Junkers Ju 88D-1 ~ for Neil (neiwil) by bmac62
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The Royal Air Force (RAF) and indeed all of the UK is celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the successful outcome of the Battle of Britain wherein Nazi Germany tried to destroy the RAF to gain air superiority over England prior to a planned German invasion across the English Channel in 1940.
Neil (neiwil) has just concluded a wonderful series on the July, August, September 1940 portions of this historic air battle. If you like history, his gallery is worth a look. Click Here
Junkers Ju 88A-1s, -4s and -5s were employed in large numbers by the German Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain.
This Ju 88D-1 was flown to Cyprus in 1943 by a defecting Romanian pilot (Romania was allied with Germany at that time) and turned over to British forces there. It was subsequently flown to the USA for extensive flight testing and was placed in the USAF Museum at Dayton, Ohio in 1960.
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Bill:)
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Comments (35)
Faemike55
Fascinating shot and information! Thanks
beachzz
Wonderful light in this shot--wow!!
hipps13
so much to view love the warm colors warm hugs, Linda
Blush
Great capture sweetie Hugs Susan~
blinkings
I've never been lucky enough to see one in real life, so thanks mate!
bazza
Great shot of this aircraft and super info also Bill, well done!
jayfar
Great shot and info Bill.
cfulton
Great info and capture, Clive
helanker
WOW! Any moment I expect, this little plain open its eyes and look around. :-) Rather cute one and a very fine capture.
Mondwin
Really wonderful!!!Bravissimo!:DDD.Hugsxx
neiwil
Cheers Bill, that's a beauty.Always liked the huge paddle blades on these. The Stuka is remembered as THE German dive-bomber but this was far more effective, fast, bigger bomb load and better defences.Thanks for the dedi Bill.
DAVER2112
Really outstanding shot. :)
fredster66
Cool display and photo Bill. Always great to see these.
debbielove
Always a cool plane! I loved this one.. Great shot Bill.. And a fab dedication to Neil on his brilliant series!!! Rob
lyron
Beautiful capture!!
chuter
Great shot. Other people can really be an issue when trying to get pics in a crowded museum but the people in this shot don't intrude or seem out of place while adding a sense of scale. The nose of the 88 should be a little taller, though - note that the struts are flat. It's my belief (my soapbox, please) that museums should insert spacers in the landing gear struts (some do) so aircraft can be properly ... experienced. Also, compare the propellers on this plane with that of the 190D ... they didn't have a 190D prop so they used one from the 88 spares (you couldn't fly it like that, but it looks ... well ... better than no prop.)
Buffalo1
Great shot of an excellent plane and Luftwaffe workhorse in bomber, fighter and recon roles. It looks like it is in the main building. When I saw it in the 90s, they had it parked in the "extra" hangar on the base and you needed a pass to get there!
mgtcs
This is a marvelous capture, superb photo and a great information, thank you for this!
jendellas
I have seen some very interesting tv programmes lately on the Battle of Britain, great pic!!!!
T.Rex
And now, finally, I see a real Ju88D after all I've read about them. With all that glass they had a good view out, but the crew was also easy to see from a fighter, if one wanted to shoot at the crew. Good photo in a confined space. Thanks for the posting. Kind of funny to see a WWII Luftwaffe plane like this in Dayton, Ohio. Not quite what the Luftwaffe had expected, and not under such circumstanses either. History can be really funny at times. And, there was a very rare Me 262 two seat trainer at Willow Grove air force base near Philadelphia. Also in an unexpected place as far as the Luftwaffe in WWII was concerned. It was moved to the Texas Airplane Factory, Fort Worth, Texas in 1993. They are making replicas of these and other old airplanes. :)
sandra46
very fine shot!
Str4wB34ry
Bill I just love the lighting in this shot and the JU 88 is a Luftwaffe classic. Junkers are still making machinery today, however in the factory where I work they we have high speed grinders used for finishing the pins and journals of Crankshafts!
2Loose2Trek
The Wikipedia article described this as "The Maid of all Work" and went on to say that the Ju 88 proved to be suited to almost any role. I read that originally it was intended to be an unarmed high speed bomber cruising at 320 mph. More functionality (and weight) was later added causing its speed to drop significantly, though. Impressive photo of an impressive aircraft.
flavia49
wonderful shot and great dedication!
goodoleboy
Cool capture under adverse lighting conditions of one of the main bombers used by the Luftwaffe in their daily raids over Britain in WWII, Bill.
Osper
Nice shot. Good detail even in the available light.
RodS
Very nice, Bill! Honestly, you get some of the best museum disply photos of aircraft around. Definitely NOT an environment condusive to good photos - but you continue to pull it off. Excellent information, too! First class all the way!
MrsLubner
brilliant lighting!
npauling
The lighting in this capture looks fabulous it makes this plane look so young.
Richardphotos
outstanding capture of this proud old bird