Capt.Crash'n'Burn
Cleared for Takeoff
A few months back I was reading about the life and career of the man who brought us the cantilever monoplane, Hugo Junkers. It seems he had quite a reputation of being a rebel and clashing with authorities. As soon as the Nazis took power, he was one of the first people they arrested. He died a year later, exactly on his 76th birthday while under house arrest. He was given a full State funeral that was attended by no less a person than Herman Goering (along with Ernst Udet if I'm not mistaken). Given the fact that the Nazis hated him, then venerated him in death, this looks a bit suspicious to me. Given the maner in which Erwin Rommel died (forced to commit suicide then celebrated as a fallen hero) I've always wondered if the Nazis murdered him.
Is there anyone who is read up on this and knows some possible answers??
Is there anyone who is read up on this and knows some possible answers??