Störtat bombplan, 1938.05.18 B3A 154 (1-24) F1I Köge Bugt, 22’ S Trelleborg, Haveriet har inträffat under hemflygning från Dessau av ett från Junkers Flugzeug- & Motorenwerke AG inköpt bfpl. Kl. 13,44 har fpl passerat Zingst på en flyghöjd av 120m. Därefter synes flygningen ha skett i moln. Fpl har ur moln störtat lodrätt ned i vattnet framför en fiskebåt. Vid nedslaget har fpl totalt söndrats och besättningen- ff, fs och fsig – omedelbart omkommit. Vid draggningar har ett flertal delar av fpl kunnat bärgas, dock ej den vänstra motorinstallationen, med undantag av NACA-kåpan. Orsaken till haveriet har på grundval av återfunna delar icke kunnat bestämmas. Ledamoten av haverikommissionen – fdir Henry Kjellson – har dock ansett, att primärorsaken till haveriet var att söka i den icke återfunna vänstra motorinstallationen, vilken till följd av obalans i propellern kan ha brutits loss och genom kringflygande delar skadat vingar som ff. *) K G Lillier ff: kn/FFSU, N O Björsell fs: kn/FFSU, G Vernhult fsig: fu, Anm. Ff har genomgått GFU år 1920 samt har innehaft aviatördiplom nummer 205, Fs har genomgått GFU år 1924 samt har innehaft aviatördiplom nummer 276. *) = I fdir 1 (öv tjkl) Henry Kjellsons efterlämnade papper framgår, att haveriorsaken varit, att ff fått huvudet avhugget av ett brustet propellerblad. För att rekonstruera förloppet sökte och erhöll Henry Kjellson tillstånd att göra experiment på lik i Karolinska Sjukhusets obduktionslokal för att bestämma, huru stor kraft som erfodras för att slå huvudet av en männisaka. negativ 14495 Johnsson.

Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG, or Junkers, was founded in 1895 by Hugo Junkers, who was manufacturing boilers and radiators. Junkers J 1 was the first aircraft with all-metal "total structural" design. Made of steel, it was heavy but fastest aircraft of its day, reaching speeds of 170 km/h, with only a 120 hp engine for power. More "J" aircrafts followed and during World War I the company became famous for its pioneering all-metal aircrafts. The Treaty of Versailles forbade aircraft construction in Germany for several months. After that only the design of civilian aircraft was permitted so Junkers relocated to the Soviet Union, the Fili suburb of Moscow, where it restarted its manufacturing in 1922. With the expiration of treaty restrictions in 1926, Junkers returned to Germany and introduced the Junkers W33 and Junkers W34 series which found commercial success and set multiple aviation records for flight duration, flight distance, altitude, rocket assisted take-off and inflight refueling. The corrugated duralumin wing and fuselage "skin" introduced in the J-series became a trademark of Junkers aircraft. In 1922 American engineer William Bushnell Stout, and in 1924, Soviet engineer Andrei Tupolev each adapted the Junkers corrugated duralumin airframe design technologies for their own all-metal aircrafts, the Stout ST twin-engined naval torpedo bomber prototype, and the Tupolev ANT-2 small passenger aircraft. Ju 52, initially to a two-engined, and later "trimotor", became world-famous commercial success, with over 400 airplanes delivered to various airlines around the world prior to the outbreak of World War II, including the countries of: Finland, Sweden, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, South Africa, Denmark, Norway, Italy, UK, Belgium, Hungary, Estonia, Greece, Spain, and of course, Germany. As a consequence of its rugged design, Spain and France resumed Ju 52 production after cessation of the Second World War. Around 1931 the company faced financial difficulties. In 1933, the Nazi forced Hugo Junkers to transfer all his patents, and shortly after, Junkers holdings were expropriated. Junkers himself was placed under house arrest and removed from the Company. During World War II, Junker produced some of the most successful Luftwaffe planes, as well as piston and jet aircraft engines. Ju 90, was one of the first planes specifically designed for scheduled trans-Atlantic flights to the US. Just as the aircraft was being readied for its first commercial flights, World War II began. The most notable design was the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber used for precision tactical bombing and as "airborne artillery". It gained notoriety for its use at both Dunkirk and later Stalingrad, where it caused enormous destruction under Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen's VIII Air Corps. Perhaps even more successful was the Junkers Ju 88, the primary medium bomber of the German forces. The Junkers company produced some of the world's most innovative and best-known airplanes over the course of its fifty-plus year history in Dessau, Germany. It survived the Second World War but Junkers name finally disappeared in 1969.