In Service: 20 October 1943 to 1945
First Flight: 20 October 1943
Manufacturer: Junkers
Number built: 2
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
Articles:
The Junkers Ju 390 was a ten seat six engines transatlantic
heavy bomber, transport only two prototypes built
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
For a complete list of
sources