Messerschmitt AG was a German share-ownership limited, aircraft manufacturing corporation named after its chief designer Willy Messerschmitt from mid-July 1938 onwards, & temporarily not allowed to manufacture aircraft following WWII, had turned its resources to making other products. In 1952, aircraft engineer Fritz Fend approached Messerschmitt with the idea of manufacturing small motor vehicles. These were based on his Fend Flitzer invalid carriage.

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