Junkers
Sign in to saveJunkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (JFM, earlier JCO or JKO in World War I, English: Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works) more commonly Junkers , was a major German aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer. It was founded in Dessau, Germany, in 1895 by Hugo Junkers, initially manufacturing boilers and radiators. During World War I and following the war, the company became famous for its pioneering all-metal aircraft. During World War II the company produced the German air force's planes, as well as piston and jet aircraft engines, albeit in the absence of its founder who had been removed by t
Key facts
- Company.logo_size
- 150px
- Company.name
- Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (JFM)
- Company.logo
- Junkers Flugzeugwerke logo.svg
- Company.type
- Privately held company
- Company.fate
- Merged into Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB)
- Company.successor
- Junkers GmbH (post WW2)
- Company.foundation
- 1895
- Company.defunct
- 1969
- Company.key_people
- Hugo Junkers
- Company.location
- Dessau, Germany
- Company.num_employees
- 40,000
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13 sectionsContents
- History
- Early inter-war period
- Financial troubles
- Post World War II
- Products
- Aircraft
- Experimental
- Designations used exclusively in the Soviet Union
- Aircraft engines
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (JFM, earlier JCO or JKO in World War I, English: Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works) more commonly Junkers , was a major German aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer. It was founded in Dessau, Germany, in 1895 by Hugo Junkers, initially manufacturing boilers and radiators. During World War I and following the war, the company became famous for its pioneering all-metal aircraft. During World War II the company produced the German air force's 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.
==History== thumb|The pioneering all-metal Junkers J 1 in late 1915 thumb|The only surviving Junkers J.I|J.I is at the [[Canada Aviation Museum.]] thumb|The Junkers factory in Dessau, 1928