The prototype Ju 88V58 (GI+BV, W.Nr. 700001) was flown on 24 June 1943. BMW 801D engines with a capacity of 1250 kW / 1700 hp were installed on the aircraft. This prototype was created by altering the standard Ju-88R bomber with the installation of a Ju-188 tail unit on it.
The German Luftwaffe of World War 2 fielded a trio of capable (though eventually limited) medium-class bombers in the Dornier Do 17, the Junkers Ju 88, and the Heinkel He 111. The latter became the Reich's most important bomber of the war despite being exceeded in production numbers by the competing Junkers Ju 88 line (15,138).
Furthermore, the armoured protection of the Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik was copied - a feature pioneered by the 1916-17 origin Junkers J.I of World War I Imperial Germany's Luftstreitkrofte - to protect the crew from ground fire now that the Ju 87 would be required to conduct low level attacks. Junkers Ju 87G. [Source: Unknown]
Construction of the prototype of the series began in 1935, and this (Ju 87V-1), powered by a 477 kw (640 hp) Rolls Royce Kestrel V twelve-cylinder VEE engine, was first flown with twin-fins and rudders, but was destroyed when tail flutter developed and the aircraft crashed. Subsequently the tail was re-designed and a 455 kw (610 hp) Junkers
21 August 1940: 1./KG54 Junkers Ju 88 A-1. Shot down by 2 Spitfires (flown by Sqdn Ldr J.S. O’Brien and Pilot Officer R.F.T. “Bob” Doe) of No.234 Squadron, during an armed reconnaissance over southern England. Jettisoned its bombs but crashed in flames and burned out at King’s Somborne at about 2.15 p.m.
JU-88 South. The Ju88 was possibly the most versatile Axis aircraft of the Second World War, serving in almost every role on almost all fronts. The Ju88 was the backbone of the German Luftwaffe, and between 1939 and 1945 an estimated 15,000 aircraft were produced, with a number of variants. The aircraft was produced by Junkers Flugzeuge und
The aircraft which crashed at Blackbrook was a Junkers Ju 88 version A-4 which had a longer wingspan and more powerful engines than earlier models. The A-4 was brought into service in the closing days of the Battle of Britain in the autumn of 1940. It was a highly effective military aircraft. 16,000 of the aircraft were produced. UNBL0.
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