Weserflug We 271
The Weserflug We 271 was a German twin-engined amphibious flying boat prototype, first flown just before World War II. == Design and development == Weser Flugzeugbau (known as Weserflug) was established in April 1934 as a subsidiary company of the major German shipyard, AG Weser, to handle the company's aviation activities, and incorporating Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau which had been brought up by AG Weser in 1932, when Rohrbach was on the brink of bankruptcy. Technical director of the new company was Adolf Rohrbach, the founder of Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau and the developer of a design of all-metal wing with a strong box-shaped main spar to which lightly-built leading and trailing sections could be connected.