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 production model was the Ju 88S-1 and was powered by two 1,730 hp (1,290 kW) BMW 801G-2 engines with GM-1 nitrous oxide injection. The GM-1 nitrous oxide system provided additional oxygen for combustion, and was held under …

Apr 6, 2024 · The fastest variant of the Ju 88, the S featured a massive increase in engine power and numerous aerodynamic improvements. (beeldbank) The Junkers Ju 88 was among the most versatile and longest serving aircraft of the Second World War, and can be counted among the very few that weren’t completely obsolete at the end of hostilities.

Jun 10, 2020 · In 1935 the German Air Ministry announced specifications for a new, twin-engine Schnellbomber (fast bomber). One year later Junkers beat out two other contenders with the Ju 88, a highly streamlined, smoothed-skinned airplane with mid-mounted wings.

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 as bombers, but this versatile aircraft saw action in many other theatres of the war, primarily as a dive bomber and a night fighter.

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...

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.

May 8, 2023 · The Junkers Ju-88 was one of the finest twin-engine combat aircraft of the Second World War and performed in a staggering range of operational roles during its service in the Luftwaffe.

The Ju 88S was the result of an attempt to increase the speed of the aircraft. Work began in the new design late in 1942 and production aircraft began to appear late in 1943.

Ju 88s were employed as bombers, escort-fighters, night-fighters, tank busters, torpedo-bombers, transport and reconnaissance platforms and in many other roles. Fast, tough and reliable, by the middle of World War II it had become the Luftwaffe's most important tactical bomber.