The Junkers Ju 88 is a twin-engined multirole combat aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works. It was used extensively during the Second World War by the Luftwaffe and became one of …

Jun 10, 2020 · Development of the basic Ju 88D reconnaissance aircraft resulted in the Ju 88H series, the prototype of which combined the wings and BMW engines of a Ju 88G-1 with the fuselage and tail of a Ju 88D-1.

The Junkers Ju 88 was a three seat twin engines cantilever low wing monoplane with oval section fuselage bomber reconnaissance night fighter

May 6, 2024 · The Junkers Ju 88 was a two-engined medium bomber plane used by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) throughout the Second World War (1939-45). Ju 88s were involved in the Battle of Britain and London Blitz...

In March 1939, it flew at an average speed of 321 mph (517 km/h) in a 621 mile (1,000 km) closed circuit carrying a payload of 4,400 lbs (2,000 kg). Four months later it averaged 311 mph (500 km/h) and covered a distance of 1,242 miles (2,000 km).

The Junkers Ju 88 was a World War II German Luftwaffe twin-engine, multi-role aircraft. Designed by Hugo Junkers' company in the mid-1930s to be a so-called Schnellbomber which would be too fast for any of the fighters of its era to intercept, it suffered from a number of technical problems...

Jul 18, 2018 · The Junkers Ju 88 formed a third of the German Luftwaffe medium bomber triad of World War 2 (1939-1945) and, like its sister aircraft, the Dornier Do 17 and the Heinkel He 111, went on to be developed for a myriad of battlefield roles that went far beyond her original categorization of "fast bomber".

Mar 29, 2013 · The most adaptable German warplane of World War 2, and among the most widely used, the Junkers Ju 88 was evolved to a 1937 requirement issued by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) for a fast, well-armed multi-purpose aeroplane.

The Ju 88H was produced in response to an RLM request for ultra-long range reconnaissance aircraft to operate over the Atlantic. H-1 Junkers responded with a stretched version of the D-1.

The Ju 88 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of all-metal stressed skin construction. It was selected ahead of other designs submitted by rival companies Focke-Wulf, Henschel, and Messerschmitt. The first prototype, the Ju 88V1, made its maiden flight on 21 December 1936, powered by twin Daimler-Benz DB 600A inline engines with annular radiators.