Junkers A 35

The Junkers A 35 was a two-seat cantilever monoplane used for postal, training and military purposes, designed in the 1920s by Junkers in Germany and built at Dessau and by AB Flygindustri at Limhamn in Sweden, with conversions from A 20s made at Fili in Russia. It was the last of a series of Junkers aircraft that began in 1918 with the J 10 and J 11 and continued through the A 20, A 25 and A 32, and it was originally intended as a two-seat multi-purpose fighter. It made its first flight in 1926, when Junkers L5 engines were fitted to A 20s with further tail changes, and 24 aircraft were originally built as A 35s; it could also take a BMW IV engine. The militarized version built in Limhamn was designated K 53 or R 53 and sold from Sweden to different countries to avoid the Treaty of Versailles restrictions, with 21 going to Chinese warlords and 20 to the Soviet Union, while Turkey used 64 A 20s, modified to A 35 standard at a factory it set up with Junkers at Kayseri.