Junkers Ju 46

Ju 46
Role Mail plane
Manufacturer Junkers
Designer Ernst Zindel, Hermann Pohlmann[1]
First flight March 1932
Introduction April 1932
Primary user Luft Hansa
Number built 5
Developed from Junkers W 34
A Ju 46 launched from a ship by catapult (1932)

The Junkers Ju 46 was a German shipborne catapult-launched seaplane derivative of the W 34, constructed for pre-war Luft Hansa's mail service over the Atlantic Ocean. The first production models were delivered in 1932 and replaced the Heinkel He 58, which, along with the He 12, had pioneered these ship-to-shore mail delivery flights.

  1. ^ "The Hugo Junkers Homepage - Junkers W33 / W34 / Ju 46".