Junkers Jumo 211

Jumo 211
Jumo 211D engine, mounted inverted in this photo
TypePiston V-12 aero-engine
ManufacturerJunkers
First run1936
Major applications
Number built68,248
Developed intoJumo 213

The Jumo 211 was a German inverted V-12 aircraft engine, Junkers Motoren's primary aircraft engine of World War II. It was the direct competitor to the Daimler-Benz DB 601 and closely paralleled its development. While the Daimler-Benz engine was mostly used in single-engined and twin-engined fighters, the Jumo engine was primarily used in bombers such as Junkers' own Ju 87 and Ju 88, and Heinkel's H-series examples of the Heinkel He 111 medium bomber. It was the most-produced German aero engine of the war, with almost 70,000 examples completed.