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.

Junkers Ju 290A-5 Nine-seat long-distance reconnaissance aircraft. Four 1700hp BMW 801D radial engines Wing span 42.00m, length 28.64m, height 6.83m, wing area 203.6m2. Maximal take-off weight 44970kg. Max. speed 440km/h at 5800m, cruising speed 360km/h. Service ceiling 6000m Range 6150km

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.

Junkers envisioned the Ju 290 as a transport and maritime reconnaissance aircraft. Junkers completed the first preproduction Ju 290 in October 1942. Junkers built 65 Ju 290s and delivered 41 to the Luftwaffe. The last Ju 290 misison was in 1956.

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.

The Ju 290V-6 was completed as a passenger airliner and the Ju 290A-7 of 1944 encompassed thirteen airframes to be used in the long-range reconnaissance role. A single A-7 model was made to serve as Hitler's personal transport and delivered in 1944 but never officially used by the German leader and the airframe was bombed where it was parked in ...

The only immediate solution was the development of available 4-engined Junkers Ju 90 civilian airliners into a larger and more up-to-date military transport under the designation Ju 290 A. Equipped with loading ramps in their tails and defensive gun turrets, the first five production aircraft as well as two prototype aircraft participated in ...

Mar 18, 2025 · The Junkers Ju 290 was a long-range, maritime patrol aircraft, which was used by Germany during World War II. It rendered an excellent service to the Luftwaffe at a time when the force capacity was stretched to the limit.

Three Ju 290 A-7 aircraft were completed with special bomb-bays in their bellies for export to Japan as "nuclear bombers". During the war Japan was developing an atomic bomb in what is now North Korea. Japan lacked long range aircraft with which to bomb the US mainland.

The Junkers Ju 290 was a large four-engine long-range transport, maritime reconnaissance aircraft and heavy bomber used by the Luftwaffe at the end of World War II developed from previous aircraft.