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Junkers Ju 88

Bomber




Junkers Ju 88 Bomber, reconnaissance, night fighter

Service Data

In Service: 21 December 1936 to 1945

Production Data

First Flight: 21 December 1936
Manufacturer: Junkers
Number built: 15,000

Technical Data

Type: Bomber reconnaissance night fighter

Crew: 4 men
Length: 14.4 m
Wingspan: 20 m
Wing area: 54.5 m²
Height: 4.85 m
Empty: 9,860 kg
Loaded: 14.000 kg
Engine: 2 × Junkers Jumo 211A 12 cylinder supercharged liquid cooled 60 degree inverted Vee piston engine producing up to 1,100 hp each
Maximum speed: 470 km/h
Range: 2,730 km
Service ceiling: 8,200 m
Armament:
7 × 7.92 mm MG 81 machine guns
1 × 13 mm MG 131 machine gun
Bomb load up to 2,500 kg
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Romania
Variants:
Ju 88A
Ju 88 A-0
Ju 88 A-1
Ju 88 A-2
Ju 88 A-3
Ju 88 A-4
Ju 88B
Ju 88 B-0
Ju 88C
Ju 88 C-1
Ju 88 C-2
Ju 88 C-4
Ju 88 C-5
Ju 88 C-6a
Ju 88 C-6b
Ju 88 C-6c
Ju 88 C-7a
Ju 88 C-7b
Ju 88 C-7c
Ju 88D
Ju 88 D-1
Ju 88 D-2
Ju 88 D-3
Ju 88 D-4
Ju 88 D-5
Ju 88G
Ju 88H
Ju 88 H-1
Ju 88 H-2
Ju 88 H-3
Ju 88 H-4
Ju 88P
Ju 88 P-1
Ju 88 P-2
Ju 88 P-4
Ju 88R
Ju 88S
Ju 88 S-0
Ju-88 S-1
Ju-88 S-2
Ju-88 S-3
Ju 88T
Ju-88 T-1
Ju-88 T-3

Other: Bombers or Night Fighters
Articles:
We saw the first air raid at Rosyth

History

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

Gallery

Junkers Ju 88 Bomber, reconnaissance, night fighter picture 2
Junkers Ju 88 Bomber, reconnaissance, night fighter picture 3
Junkers Ju 88 Bomber, reconnaissance, night fighter picture 4
Junkers Ju 88 Bomber, reconnaissance, night fighter picture 5
Junkers Ju 88 Bomber, reconnaissance, night fighter picture 6
Junkers Ju 88 Bomber, reconnaissance, night fighter picture 7

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Sources

The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822

German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242

Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X

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