Junkers Motoren Werke
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Dr. Hugo Junkers established factory, 1913, to build marine diesel engines and, later, aircraft engines. Developed cantilever metal wings for aircraft and, forming new company (name unidentified) in 1915, built prototype cantilever monoplanes. Contract for 14 followed and, unable to fulfill the production order by himself, formed new company, Junkers-Fokker-Werke, with Anthony Fokker as equal partner, 20 October 1917, with factory at Dessau. Junkers Motoren Werke continued to operate to the end of WW2.
Sources
- SD163
Names | Junkers Motoren Werke, JUMO |
---|---|
Country | Germany |
City | Magdeburg |
Affiliations | |
Keywords | |
Started aero | 1913 |
Ended aero | |
Key people | Hugo Junkers |
Wikidata id |