Heinrich Hertel (13 November 1901 in Düsseldorf – 5 December 1982) [1] was a German aeronautical engineer.
After graduating as an engineer from Technische Hochschule München (now Technical University Munich), he joined the Junkers company in 1926.
In February 1945, he also worked on a project of the Dornier Do 635, one of the twin boom fighter aircraft developed from Dornier Do 335 but the project was cancelled in 1945.
After World War II, Hertel worked in France before returning to Germany in 1950 to teach aeronautics in Berlin.
From 1959 until his retirement in 1977 he worked as a technical consultant for Focke-Wulf in Bremen.