Junkers Ju 287
The Junkers Ju 287 was a Nazi Germany aerodynamic testbed built to develop the technology required for a multiengine jet bomber. It was powered by four Junkers Jumo 004 engines, featured a revolutionary forwardswept wing, and apart from said wing was assembled largely from components scavenged from other aircraft. The unfinished second and third prototypes, which far more accurately reflected the design of the eventual production bomber, were captured by the Red Army in the closing stages of World War II br, br,
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