Max Himmelheber


Max Himmelheber was a German inventor and Luftwaffe fighter pilot.

Biography

In 1932, Himmelheber invented particle board.
During the Second World War Himmelheber served as pilot in the fighter unit Jagdgeschwader 2. During the Battle of Britain he was a leutnant and technical officer of Stab.I/JG 2. He had one victory on 30 August 1940, over an RAF Hurricane near Goudhurst. He was shot down himself on 6 September 1940, over Staplehurst, Kent, and became a POW at Woolwich Hospital.