Ju 290 inflight captured plane being inspected by us troops. The german army encountered the problem of maintaining supplies in sufficient quantities to the combat units in. The junkers 290 was a direct development of the junkers ju 90 airliner, versions of which had been evaluated for military purposes. The origins of the ju 290 went back to 1936, when the do 19 and ju 89 longdistance bombers were cancelled after the death of general walther wever. Junkers ju 523m is on display at the technikmuseum hugo junkers in dessau, which is situated where the junkers factory stood until 1945. Next photo junkers ju 290 image 9 of 12 previous photo. The 290 was a direct development of the junkers ju90 airliner. The luftwaffe quickly felt the need not only for large cargo aircraft but also for a long range recce airplane, capable of detecting the allied convoys. Bundesarchiv bild 1412472, samolot junkers ju 290 a7. Development of longrange bombers did not stop, but was delayed until more advanced aircraft could be delivered. Junkers ju 290a4 v7 alles kaputt orly paris 1945 2. The junkers ju 290 was a longrange transport, maritime patrol aircraft and heavy bomber used by the luftwaffe late in world war ii. Please send me via email regularly and revocably at any time according to your privacy statement information about the following product range.
Junkers ju 290 and ju 390 technical pages german u. Junkers ju 290a4 v7 0165 alles kaputt orly, paris 1945 2 world. Ju 290 was a longrange transport, maritime patrol aircraft and bomber used by the luftwaffe late in. Revell 04285 172 junkers ju290 a7 attacker japan import. Watson from orly, paris to wright field on 28 july 1945, via the azores. You get a several paint schemes to choose from including decals for the junkers ju 290 alles kaputt. The picture shows the aircraft, named alles kaputt everything destroyed, just prior to its transatlantic flight to the usa. It was one of the aircraft designs submitted for the abortive amerika bomber project, along with the messerschmitt me 264, the fockewulf ta 400 and the heinkel he 277. The junkers ju 390 was a german longrange derivative of the junkers ju 290 aircraft, intended to be used as a heavy transport aircraft, maritime patrol aircraft and longrange bomber. Buy revell 04285 172 junkers ju290 a7 attacker online at. The spanish government recovered a ju 290 a5 and used it for flight training until it was scrapped in 1957. The junkers ju 290 was a longrange transport and maritime patrol aircraft used by the luftwaffe late in world war ii. Renamed alles kaputt, and numbered fe 3400, it was flown to the us by colonel harold e.
Junkers ju 290 from behind the ju290a7 was designated a reconnaissance bomber as it was relatively heavily armed having an extra mg15120 cannon in a new bulbous glazed nose and could carry three henschel hs293 or fritz x missiles under the wings and fuselage but of the twentyfive that were ordered, only thirteen were completed. How the celebrated junkers ju 290 alles kaputt went to america watsons whizzers, kg 200, revell ju 290 a7 spy version it is perhaps not generally realised that the luftwaffe did actually put into service a number of fourengine bomber types. A seminal work on the junkers ju 290 was published not long ago by several of the top german aviation historians and there is no mention of these mythical flights to japan. Junkers ju 290a4 v7 0165 alles kaputt orly, paris 1945. This is the revell germany ju 290a7 seeadler in 172 scale. I buy virtually all of my european foreign language books from christian. The junkers ju 290page contains all related products, articles, books, walkarounds and plastic scale modeling projects dedicated to this aircraft.
A few of these survive in museums today, but the ju 290 was not so lucky. The ju290 was the only fourengined heavyduty aircraft used by the luftwaffe in world war ii and was the forerunner of the subsequent transatlantic civil aircraft. By 1941, two further prototype militarised ju 90s were deemed to be different enough from their predecessors to warrant a new designation. It was developed from earlier junkers 90 design dating from before the war. Books about junkers airplanes, junkers bauhaus, and general aviation. Covers the various models of the junkers ju 290 and its.
Air transport community of tradition near wunstorf, germany. I bought revells model kit of the junkers ju 290 about a year ago. The luftwaffe quickly felt the need not only for large cargo aircraft but also for a long range recce airplane, capable of. Alles kaputt was the only one of the 47 ju 290s to fall into american hands. This was the transatlantic ferry performed by alles kaputt, a junkers ju 290. The junkers 290 was developed directly from the ju 90 airliner, versions of which had been evaluated for military purposes, and was intended to replace the fockewulf fw 200 condor which by 1942 was proving increasingly slow and vulnerable when confronted by raf. Indice 1 storia del progetto 2 impiego operativo 2. In america, alles kaputt had her german marking restored, and was. The junkers ju 290, the luftwaffes only fourengined and widebody aircraft, started with lufthansa as the ju 90 cargo aircraft. The picture shows the aircraft, named alles kaputt everything destroyed, just prior to. Junkers ju 290a4 v7 0165 alles kaputt orly, paris 1945 2.
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