Editing Anselm Franz (section)

{{Short description|Austrian engineer (1900 to 1994)}}

{{Infobox person
|birthname = Anselm Franz
|birth_date = {{birth date|1900|01|21}}
|birth_place = [[Schladming]], [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|1994|11|18|1900|01|20}}
|death_place = [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], U.S.
|occupation = Jet engine engineer
|education = [[Graz University of Technology]] (BS) <br>[[University of Berlin]] (PhD)
}}
'''Anselm Franz''' (January 21, 1900<ref>[https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/oesterreich/graz-seckau/schladming/17604/?pg=94 Birth Register Parish Schladming, 1888-1911]</ref>—November 18, 1994) was a pioneering Austrian [[jet engine]] [[engineer]] known for the development of the [[Junkers Jumo 004|Jumo 004]], the world's first mass-produced turbojet engine by [[Nazi Germany]] during [[World War II]],<ref name=AF>{{cite book |url={{GBurl|FW_50wm8VnMC|pg=PA234}} |title=Air warfare: An international encyclopedia: A-L |editor-first=Walter J. |editor-last=Boyne |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2002 |pages=234–235 |isbn=978-1-57607-345-2}}</ref> and his work on [[turboshaft]] designs in the [[United States]] after the war as part of [[Operation Paperclip]], including the [[Lycoming T53]],<ref name=AF /> the [[Honeywell T55]],<ref name="CTPost20110818">{{cite news |issn=1070-874X |work=[[Connecticut Post]] |title=Unsung aviation pioneer gets exhibit at Helicopter Museum |url=https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Unsung-aviation-pioneer-gets-exhibit-at-2117521.php |date=August 18, 2011 |first=John |last=Burgeson |access-date=January 1, 2022 |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101054333/https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Unsung-aviation-pioneer-gets-exhibit-at-2117521.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[AGT-1500]], and the [[Honeywell T55|PLF1A-2]], the world's first high-bypass turbofan engine.{{R|AF|p=[{{GBurl|FW_50wm8VnMC|p=235}} 235]}}