The Junkers Ju 290 was a German long-range maritime reconnaissance bomber aircraft of the Second World War developed from the Junkers Ju 89. The Junkers Ju 290A-7 was powered by four 1700 hp BMW 801D 14-cylinder radial piston engines providing a top speed of 440 kmh and a range of 6090 km. Armaments consisted of one 20 mm MG 151 cannon in each of two dorsal turrets, one MG 151 cannon in the tail position, one MG 151 cannon in the glazed nose, one MG 151 cannon in a ventral gondola in the nose, two 20 mm MG 151 cannons in lateral positions, one 13 mm MG 131 machine-gun in a rear ventral gondola, and either a bomb load of 3000 kg or three Henschel Hs 293, 294 or FX-1400 Fritz-X guided missiles. Research Junkers Ju 290