Jun·kers

(yo͝ong′kərz, -kərs), Hugo 1859-1935.

German aircraft engineer who designed the first successful all-metal airplane (1915) and helped establish early mail and passenger airlines.

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Junkers

(ˈjʊŋkəz)

(Biography) Hugo. 1859–1935, German aircraft designer. His military aircraft were used in both World Wars

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Junkers - German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935)

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But the Baron and Baroness are members of an older generation, as well as Prussian Junkers and landowners.

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Our young man was a stiff conservative, a Junker of Junkers; he thought modern democracy a temporary phase and expected to find many arguments against it in the great Republic.

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Flying Man: Hugo Junkers and the Dream of Aviation by Richard Byers.

Flying Man: Hugo Junkers and the Dream of Aviation

In the 1930s, Marga von Etzdorf operated a Junkers A50 named "Kiek in die Welt", having already flown Junkers F13 commercial airliners for the former Luft Hansa as a co-pilot in 1927.

Lufthansa celebrates 30 years of women as pilots

Germany's FW 200 served long and well but the aircraft reached the end of its usefulness by late 1943, although a few of the aircraft flew the occasional mission when not enough of the big Junkers that succeeded them were available.

Shadow Over the Atlantic, the Luftwaffe and the U-Boats: 1943-45

I was excited about reading this book, because Hugo Junkers had designed and flown the world's first all-metal monoplane, and his name was associated with some of the great Luftwaffe airpower of World War II.

Flying Man: Hugo Junkers and the Dream of Aviation

A single Junkers Ju 88 bomber approached from the southwest and shortly after 12.30pm dropped bombs and machinegunned a number of streets.

Nostalgia DARKEST; HOW THE GERMANS LAUNCHED DEADLY DAYLIGHT RAIDS AS WELL AS NIGHT-TIME BLITZ IN THE FINAL DAYS OF 1940 November 1940 marked the darkest days of the Blitz as the Luftwaffe cranked up its attempts to crack the spirits of the home front by launching "nuisance" daylight raids comprised of solitary bombers. Birmingham suburbs saw three such audacious attacks. Now Blitz historian STEVE RICHARDS has researched those raids..

An all-new Junkers F13 monoplane built from the original 1919 blueprints flew for the first time, in September.

First flight for Junkers F13 replica

On one notable occasion in 1940, a Spitfire of No 72 Squadron RAF flying out of Woolsington shot down a Junkers Ju88 bomber at night - a remarkable achievement for an aircraft considered unsuitable for night fighting.

Airport's war role marked in ceremony

He was hit by friendly fire from a Spitfire chasing a Junkers 88 over Edinburgh.

800 died in two nights of shells terror

It took place between the crew of a shot-down Luftwaffe Junkers 88, who armed themselves with machine guns from the aircraft, and the London Irish Rifles, led by Captain John Cantopher and later awarded the George Medal.

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