The types
Junkers aircraft you can see
| Type | First flew | Built | UK museums |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junkers Ju 52Ju 52/3m & CASA 352L | 1932 | 4,845 | 1 |
| Junkers Ju 87 StukaG-2 | 1935 | ~6,000 | 1 |
| Junkers Ju 88 & Heinkel He 111 | 1936 | ~22,000 | 4 |
The firm
Junkers in brief
Financial trouble in the early 1930s broke up the group. The Nazis removed Hugo Junkers in 1934, and he died in 1935. The company then built aircraft and piston and jet engines for the Luftwaffe. Its best-known designs were the Ju 52 three-engined transport, the Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber and the Ju 88 multi-role bomber.
The company survived the war and was reformed as Junkers GmbH. It was later merged into Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm, and the Junkers name disappeared in 1969.
Where to go
Museums holding Junkers aircraft
| Museum | Junkers types | Adult entry | Airframes | Headline exhibit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Battle of Britain Museum TrustFolkestone, Kent | 2 | £12 | 8 | Hawkinge is hallowed turf: the closest fighter station to France in 1940, now the Kent Battle of Britain Museum with the world's largest… |
| Royal Air Force Museum LondonLondon, Greater London | 2 | Free | 88 | Avro Lancaster R5868 'S-Sugar' — 137 operations, the RAF's highest-scoring surviving heavy — under the same roof as a Vulcan, a… |
| Royal Air Force Museum MidlandsShifnal, Shropshire | 1 | Free | 78 | TSR-2 XR220, one of two survivors of the most gifted aircraft Britain ever cancelled, sharing floor space with the stainless-steel… |
| Shoreham Aircraft MuseumSevenoaks, Kent | 1 | £5 | 1 | A Battle of Britain museum in a Shoreham village high street, grown from one man's crash-site digs, with a 1940s tea room whose bread… |
Questions
Frequently asked
What was the Junkers Ju 87?
The Stuka, a Luftwaffe dive-bomber of the Second World War.
What did Junkers pioneer?
All-metal aircraft. The J 1 of 1915 was the first, and the F 13 of 1919 was the first all-metal airliner.
What happened to Junkers?
It was merged into Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm, and the name disappeared in 1969.