Junkers R 42

Junkers R 42 / JuG-1
Type:	bomber
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	Junkers
First flight:	1926
Commissioning:	1926
Number of pieces:	23

The Junkers R 42 was a German bomber from the 1920s.

development

The R 42 was the military version of the Junkers G 24 ; The 42 represents the reversal of the civilian 24 represents. Because of the Treaty of Versailles regulated arms limitations for the German Reich, it was built either in Germany, yet to be tested. The aircraft was delivered from the Linham branch in southern Sweden and, largely identical to the Junkers K 30 , was intended for export to the Soviet Union . The 23 bombers were delivered to the Fili branch near Moscow in 1926/27 , where they were then completed with weapons installations. In the Soviet Union they were given the type designation JuG-1 . Under this type designation, after being retired from the military in 1931, with minor modifications, they were still used in passenger and goods transport.

Users

 Soviet Union

Air forces , naval forces , Dobroljot

Technical specifications

Three-sided view showing the swivel range of the defensive armament

Parameter	Data
Construction year	1926/27
length	15.30 m
span	29.50 m
height	4.80 m
Wing area	94.60 m²
Empty mass	4320 kg
Takeoff mass	6780 kg
drive	3 × Junkers L 5
Top speed	175 km / h
Cruising speed	155 km / h
Summit height	3000 m

literature

• Wilfried Copenhagen : Soviet bomb planes. Transpress, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-344-00391-7 .
• Dimitri Alexejewitsch Sobolew: German traces in Soviet aviation history. Mittler, Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn 2000, ISBN 3-8132-0675-0 .
• Andrei Alexandrow, Gennady Petrow: The German aircraft in Russian and Soviet service. Volume 1: 1914-1951. Flugzeug Publikations GmbH, ISBN 3-927132-43-8 .

Web links

Commons : Junkers G.24  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Junkers R 42 on Junkers.de