Junkers A 35

Junkers A 35 was a two-seater cantilever monoplane, used for postal, training and military purposes. The aircraft was designed in the 1920s by Junkers in Germany and manufactured at Dessau and by AB Flygindustri in Limhamn, Sweden and conversions from A 20's were made in Fili, Russia.

History
The A 35 was a development of a series of Junkers aircraft from 1918, starting with the J10/J11, the A 20, A 25, A 32, and finally the A 35. It was originally intended as a two-seat multi-purpose fighter aircraft and made its first flight in 1926. Due to the post-war restrictions, Hugo Junkers and the Soviet Government signed a contract about the setup of an aircraft facility at Fili in Russia in December 1922.

In 1926, the first Junkers L5 engines were mounted on the Junkers A 20s. With some further tail modifications the new aircraft was designated as A 35. A total of 24 aircraft were originally built as A 35s. A number of A 20s and A 25s were also modified with the Junkers L5 engine. The A 35 was also available with a BMW IV engine.

Versions

 * Junkers A 20
 * The version manufactured in Limhamn was called R02 and the version manufactured in Fili was called  Ju 20


 * Junkers A 20L
 * Landplane version.


 * Junkers A 20W
 * Floatplane version.


 * Junkers A 25
 * The version manufactured in Limhamn was called R41 and the version manufactured in Fili was called  Type A


 * Junkers A 35
 * The militarized version manufactured in Limhamn was called K53/R53 and the version manufactured in Fili was called  Type 20.

Operators

 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
 * Afghan Air Force
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
 * Bulgarian Air Force
 * Chilean Air Force
 * 21 K53 aircraft were sold to Chinese warlords, 10 to Zhang Zongchang of Shandong, 9 to Zhang Xueliang of Manchuria, 1 to Yan Xishan of Shanxi, 1 sold to Liu Xiang of Sichuan.
 * Finnish Air Force - One aircraft only.
 * 🇩🇪 Germany
 * Kingdom of Hungary
 * Hungarian Air Force
 * 🇮🇷 Iran
 * Imperial Iranian Air Force
 * 🇪🇸 Spanish Republic
 * Soviet Air Force - 20 Ju-20 (militarized A 20) aircraft
 * Turkish Air Force - 64 A20 aircraft, Together with the Turkish Government Junkers set up a factory at Eskişehir under the name TOMTAŞ. At this factory the delivered A20 aircraft, modified to A35's, were militarized with machine guns and bomb slots.
 * Soviet Air Force - 20 Ju-20 (militarized A 20) aircraft
 * Turkish Air Force - 64 A20 aircraft, Together with the Turkish Government Junkers set up a factory at Eskişehir under the name TOMTAŞ. At this factory the delivered A20 aircraft, modified to A35's, were militarized with machine guns and bomb slots.
 * Turkish Air Force - 64 A20 aircraft, Together with the Turkish Government Junkers set up a factory at Eskişehir under the name TOMTAŞ. At this factory the delivered A20 aircraft, modified to A35's, were militarized with machine guns and bomb slots.
 * Turkish Air Force - 64 A20 aircraft, Together with the Turkish Government Junkers set up a factory at Eskişehir under the name TOMTAŞ. At this factory the delivered A20 aircraft, modified to A35's, were militarized with machine guns and bomb slots.