Return to Germany and BMW After three years with AFN Ltd, Fiedler returned to Germany. He returned to BMW as chief engineer in 1952 after working at Opel for a short time. He took over responsibility for the ongoing V8 engine project and was responsible for the BMW 503 and BMW 507. He was chairman of BMW AG from 1955 to 1956 and he finally retired in 1966, after a long and active life devoted to BMW, but he attended the firm each day as a consultant for a further two years and died in 1972. Notes References “From Chain Drive to Turbocharger- The AFN Story”, Denis Jenkinson, 1984. External links BMW Designers Fritz Fiedler among the BMW automotive designers. German automobile designers BMW people 1972 deaths 1899 births