Kurt Tank
The Focke-Wulf Project I was a design study for a jet fighter, to be built in Germany during World War II. In 1942, the "Reichsluftministerium" (RLM) asked Professor Kurt Tank of the Focke-Wulf factory to investigate the possibility of a single-engine jet fighter. He was given the development plans of the BMW 003, Jumo 004 and Heinkel HeS 011 engines. Late in 1942 the Project Office, led by Ludwig Mittelhuber, began to work on a series of fighter projects, to be powered by one of these new turbojet units.