text: The Jumo 211 became the major bomber engine of the war, in no small part due to Junkers also building a majority of the bombers then in use. Of course, since it was the Luftwaffe that selected the final engine to be used after competitive testing on prototypes (such as the Dornier Do 217), there is certainly more to it. Limited production capacity for each type, and the fact that the Jumo was perfectly capable (if not superior) in a bomber installation meant that it made sense to use both major types to the fullest; since the Daimler had a slight edge in a lightweight, single-engine application, that left the Jumo to fill in the remaining roles as a bomber engine. Even this wasn't enough in the end, and radial engines like the BMW 801 were increasingly put into service alongside the Jumo and DB series, most often in multi-engine installations like the Jumo.
  Total production of the 211 series amounted to 68,248 engines, including 1,046 prototypes and development engines, with a production peak of 1700 engines per month in the autumn of 1942. From 1937 to mid-1944, production was spread between factories in Magdeburg, Köthen, Leipzig, Stettin and Strasburg. It was the most-produced German aviation engine of the World War II years, and was quite likely to have been the first model of German aviation engine selected for "unitizing" as a Kraftei pre-packaged "engine module" – such Kraftei units for the Ju 88A were, as one example, used as to power the Messerschmitt Me 264 V1 competitor for the Amerika Bomber contract in December 1942.
  Variants
  Powers and rotational speeds are for take-off at sealevel.
  Applications
  Avia S-199
  Dornier Do 217 - single engine test aircraft
  Focke-Wulf Ta 154
  Heinkel He 111E, H and Z
  IAR 79
  Junkers F 24kai Jumo 211 test bed
  Junkers Ju 87
  Junkers Ju 88
  Junkers Ju 90
  Junkers Ju 252
  Messerschmitt Me 264 (V1 prototype only, replaced with four BMW 801s)
  Messerschmitt Me 323 (only for tests)
  Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 (Romanian variants)
  Specifications (Jumo 211Ba / 211Da)