Wittemann brothers

Paul W. Wittemann and Adolph (Walter) Wittemann and Charles Rudolph Wittemann (September 15, 1884 – July 8, 1967) were early aviation pioneers.

Biography
They were the children of Emily Wittemann (née Schirzinger) of Missouri. Their father, * Adolph Wendelin Wittemann was born on [http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=4-1218845-36 Dec. 01. 1846 in Karlsruhe] (top right # 218) (Gottesaue)/Germany. Charles and Adolph had a company, C. & A. Wittemann of Staten Island, New York. At Teterboro they built the largest bomber (Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1) of the time. Adolph left the company and Charles teamed up with Samuel P. Lewis to form the Wittemann-Lewis Aircraft Company, Inc.

In 1920 Charles was living in Hackensack, New Jersey. He died in July 1967 in Farmingdale, New Jersey.

Other siblings include Herman Wittemann, aka Harold; Walter; Marie; Elizabeth; and Paul. All the Wittemann children were born in New York City on Staten Island.

Timeline

 * 1884 Birth of Charles Rudolph Wittemann (1884–1967)
 * 1906 Charles and Adolph Wittemann, Aeronautical Engineers, Ocean Terrace & Little Clove Road, Staten Island
 * 1910 Living on Staten Island
 * 1917 Charles, founder of Teterboro Airport
 * c. 1917 Wittemann-Lewis Aircraft Company, Inc. founded by Charles Rudolph Wittemann with Samuel P. Lewis
 * 1918 Charles, president of Wittemann-Lewis Aircraft Company, Inc. in Newark, New Jersey
 * 1919 Teterboro, New Jersey factory
 * 1919 Contractors to United States Postal Service and United States Navy for aircraft
 * 1920 [[Media:1920 census Wittemann.jpg|Wittemann brothers]] in the 1920 United States Census with Charles Randolph Wittemann (1884–1967) in Hackensack, New Jersey
 * 1923 Ended production to concentrate on engineering research
 * 1924 Bankruptcy and Teterboro, New Jersey property acquired by Anthony Fokker
 * 1967 Death of Charles Rudolph Wittemann (1884–1967)

Archive

 * Wichita University
 * Largest Flying Boat Never Built—the Witteman Air Liner

Patent

 * Aeroplane