The

Junkers Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (JFM, earlier JCO or JKO in World War I, English: Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works) more commonly Junkers , was a major German aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer. It was founded there in Dessau, Germ ...

J 5 was a designation assigned to several

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designs.

Variants

In early 1917, Junkers developed at least two

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fighter aircraft designs based on the J4.

J 5I

The first design, known as the J 5I, was to have a

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or Oberursel UR.II engine behind the

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J 5II

The second design was to have the engine in front of the pilot.

J 5III (J 6)

A third design was also developed under the designation J 5III (later J 6) with a

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and a parasol wing.

Links

Junkers J5 (Hugo Junkers Homepage)

References

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