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Profile 00: A Ju 88C-6 Zerstorer of 11./Zerstorergeschwader 26 in the Mediterranean theater during 1943. Black green and dark green uppersurfaces over light blue undersurfaces was the standard finish for most Ju 88C's operating in daylight.
Junkers Ju 88 C-6 11 Staffel IV./Zerstorergeschwader ZG26 (3U+MV) Eleusis Greece 1943
Gun camera footage RAF 248Sqn Mosquito downing 1 of 8 II./KG26 Ju 88s over Kattegat 21st Apr 1945 IWM C5217
Photo 01 Cannon fire from a De Havilland Mosquito FB Mark VI of No. 248 Squadron RAF strikes the fuselage of a Junkers Ju 88, during an interception of a mixed formation of 18 German torpedo bombers by 45 De Havilland Mosquitos of the Banff Strike Wing over the North Sea. The Mosquitos sighted the formation about 150 miles from the Scottish coast while returning at dusk from an uneventful anti-shipping patrol in the Kattegat. They succeeded in shooting down nine enemy aircraft without loss to themselves.
Photo 01 Imperial War Museum IWM C5217
Photo 01 Smoke and flame erupt from a German Junkers Ju 88 torpedo-bomber as it crashes into the North Sea while Royal Air Force De Havilland Mosquitos of the Banff Strike Wing (144, 235, 248, 333 (Norwegian) Squadrons, RAF) circle overhead. Twelve Ju 88s of II./KG 26 and six Ju 188s of III./KG 26 were underway from Stavanger, Norway, to attack a convoy off the Scottish coast when they were spotted 45 Mosquitos of the Wing which were returning at dusk from an uneventful anti-shipping patrol in the Kattegat. They succeeded in shooting down eight Ju 88s and one Ju 188 without loss to themselves.
Photo 02 Imperial War Museum IWM C5220
Luftwaffe pilot Walter Nowotny 258 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Theodor Weissenberger 208 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Heinz Bar 175 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Franz Schall 133 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Rudolf Rademacher 126 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Adolf Galland 104 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Hermann Buchner 58 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hohagen 50 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Rudolf Sinner 39 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow 32 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Richard Altner 25 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Gunther Wegmann 21 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Wolfgang Schenck 18 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Franz Holzinger 10 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Helmut Lennartz 10 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Alfred 'Bubi' Schreiber 9 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Eduard Schallmoser 3 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Wilhelm Batel 1 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Joachim Fingerlos 1 kills
Bibliography: +
- 'Junkers Ju 88 - Star Of The Luftwaffe' by Manfred Griehl Published:Arms & Armour Press, Sept 1990 ISBN: 1 85409 043 7
- History and technical development of each variant. 'Junkers Ju 88' by Ron Mackay Published:The Crowood Press, Oct 2001 ISBN: 1 86126 431 3
- Comprehensive history of Ju 88.
- 'Junkers Ju 88 Over All Fronts' by Joachim Stein Published:Schiffer Publishing, 1991 ISBN: 0 88740 3123
- Pictorial history of the Ju 88.
- 'Junkers Ju 88 In Action Vol 2: Aircraft in Action No.113' by Brian Filley Published:Squadron/Signal Publications, July 1991 ISBN: 0 89747 258 6
Traces the development of the fighter versions. Very well illustrated.- 'The Junkers Ju 88 Night Fighters: Profile No.148' by Alfred Price Published:Profile Publications Ltd, 1967 ISBN: n/a
Concise well illustrated history of the Ju 88C/G variants.- 'German Night Fighter Aces Of World WAr-2: Osprey Aircraft Of The Aces - 20 by Jerry Scutts
Published:Osprey Publishing, 1998 ISBN: 1 85532 696 5
Covers the development, tactics and leading aces of the Luftwaffe night fighter force. Some factual errors.- 'Nachtjagd-The Night Fighter Versus Bomber War Over The Third Reich 1939-1945' by Theo Boiten
Published:The Crowood Press, June 1997 ISBN: 1 86126 086 5
* Traces the parallel development of RAF night bombing and Luftwaffe night fighting during WW2. Very well written.Magazine References: +
- Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
- Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
- FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
- Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
- Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
- Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
- Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
- Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
- Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
- Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/
Web References: +
- Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88
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