Junkers

Operation Mercury, the largest airborne invasion the world had yet seen, was without doubt the finest hour of the Junkers Ju-52 transport, known to its crews as “Tante Ju,” or Auntie Junkers.

The Germans also had Junkers Ju-88 fast bombers and Junkers Ju-87 dive bombers stationed on nearby airfields.

It shared the European market with the Junkers all-metal aircraft, but dominated the American market until the arrival of the Ford Trimotor which copied the aerodynamic features of the Fokker F.VII, and Junkers structural concepts.

This prototype was powered by two Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engines.

When CalMac’s junkers didn’t show up, they had to pay a fine, so that money could be spent on ferries that did show up.

One of the deadliest and most effective airplanes of the Axis powers, the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka, owed its origin to a fearless World War I ace and, ironically, to innovative American aviation visionaries in the peaceful early 1930s.

Vehicles competing at Riverhead range from $200 junkers that have their windows smashed out to 5/8-scale NASCAR replicas powered by 500cc motorcycle engines.

Air attacks Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber over the neighborhood west of the Red October factory; some of the administration buildings are at lower right; Bayonet Gully is at top right.

Bergström 2007 (Barbarossa title), p. 85. Elsewhere on the Eastern front, the Junkers assisted Army Group Centre in its drive toward Moscow.

During the Catalonia Offensive in January 1939, the Junkers Ju 87 returned to Spain.

Galland also points to the mistakes and challenges made in the development of the Me 262 jet – which included the protracted development time required for its Junkers Jumo 004 jet engines to improve their reliability.

Germany's nobles, especially those in the East – called Junkers – dominated not only the localities, but also the Prussian court, and especially the Prussian army.

G-force test at Dessau Extensive tests were carried out by the Junkers works at their Dessau plant.

History Germany Junkers patent drawing from March 1944.

In 1935, this led to the Dornier Do 19 and Junkers Ju 89 prototypes, although both were underpowered.

In this position, Junkers concluded that ⅔ of pilots could withstand 8 g and perhaps 9 g for three to five seconds without vision defects which, under war conditions, was acceptable.

Ju 87B Junkers Ju 87 B during the Battle of Stalingrad The Ju 87 B series was to be the first mass-produced variant.

Junkers records give only 5,126 aircraft delivered to the Luftwaffe.

Junkers were able to supply 300 German workers to the Weserflug factory, and as an interim solution, Soviet prisoners of war and Soviet civilians deported to Germany.

Later bomber models like the Junkers Ju 88 and the Dornier Do 217 were equipped for dive bombing.