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 …

The Junkers Ju 188 " Rächer " ("Avenger") was a German Luftwaffe high-performance medium bomber built during World War II, the planned follow-up to the Ju 88 with better performance and payload.

Jun 10, 2020 · The Ju 88 was the most numerous and versatile German bomber of World War II. It was grafted to every conceivable purpose, and even served as the lower half of a primitive guide missile! In 1935 the German Air Ministry announced specifications for a new, twin-engine Schnellbomber (fast bomber).

In the third week of the war, four Ju 88A-1s attacked British warships at Scapa Flow, but they caused no damage. The Ju 88B series did not enter production and only 10 pre-production Ju 88B-0s were built. It had a cleaner more streamlined fuselage with a …

Mar 29, 2013 · The Ju 88B, evolved before the outbreak of war, followed a separate line of development to become the Junkers Ju 188, and the next major Junkers Ju 88 production model, chronologically, was the Ju 88C fighter series.

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...

The Ju 88R series night fighters were basically versions of the Ju 88C-6b powered by BMW 801 radial engines. The R-1 had 1,560 PS BMW 801L engines and the R-2 had 1,700 PS BMW 801 G-2 engines.

Unarguably the most versatile German warplane of World War 11, the Junkers Ju 88 remained in production right through the war in developed forms. It originated in a 1935 specification for a three-seat high-speed bomber to be capable of more than 298 mph (480 km/h).

The Ju 88B featured an alternative design for the cockpit of the Ju 88. This give the aircraft a single “bullet” shaped bubble canopy that reached all the way around the nose, over the pilot’s position and met the rear fuselage behind the dorsal gunner’s position.

The prototype Ju 88B V1, D-AUVS, flew for the first time with the 801A/B engines in early 1940. The fuselage was identical to the Ju 88 A-1, which presented a problem: with the extra power, 1,560 PS (1,150 kW, 1,540 hp), the design could now carry considerably more load than the small bomb bay could fit.