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Hans J. P. von Ohain
Hans J. P. von Ohain
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and the Air Force Aerospace Propulsion Laboratory (AFAPL)
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Von Ohain was among the German scientists selected to bring their expertise to the United States following World War II. His first assignment was in the Applied Research Section in engineering at what became Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.
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Von Ohain left basic research to return to his first love, propulsion, and became chief scientist for the AFAPL, working closely with another propulsion legenc3, Cliff Simpson. His technical contributions to the Air Force and in international circles drew attention to his earlier achievements.
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In 1991 the Charles Stark Draper Prize and gold medal, the "Nobel Prize" of engineering, was awarclec3 jointly to Hans von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle. He received the Daniel Guggenheim Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Society of Automotive Engineers/American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Rudolf Diesel Award and the Prancit]
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