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| Country:
Germany |
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Type: Reconnaissance bomber |
| Manufacturer:
Junkers |
| Service:
1939 - 1945 |
| First
Flight: 21 December 1936 |
| Production:
15000 |
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The Junkers Ju 88 was a World War II Luftwaffe twin-engine, multi-role aircraft. Designed by Hugo Junkers in the mid 1930s it became one of the most versatile combat aircraft of the war. The Ju 88 suffered from a number of technical problems during the later stages of its development and early operational period. Like a number of other Luftwaffe bombers, it was used successfully as a bomber, dive bomber, night fighter, torpedo bomber, reconnaissance aircraft, heavy fighter, and even as a flying warhead during the closing stages of conflict. There were 15,000 Ju 88s built during World War II, more than any other twin-engined German aircraft of the period.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( Ju 88 A-4) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: 4
- Length: 14.36 m (47 ft 2…ž in)
- Wingspan: 20.08 m (65.88 ft)
- Height: 5.07 m (16.63 ft)
- Wing area: 54.7 m (587 ft)
- Loaded weight: 9,000 kg (20,000 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 14,000 kg (30,865 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 x Junkers Jumo 211J liquid-cooled inverted V-12, 1,044 kW (1,420 PS, 1,401 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 475 km/h (295 m) at 5,300 m (17,388 ft)
- Range: 2,300 km (max internal fuel) (1,429 mi)
- Service ceiling 8,500 m (26,900 ft)
Armament
- Guns:
- 3-6 machine guns, either MG 15, MG 81, MG 81Z or MG 131, with one each firing forward from both main cockpit windscreen glazing, and undernose Bola gondola, and one or two guns firing from the rear of the main cockpit (some carried one MG FF cannon in the nose)
- Bombs: Max load 2,005kg (4,420 lb)
- Ten 50kg (110 lb) bombs internally and four 250kg (551 lb) bombs externally.
- Two 500kg (1,105 lb) externally.
- Four 500kg (1,105lb) bombs externally.
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