Junkers
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Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG more commonly Junkers, was a major German aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer. It was founded in Dessau, Germany, in 1895 by Hugo Junkers, initially manufacturing boilers and radiators. During World War I and following the war, the company became famous for its pioneering all-metal aircraft. During World War II the company produced the German air force's planes, as well as piston and jet aircraft engines, albeit in the absence of its founder who had been removed by the Nazis in 1934.
The pioneering all-metal Junkers J 1 in late 1915
The only surviving J.I is at the Canada Aviation Museum.
The Junkers factory in Dessau, 1928
Share of the Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG, issued October 1937
Junkers G.38
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The Junkers G.38 was a large German four-engined transport aircraft which first flew in 1929. Two examples were constructed in Germany. Both aircraft flew as a commercial transport within Europe in the years leading up to World War II.
Junkers G 38s.
D-2500 at Schiphol, showing the windows of the wing cabins
First prototype at Berlin Tempelhof Airport showing spatted tandem main wheels, the aileron section of the "double wing" and—most unusually—retractable oil and water radiators