Junkers Ju 287 V2

Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules

243
59
Dec 10, 2019
20 Years Ago
1577243063670.png

1577243138415.png

1577243802323.png
129214-29fc359ba7a2e8f6cba7285907a1a704.png

These are historically significant photos taken of the second Junkers Ju 287 prototype in Brandis (you can find them on page 71 of Horst Lommel's book Junkers Ju 287: The World's First Swept-Wing Aircraft). Although the Ju 287 V2 was similar to Ju 287 V1 in that it was cobbled using components of other planes, note that this aircraft has attachment joints for the four BMW 003 turbojets* as well as bright-colored nose wheel undercarriage pants (in contrast to undercarriage pants being dark-colored in Ju 287 V1).

* The Ju 287 V2 was originally to have four of the six turbojets in underwing pairs and the other two mounted on both sides of the forward fuselage, but to save testing time Junkers changed the engine configuration to a triple pack whereby three jet engines were mounted under each wing (see above photo).
 
I've posted additional illustrations of the second Ju 287 prototype on pages 73 and 74 of Horst Lommel's 2004 book Junkers Ju 287.
IMG_0297[4636].jpg

Junkers Ju 287 V2 after it was blown up the Nazis at Brandis to avoid capture by US forces (in the top photo, US Army First Sergeant Gorman Gillian stands in front of the horizontal stabilizers, which are situated 12 inches lower in contrast to the horizontal stabilizers of the Ju 287 V1, and attachment points for the BMW 003 and Jumo 004 turbojets are seen beneath the wing, while the support struts of landing gear are slanted inwards)


IMG_0299[4634].jpg

Sketch from Junkers documents showing how to tow the second Ju 287 prototype without engines from the tail
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Back