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FREE JUNKERS JU 88 VOL. I PDF Marek Murawski,Marek Rys | 120 pages | 19 Nov 2014 | Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza | 9788364596117 | English | Lublin, Poland Junkers Ju 88 Vol. 3 It was the evening of April 6 Junkers Ju 88 Vol. I Two German armies were conducting an offensive in the Balkans in support of their Italian ally, which had been fighting a Greek army for six months. Faced with stiff Greek resistance, Junkers Ju 88 Vol. I Italian strike had lost its great momentum. That evening twenty Ju 88s of III. There were no radar defenses in this northern sector of the theater and only British naval vessels could detect aircraft approaching the coast of Greece. The German flyers were little concerned by this as they knew that no Royal Navy aircraft carriers were in the vicinity. The friendly airfields of Sicily had been left far behind. In addition some of the group were equipped with parachute flares in case their target was shrouded in darkness. Below the aircraft rolled the grey waters of the Ionian Sea. The usually smooth surface was now being whipped up by strong gusts of wind. The dark clouds sent down showers of rain. The formation had eased open as none of the pilots could risk a collision, especially with the chances of rescue being very low if forced to ditch. After half an hour, one of the Ju 88s was lagging behind the group, its crew reporting engine trouble. Jettisoning their mines, they turned back west. Over the course of the next fifteen minutes, three other crews turned for home. The remaining bombers plowed on eastwards. Their formation now comprised a number of small scattered groups. He was a very experienced pilot, having distinguished himself in Spain as one of the leading Ju 52 bomber pilots of the Condor Legion. His Ju 88 had once been shot down over Dunkirk but even a ducking in the Channel had left no fear of flying over water. The order to attack Piraeus harbor did not surprise him. He had succeeded in similar tasks during the Junkers Ju 88 Vol. I of Britain. Washed by the rain, they crossed the twenty-kilometer wide strait between the islands of Zante and Cephalonia. The planes Junkers Ju 88 Vol. I down to m as they entered the narrow Bay of Corinth, skirted by rocky cliffs on both sides. The closer they came to the target, the less heavy the rain was, giving way to the coming twilight. With the Junkers Ju 88 Vol. I packed with ships, Piraeus was alerted at It was not the first air raid warning that day, but few sailors could have predicted what was about to happen over the next couple of hours. Many of them scanned the sky for a few minutes but failing to see any aircraft, dismissed the alert as another false alarm caused by the panicky Greeks, who were disturbing their evening leisure for no apparent reason. Feeling safe, they resumed their activities. In the meantime, the Junkers bombers stole ever closer to the harbor. Led by Hptm. Hajo Herrmann, the Ju88s skirted past the Corinth and began spiraling up m. Obscured in the darkness the port came into view just after Two flares were dropped to reveal the scene. More flares lit up the sky. Having unloaded his mines, Hptm. He nosed the aircraft down and closed on the ship from astern. Junkers Ju 88 Vol. I kind of vessel was it that the Greeks should be defending so determinedly? He released his bomb at a height of m. The kg charge plunged down to hit amidships, followed by a flash of fiery orange. Pulling away in a steep turn to port the Junkers was caught by the violent shock wave, Herrmann losing hold of the control wheel. It was only then that his crew heard the powerful blast. Kagero's Area. H to Ausf. Articles Most Read Fokker D. Start Prev 1 2 3 Next End. Super Model Magazyn Modelarski. Articles about aviation Yakovlev Yak-3 Read more Dassault Mirage F1s Read more PZL P. Junkers Ju 88 Vol. Dornier Do 22 Read more Messerschmitt Bf F Read more Latest Articles Yakovlev Yak Dassault Mirage F1s. The Soviet Skoryi Class Destroyer. Junkers Ju 88 - Wikipedia Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works JFM designed the plane in the mids as a so-called Schnellbomber "fast bomber" that would be too fast for fighters of its era to intercept. It suffered from technical problems during its development and early Junkers Ju 88 Vol. I periods but became one of the most versatile combat aircraft of the war. Like a number of other Luftwaffe bombers, it served as a Junkers Ju 88 Vol. Idive bombernight fightertorpedo bomberreconnaissance Junkers Ju 88 Vol. Iheavy fighter and at the end of the war, as a flying bomb. Despite a protracted development, it became one of the Luftwaffe ' s most important aircraft. The assembly line ran constantly from to and more than 15, Ju 88s were built in dozens of variants, more than any other twin-engine German aircraft of the period. Throughout production the basic structure of the aircraft remained unchanged. The Ministry of Aviation requested the aircraft, which differed from the Ju 88 due to the use of a twin fin tail unit. The aircraft was never put into service. Three further aircraft, Werknummerandwere to be powered by Jumo engines. It was an aircraft Junkers Ju 88 Vol. I could finally fulfill the promise of the Schnellbombera high-speed bomber. The streamlined fuselage was modeled after its contemporary, the Dornier Do 17but with fewer defensive guns because the belief still held that it could outrun late s-era fighters. This feature allowed the main wheels to end up above the lower end of the strut when fully retracted [N 1] and was adopted as standard for all future production Ju 88s, and only minimally modified for the later Ju and developments of it. These single-leg landing gear struts also made use of stacks of conical Belleville washers inside them as their main form of suspension for takeoffs and landings. Byradical modifications from the first prototype began to produce a "heavy" dive bomber. The wings were strengthened, dive brakes were added, the fuselage was extended and the number of crewmen was increased to four. Due to these advances, the Ju 88 was to enter the war as a medium bomber. Junkers Ju 88 Vol. I choice of annular radiators for engine cooling on the Ju 88, which placed these radiators immediately forward of each engine and directly behind each propeller, allowed the cooling lines for the engine coolant and oil -cooling radiators integrated within the annular design to be as short as possible, with integral port and starboard air intakes for cooling the exhaust headers, the starboard inlet also supplying the inlet air for the supercharger. The Ju 88 V7 was fitted with cable-cutting equipment to combat the potential threat of British barrage balloonsand was successfully tested in this role. The A-0 series was developed through the V9 and V10 prototypes. The A-1 series prototypes were Wrk Nrsand The A-1s were given the Jumo B-1 or G powerplants. Production was delayed drastically by developmental problems. Although planned for a service introduction inthe Ju 88 finally entered squadron service with only 12 aircraft on the first day of the invasion of Poland in Production was painfully slow, with only one Ju 88 manufactured per week, as problems continually kept cropping up. In October Generalluftzeugmeister Ernst Udet had ordered the development of the Ju 88 as a heavy dive bomber. This decision was influenced by the success of the Ju 87 Stuka in this role. The Junkers development center at Dessau Junkers Ju 88 Vol. I priority to the study of pull-out systems and dive brakes. These models became the planned prototype for the A-1 series. The V5 made its maiden flight on 13 AprilJunkers Ju 88 Vol. I the V6 on 28 June Both the V5 and V6 were fitted with four-blade propellers, an extra bomb bay and a central "control system". Aircraft and bomb sights were accordingly modified and dive brakes were removed. With an advanced Stuvi dive- bombsightaccuracy remained very good for its time. However, the variant lacked the undernose Bola gondola for Junkers Ju 88 Vol. I ventral gun position. The Ju 88C series of standard fighter-bomber versions from the C-2 onwards culminated in the Ju 88 C-6applying experience acquired with the A-4 bomber, equipped with the same Jumo J engines but replacing the "beetle's eye" nose glazing with a smoothly curved all-metal Junkers Ju 88 Vol. I, pierced only by the barrels of its forward-firing offensive armament. The C-6 was used mostly as fighter-bomber and therefore assigned to bomber units. As a reaction to the increasing number of attacks on German shipping, especially on U-boats in the Bay of Biscayfrom July it started flying anti-shipping patrols and escort missions from bases in France. The aircraft of V. Between July and Julythe Ju 88s of KG 40 and ZG 1 were credited with confirmed air-to-air victories, [17] at a cost of losses. The Ju Junkers Ju 88 Vol. I was a specialized variant for ground attack and to function as a bomber destroyerdesigned starting from [20] and produced in small numbers, using examples of the Bordkanone heavy calibre aviation autocannon series, which required the omission of the Bola undernose gondola for clearance.

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