The design was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage.

Three open cockpits were provided in tandem; the third seat intended from the outset to accommodate a tail gunner for a military version of the aircraft.

In fact, the militarised version developed in Sweden by AB Flygindustri featured a fourth crew position as well, for a bombardier.

This version featured twin machine guns built into the engine cowling, and a trainable machine gun for the tail gunner.

Only two A 32s were built, and the first prototype was destroyed in a crash on 2 November 1927 that killed Junkers engineer Karl Plauth.