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 …

Jun 26, 2023 · Junkers Ju 88 A-4 Pissivaara, Lentokonejänkä Finland. PLeLv 44 Finnish Airforce Wnr.0883863 JK-263 15.10 1944. Hit by German AA-fire near by Rovaniemi airfield. Starboard engine stopped and the pilot Osmo Metsola ordered the crew to parachute.

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).

Ju 88 losses over Britain in 1940 amounted to 313 machines between July-October 1940. One notable incident involved ground fighting between the crew of an A-1 and soldiers from the London Irish Rifles during the Battle of Graveney Marsh on 27 September 1940.

This Ju 88 school air plane in Finnish service, crashed due to a pilot error during a dive bombing exercise. All three onboard were killed. Capt. Toivo Halonen. Obs. Lt. Mauno Sihvo and …

On 9 April 1940, Ju 88s of KG 30 dive-bombed, in cooperation with high-level bombing Heinkel He 111s of KG 26, and helped damage the battleship HMS Rodney and sink the destroyer HMS Gurkha. By the time France was attacked, nearly all Luftwaffe bomber groupes had …

Mar 7, 2016 · The Ju88 was eventually to be the most versatile German type; with bomber, night fighter, heavy fighter, recon and flying bomb versions all seeing service. Germany was the main user while Finland, Spain, Hungary, Romania and Italy also purchased the type.

The crew bailed out and landed safely in area Rovaniemi/ Kemijärvi in Finland. The ac continued flying on autopilot until it hit ground at Jänkisjärvi. The wreck was removed to Linköping and sold as scrap in 1944.

Apr 6, 2024 · 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. A modern design in the days preceding the war, it was intended to become the primary medium bomber in Luftwaffe service.

Junkers Ju 88 oli saksalaisen Hugo Junkersin perustaman Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG:n vuosina 1938–1945 valmistama kaksimoottorinen, kokometallirakenteinen syöksy- ja vaakapommituskone.