Today In History:  20 October  [1943]   --  Junkers Ju 390

The Ju 390 was a six-engined, long-range derivative of the German Junkers Ju 290 aircraft, intended to be used as a heavy transport aircraft, maritime patrol aircraft and long-range bomber.  Two prototypes were created by attaching an extra pair of inner-wing segments to the wings of Ju 290 airframes and adding new sections to lengthen the fuselages.
It was one of the aircraft designs submitted for the abortive Amerikabomber project, along with the Messerschmitt Me 264, the Focke-Wulf Ta 400 and the Heinkel He 277. 

PHOTO: IWM caption : Ju 390 transport with six B.M.W. 801 engines. Pictured abandoned on a German airfield, the propellers have been removed to disable the aircraft.

See the Historical Aviation Film Unit website at http://www.aviationfilm.com to get a new history tidbit every day.


Photo Attribution:  Public Domain via Wikimedia. From IWM Collections