Junkers Ju 322

1941

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Junkers Ju 322

This was a big flying-wing transport glider, built in competition with the Me 321. The RLM insisted that the Ju 322 would be built of wood, a construction technique not used by Junkers since 1918. The RLM ordered 200, but the Ju 322 was cancelled after the prototype proved unstable. The Me 321 was selected for production.

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Vahe David Demirjian, e-mail, 05.08.2020 00:52

Additional photos of the Ju 322 Mammut are found in Lommel (2004), one of which shows the Ju 322 V1 being wrapped in camouflage.

Lommel, Horst, 2004. Junkers Ju 287: The World's First Swept-Wing Jet Aircraft. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing, Ltd.

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dawang, 18.06.2011 06:48

Air Ministry insisted that Junkers, the firm that pioneered the construction of all-metal aircraft, should build the thing entirely out of wood. The result was predictably disastrous!

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Noname, e-mail, 31.03.2020 10:24

es in der Luft zu erhalten!

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Klaatu83, e-mail, 05.03.2011 21:01

This gigantic monstrosity was intended to be a tank-carrying assault glider. As if that weren't difficult enough to achieve, the German Air Ministry insisted that Junkers, the firm that pioneered the construction of all-metal aircraft, should build the thing entirely out of wood. The result was predictably disastrous!

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????, e-mail, 02.02.2011 14:41

nazi above me

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 21.03.2008 04:00

Ich bin der Verwandte des Piloten, der das Ju 322 flog und er mir erklärte, dass es unmöglich war, es in der Luft zu erhalten!

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