Most of the Lycoming gas turbine engines were designed by Franz and his team of engineers.