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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 aircraft and long-range bomber. It was one of the aircraft designs submitted for the abortive Amerikabomber project, along with the Messerschmitt Me 264 , the Focke-Wulf Ta 400 and the Heinkel ...
Junkers Ju 187, close support aircraft project, cancelled after mock-up built. Junkers Ju 188, Rächer, [citation needed] bomber, 1941. Junkers Ju 248, re-designation of Me 263. Junkers Ju 252, transport developed from the EF 77, 1941. Junkers Ju 268, parasite bomber project, 1944. Junkers Ju 286, six-engined high-altitude version of Ju 86, not ...
The Junkers Ju 290 was a large four-engine long-range transport and maritime patrol aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Junkers. Derived from the Ju 90 airliner, it was a dedicated military heavy transport developed on behalf of the Luftwaffe as a wartime replacement for Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor .
A verified pair of the Ju 390 design were constructed before the program was abandoned. After World War II, several authors [ 9 ] claimed that the second Ju 390 actually made a transatlantic flight, coming within 20 km (12 mi) of the northeast U.S. coast in early 1944, but this claim has since been discredited as Ju 390 V2 never flew.
Returning to Germany in 1940, he began working for Junkers at Dessau as a test pilot, mainly with Junkers' larger machines, including the Ju 90, Ju 290 and finally the Ju 390. On 15 July 1943 he became one of the first pilots to eject from an aircraft in flight when he ejected from the Ju 290 SB+QF over Rechlin after the aircraft began to come ...
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The Ju 90 V11 became the definitive Ju 290 prototype, featuring smaller rectangular-shaped fuselage windows. [citation needed] The Ju 90B series were visually distinctive due to their oval tail fins. The Ju 90 V6 was withdrawn from test flights, and rebuilt as the Ju 390 V1 prototype. The Ju 90 V9 was also withdrawn and rebuilt as the Ju 390V2 ...
Junkers Ju 248, re-designation of Me 263; Junkers Ju 252, 3-engine transport, replacement for Ju 52; Junkers Ju 287, heavy bomber (jet-engined) (prototype) Junkers Ju 288, presumptive Bomber B competition winner, prototypes only; Junkers Ju 290, long-range bomber (prototype) Junkers Ju 322 Mammut, transport glider (prototype), 1941; Junkers Ju ...