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Junkers
For the Prussian/German landowning classes, see "junker".
The name Junkers is well known in connection with aircraft, which were produced under this name for the Luftwaffe during World War II. In particular the Ju 87 Stuka and Ju 52 Tante Ju were common symbols of the Nazi war machine. By this time, however, the Nazi government had already seized control of the business, and Hugo Junkers himself was dead.
Junkers also ran an engine factory, and in 1923 they separated it out to form its own company, Junkers Motoren, or Jumo. Perhaps unsurprisingly their Jumo 211 tended to be used in their own bombers, but their later Jumo 213 was used in a number of fighter and bomber projects, and their Jumo 004 jet engine was the first to be considered production quality and used in the Me 262 jet fighter.
Junkers aircraft included:
- Junkers J1 , 1915
- Junkers J2 , 1916
- Junkers F13 , 1919
- Junkers Ju W33 , single-engined light transport, 1926
- Junkers Ju W34 , single-engine light transport+reconnaissance (development of W33), 1933
- Junkers Ju 52 Tante Ju (Auntie Ju), transport + bomber
- Junkers Ef 61, high-altitude fighter + reconnaissance (prototype)
- Junkers Ju 86, bomber + reconnaissance
- Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, dive-bomber
- Junkers Ju 88, bomber + reconnaissance + night-fighter
- Junkers Ju 89, heavy bomber (prototype)
- Junkers Ju 90, bomber (prototype)
- Junkers Ju 188, Rächer (Raecher), bomber
- Junkers Ju 248, re-designation of Me 263
- Junkers Ju 252 , transport
- Junkers Ju 287, heavy bomber (jet-engined) (prototype)
- Junkers Ju 288, bomber (prototype)
- Junkers Ju 290, long-range bomber (prototype)
- Junkers Ju 322 Mammut, transport glider (prototype), 1941)
- Junkers Ju 352 Herkules (Hercules), transport
- Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker, reconnaissance + night-fighter
- Junkers Ju 390, long-range bomber
- Junkers Ju 488 , heavy bomber
Jumo engines included:
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