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The Junkers 88 was downed by a Boulton Paul Defiant, a night-fighter scrambled from RAF Prestwick. The four-man German crew bailed out of their stricken bomber on parachutes.
The Ju 88 packed a payload of up to 1,400 kgs (3,100 lbs) of ordnance internally in two bomb bays rated at 900 kgs (2,000 lbs) and 500 kgs (1,100 lbs), or up to 3,000 kgs (6,600 lbs) externally ...
In September 2024, another Junkers Ju 88 wreck was found 19 meters deep, near the coast of Calabernardo, a locality in the municipality of Noto, also in Syracuse. Although the aircraft was severely ...
Part of the engine of the Junkers Ju 88 bomber from the Second World War, as seen in the early 1970s. The remains of the German aircraft were recently rediscovered on a beach west of Sheringham.
The Junkers Ju 88 is a versatile, multi-role aircraft that was manufactured in greater numbers than any other German twin-engine aircraft during World War II. While more than 16,000 were produced ...
On August 31, 2000, the vertical fin of a Junkers Ju 88A-5 bomber with a swastika emblazoned on it broke the surface of the Kilsfjord, a lake near Kragerø, Norway, 60 miles southwest of Oslo.