The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka", is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, it first flew in...
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The Junkers Ju 187 was a German projected dive bomber designed to replace the ageing Junkers Ju 87 Stuka. The Ju 187 was cancelled in 1943. By the time...
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Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (JFM, earlier JCO or JKO in World War I, English: Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works) more commonly Junkers [ˈjʊŋkɐs]...
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Heinkel He 111E, H and Z IAR 79 Junkers F 24kai Jumo 211 test bed Junkers Ju 87 Junkers Ju 88 Junkers Ju 90 Junkers Ju 252 Messerschmitt Me 264 (V1 prototype...
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Dornier and Junkers - requesting designs for a long-range bomber. The two companies responded with the Dornier Do 19 and the Junkers Ju 89, respectively...
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before Junkers responded with a larger engine of their own, the Junkers Jumo 211. The first gasoline-burning aviation power plants that the Junkers Motorenwerke...
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The Junkers Ju 390 was a German long-range derivative of the Junkers Ju 290 aircraft, intended to be used as a heavy transport aircraft, maritime patrol...
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The Junkers Ju 86 is a monoplane bomber and civilian airliner designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Junkers. It was designed during...
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The Junkers Ju 290 was a large four-engine long-range transport and maritime patrol aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer...
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The Junkers Ju 288, originally known within the Junkers firm as the EF 074, was a German bomber project designed during World War II, which only ever...
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The Junkers Ju 352 Herkules ("Hercules" in German) was a German World War II transport aircraft that was developed from the Junkers Ju 252. During the...
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The Junkers Ju 88 is a twin-engined multirole combat aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works...
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prototype German monoplane dive bomber design that lost out to the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka in the 1930s, and was never ordered by the Luftwaffe. Designed...
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The Junkers Ju 52/3m (nicknamed Tante Ju ("Aunt Ju") and Iron Annie) is a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company...
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The Junkers Ju 90 was a four-engined airliner and transport aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Junkers. Derived from the...
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Luftwaffe aircraft such as the Junkers Ju 87 G-1 and G-2; Henschel Hs 129B-2/R3; Messerschmitt Bf 110G-2/R1-3; Junkers Ju 88P-2 or P-3 and others. The cannon...
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The Junkers Ju 488 was a proposed four-engined German heavy strategic bomber under development in World War II. It was based on the twin-engined Ju 188...
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least 7 delivered Junkers Ju 86 – 66-72+ used (modified) Junkers Ju 87 – received 33/34 Ju 87 D-3/D-5s and 11/12 B-1 and B-2s Junkers Ju 88 Varga RMI-1 X/H...
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Junkers Ju 188 "Rächer" ("Avenger") was a German Luftwaffe high-performance medium bomber built during World War II, the planned follow-up to the Ju 88...
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credit Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bombers from StG 3 with her sinking, but the ship's commanding officer testified she was sunk by a combination of Ju 87s...
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The Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker is a World War II German Luftwaffe multi-role aircraft based on the Ju 88 airframe by way of the Ju 188. It differed from...
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The Junkers Ju 287 was a multi-engine tactical jet bomber built in Nazi Germany in 1944. It featured a novel forward-swept wing, and the first two prototypes...
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60 degrees or even up to a near vertical dive of 80 degrees with the Junkers Ju 87, and thus requires an abrupt pull-up after dropping its bombs. This...
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Junkers Ju 252 was a German cargo aircraft that made its first flight in late October 1941. The aircraft was planned as a replacement for the Junkers...
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also used light bombers in this role: cannon-armed versions of the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka greatly outnumbered the Hs 129, while the Petlyakov Pe-2 was used...
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beginning of World War II. They were soon replaced in service by the Junkers Ju 87. The SM.85 was part of a programme by the Regia Aeronautica to produce...
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clearance for their propellers. The most distinctive feature of the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, a German ground attack aircraft used during the Second World...
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the phrase "Four Score and Seven Years ago..." The model number of Junkers Ju 87. The number of the French department Haute-Vienne. The code for international...
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ground-attack missions exclusively on the Eastern Front, usually flying the Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bomber. Rudel surrendered to US forces in 1945 and immigrated...
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only viewed as being a "stop-gap" measure until the arrival of the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka later that same decade. In 1938, the type was dispatched to Spain...
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