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Junkers Ju 390

Prototype






Service Data

In Service: 20 October 1943 to 1945

Production Data

First Flight: 20 October 1943
Manufacturer: Junkers
Number built: 2

Technical Data

Type: Prototype heavy bomber, transport

Crew: 10 men
Length: 34 m
Wingspan: 50.3 m
Wing area: 253.69 m²
Height: 6.9 m
Empty: 36,900 kg
Loaded: 75,500 kg
Engine: 6 × BMW 801D 18 cylinder two row radial air cooled engine producing up to 1,970 hp each
Maximum speed: 505 km/h
Range: 9,700 km
Service ceiling: 6,000 m
Armament:
2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 machine guns in dorsal turrets
1 × 20 mm MG 151/20 machine gun in tail
2 × 13 mm MG 131 machine guns
2 × 13 mm MG 131 machine guns in gondola
Bomb load up to 1,800 kg
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Ju 390 V-1
Ju 390 V-2
Ju 390 A-1
Ju 390B
Ju 390C

Other: Prototypes
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History

The Junkers Ju 390 was a ten seat six engines transatlantic heavy bomber, transport only two prototypes built

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Sources

The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822

German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242

Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X

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