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WWI During World War I, and following the war, the company became famous for its pioneering all-metal aircraft. | WWI During World War I, and following the war, the company became famous for its pioneering all-metal aircraft. | ||
1930 Description of heavy-oil aero engines made by Junkers motoreubau G.m.b.H. of | 1930 Description of heavy-oil aero engines made by Junkers motoreubau G.m.b.H. of Dessau<ref>[[Engineering 1930/04/11]]</ref> | ||
WWII During World War II the company produced some of the most successful Luftwaffe planes, as well as piston and jet aircraft engines, albeit in the absence of its founder, who had been removed by the Nazis in 1934. | WWII During World War II the company produced some of the most successful Luftwaffe planes, as well as piston and jet aircraft engines, albeit in the absence of its founder, who had been removed by the Nazis in 1934. | ||
Revision as of 17:59, 4 May 2024
Junkers (Aero) ..... Junkers Fluzeug-und Motorenwerke A.G., H.V-Motoren-vertrieb Dessau, Junkersstr. 40
Junkers (Transport) ..... Fahrzeug-und Motorenwerke G.m.b.H., Breslau, 6.
Junkers, was a major German aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer. It produced some of the world's most innovative and best-known aircraft over the course of its fifty-plus year history in Dessau, Germany.
It was founded there in 1895 by Hugo Junkers, initially manufacturing boilers and radiators.
WWI During World War I, and following the war, the company became famous for its pioneering all-metal aircraft.
1930 Description of heavy-oil aero engines made by Junkers motoreubau G.m.b.H. of Dessau[1]
WWII During World War II the company produced some of the most successful Luftwaffe planes, as well as piston and jet aircraft engines, albeit in the absence of its founder, who had been removed by the Nazis in 1934.