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.

When the Ju 290 replaced the Fw 200 as long-range reconnaissance aircraft in the autumn of 1943, the crews were given a far more capable aircraft than the old Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor.

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The Junkers Ju 290 was a long-range transport, maritime patrol aircraft and heavy bomber used by the Luftwaffe late in World War II.

Dec 27, 2012 · Postwar American air-show audiences saw it in the markings of the now-defeated Nazi Germany – a wartime belligerent that lacked strategic airlift capability and never fielded a successful four-engined bomber. Only forty-seven Ju 290s were built, in transport and maritime patrol/bomber versions.

The Junkers Ju 290 was a large German, four-engine long-range transport, heavy bomber and maritime patrol aircraft used by the Luftwaffe late in the Second World War. It was developed from an airliner.

Jun 29, 2022 · The German Luftwaffe of World War 2 (1939-1945) operated several transport types from the Junkers aero-concern, one being the "Ju 290", a further development of the earlier Ju 90 and appeared across sixty-five production examples from work had during 1942 to 1946.

Three Ju 290s, carrying extra fuel tanks, made a non-stop flight to Manchuria to exchange technical data with the Japanese. They returned with rare metals needed by Germany for special alloys.

The Junkers 290 was a direct development of the Junkers Ju 90 airliner, versions of which had been evaluated for military purposes. By 1941, two further prototype militarised Ju 90s were deemed to be different enough from their predecessors to warrant a new designation.

Aug 5, 2023 · A brief look at the Ju 90, with its four BMW 132 engines, brings to light an aircraft of incredible potential, despite its limited production run and primary service as a commercial airliner. From this genesis, the Junkers Ju 290 emerged, a monument to innovation and adaptation in desperate times.