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  Junkers Ju 188 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ju 188 Rächer (Avenger) was a high-performance medium bomber from Junkers, the planned follow-on to the famed Ju 88 with better performance and payload.
By 1942 it was becoming clear that the Ju 288 wasn't going to be ready any time soon, and at the same time the Ju 88's were increasingly at the mercy of a rapidly improving RAF and Soviet VVS.
The Ju 188 was designed to be fitted with either the 1,750 hp (1,287 kW) Jumo 213A or 1,730 hp (1,272 kW) BMW 801G/H engines without any changes to the airframe.
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 Encyclopedia: Junkers Ju 87
Ju 187 Ju 287 The Junkers Ju 187 was designed to replace the aging Ju 87 Stuka, which by the time of the Battle of Britain was fast approaching obselescence, the Ju 187 project never made it to production.
Ar 81 - Ju 85 - Ju 86 - Ju 87 - Ju 88 - Ju 89 - Ju 90 Junkers Ju 86 Junkers Ju 86 The Junkers Ju 86 was a German monoplane bomber and civilian plane.
The Junkers Ju 88 was a WW2 Luftwaffe twin-engine multi-role aircraft.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Junkers-Ju-87   (1299 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 188   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Ju 188 Rächer (Avenger) was a high-performance light bomber from Junkers, the planned follow-on to the famed Ju 88 with better performance and payload.
In 1936 Junkers submitted proposals for the Ju 85 and Ju 88 into competition for the new standardized Luftwaffe high-speed tactical bomber, known as the schnellbomber.
The Ju 188 was designed to be fitted with either the 1,775 hp (1,324 kW) Junkers Jumo 213E or 1,700 hp (1,268 kW) BMW 801G engines without any changes to the airframe.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/junkers_ju_188   (2226 words)

  
 Junkers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Junkers Ju 87 Stuka was one of the most effective of the Luftwaffe's sublime aerial weapons and was used often for bombing attacks.
The Junkers Ju 52 was a transport aircraft used for delivering men and supplies, although it also carried out bombing raids.
Some of the operations the Junkers Ju 52 took part were also in the Spanish Civil War, where it took part in the Condor Legion's destructive raids on Durango and Guernica in 1937.
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 Encyclopedia topic: Junkers Ju 188   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Ju 188 Rächer (Avenger) was a high-performance medium bomber (additional info and facts about medium bomber) from Junkers (German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935)), the planned follow-on to the famed Ju 88 (additional info and facts about Ju 88) with better performance and payload.
Although Junker's own Ju 288 (additional info and facts about Ju 288) was currently leading the contest, there was no delivery date on the engines and the Ju 88B project was re-submitted as a stop-gap measure.
The Ju 188 was designed to be fitted with either the 1,750 hp (1,287 kW) Jumo 213A (additional info and facts about Jumo 213A) or 1,730 hp (1,272 kW) BMW 801G/H (additional info and facts about BMW 801G/H) engines without any changes to the airframe.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Ju/Junkers_Ju_188.htm   (2357 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
In 1936 Junkers submitted proposals for the Junkers Ju 85 Ju 85 and Junkers Ju 88 Ju 88 into competition for the new standardized Luftwaffe high-speed tactical bomber, known as the ''schnellbomber''.
Although Junker's own Junkers Ju 288 Ju 288 was currently leading the contest, there was no delivery date on the engines and the Ju 88B project was re-submitted as a stop-gap measure.
The Ju 188 was designed to be fitted with either the 1,750 hp (1,287 kW) Junkers Jumo 213 Jumo 213A or 1,730 hp (1,272 kW) BMW 801 BMW 801G/H engines without any changes to the airframe.
www.mauspfeil.net /Junkers_Ju_188.html   (2507 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Junkers Ju 188
Ju 85 and Ju 88 into competition for the new standardized Luftwaffe high-speed tactical bomber, known as the schnellbomber.
Ju 288 was currently leading the contest, there was no delivery date on the engines and the Ju 88B project was re-submitted as a stop-gap measure.
The Ju 188 Rächer was a high-performance light bomber from Junkers, the planned follow-on to the famed Ju 88 with better performance and payload.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Junkers-Ju-188   (591 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 188/Ju 288/Ju 388   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A successor to the Junkers Ju 88 was at an advanced stage of design at the outbreak of World War 11, but by late 1942 it had become obvious that the new bomber, the Ju 288, would be late entering service and a stop-gap design was required to bring the series up to date.
The first prototype Ju 188 flew in the spring of 1942 with BMW 801MA radial engines, and was followed by the second prototype in January 1943.
The Ju 188E-1 was a bomber and Ju 188E-2 was a torpedo-bomber.
www.kotfsc.com /aviation/ju-188.htm   (1467 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 188   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 1936 Junkers submitted proposals for the 85 and Ju 88 into competition for the new standardized Luftwaffe high-speed tactical bomber known as the schnellbomber.
The two designs were almost identical only in that the Ju 85 used twin-rudder and the Ju 88 a single At the same time they offered modified of each as the Ju 85B and 88B again similar to the original designs using an "egg shaped" forward fuselage that essentially one large window.
By 1942 it was becoming clear that Ju 288 wasn't going to be ready time soon and at the same time Ju 88's were increasingly at the mercy a rapidly improving RAF and Soviet VVS.
www.freeglossary.com /Junkers_Ju_188   (1847 words)

  
 uboat.net - Technical pages
In contrast, the Ju 88V5 was completed with a maximum of streamlining, and on 9 March 1939 it set a closed-circuit record by flying 1000km with 2000kg of load at an average speed of 517km/h.
A Ju 88 had the dubious honour to be the first German victim of RAF fighters, on 9 October 1939, but nevertheless the RAF recognised it as the most formidable bomber of the time.
This Ju 88R-1, in the RAF museum at Hendon, is one of the two surviving Ju 88s, the other being a Ju 88D-1 in the USAF museum.
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 Junkers Aircraft of WWII
Junkers Ju88 / Ju188 / Ju388 / Ju488 / Mistel
Instead of the Ju88B the RLM promoted the Junkers Ju288, which was in principle based on the Ju88, but which was also a complete new design and construction.
In 1944 the RLM asked Junkers for the development of the combination of a small fighter aircraft, which was packed on the top of an unmanned heavy bomber aircraft.
www.geocities.com /hjunkers/ju_ju88_a1.htm   (3300 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 188   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Ju 288 quickly came out ahead in the competition, largely due to less interference from the RLM who interferred constantly with the FW 191.
The Ju 188 was designed to be fitted with either the 1,775hp Junkers Jumo 213[?]E or 1,700hp BMW 801G engines without any changes to the airframe.
The Ju 188C would be the next model in line, equipped with a new tail-mounted remotely-controlled turret with two 13mm MG 131 machine guns.
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 Junkers Ju-188   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Junkers had been working as a private venture on an improved Ju 88, and the first interim result of this was the prototype Ju 88B which featured a completely new forward fuselage.
The Ju 188E variants were for the most part similar to the Ju 188Ds except that they had BMW 801 engines.The Ju 188E-1's 1600 hp engines soon gave way to uprated 1700 hp BMW 801Ds, while the Ju 188E-2 was the BMW-powered equivalent of the Ju 188A-3 torpedo-bomber.
The Ju 188F was developed as a reconnaissance aircraft derived from E bomber series, and were the equivalent to D-1 and D-2 versions but with BMW engines.
www.il2center.com /Axis/Germany/35/Index.html   (1012 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 388L by Brett Green (Planet Models 1/48)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Junkers Ju 388 was the ultimate operational development of the versatile Ju 88 family.
The Ju 388K and L were based on the Ju 188 series, but differed considerably in appearance and specification.
Planet Models' 1/48 scale Junkers Ju 388K/L is an ambitious model that stretches the use of resin almost to the limit.
www.kitparade.com /features01/ju388lbg_1.htm   (1646 words)

  
 WRG - Luftwaffe Resource Group - Junkers Ju 188   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ju 188A: 325 mph at 20,500 ft. (6250m)
Ju 188D: 350 mph at 27,000 ft. (8235m)
Ju 188E: 310 mph at 19,685 ft. (6000m)
www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org /LRG/ju188.html   (95 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 388
The Ju 388 was a development of the Ju 188, which based on the well-known Ju 88.
Consequently, the first plane, the Ju 388 L-0 V 7, PG+YA, c/n 300001, was built from a Ju 188 E/F and came to fly in December 1943, even before the first actual prototypes, V 1 to V 6, could be completed.
In contrast to the Ju 188, the Ju 388 was equipped with a pressurised cabin and was designed as a high-altitude aircraft.
cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de /~vernalek/Ju388US.html   (671 words)

  
 The Virtual Aviation Museum - Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG
The Junkers W 33 is a freight airliner of the aera of the beginnings of commercial air transport.
During the war the JU 52 became the standard transport and was used throughout the war on every scene.
The JU 88 was the standard attack aircraft of the WW II Luftwaffe.
www.luftfahrtmuseum.com /htmi/ith/junkers.htm   (531 words)

  
 Junkers Ju-88   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The German Ju 88 fighter-bomber was one of the most versatile airplanes of WW II.
The first fighter conversions of the Ju 88 were very similar to the bomber versions, with only modifications to the nose and a gondola under the forward fuselage to accommodate radar and guns.
The later Ju 88G was a specialized fighter with the tail of the Ju 188.
www.aviation-central.com /1940-1945/aer30.htm   (132 words)

  
 The Arado Ar-234   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The E370 was to be a sleek, high-winged aircraft with a pair of Junkers Jumo 004 turbojets, one under each wing.
Junkers began work on a heavy jet bomber in 1943, at first focusing on a design with swept-back wings with a 25-degree sweep.
It was powered by four Junkers Jumo 004B turbojets, with one engine attached to each side of the fuselage behind the cockpit, and one engine slung under the rear of each wing.
www.faqs.org /docs/air/avar234.html   (4321 words)

  
 German Bombers of World War II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ju 188 and the Ju 388 were direct developments of the Junkers Ju 88, the Junkers Ju 288 was a totally new design.
Luftwaffe Ju 86s were used mainly as trainers and transports (including during the 1942-43 Stalingrad airlift), Hungary's saw op erational use on the Eastern Front 1941-42 and South Africa's were flown on coastal patrol duties but also saw service as bombers against Italian forces in East Africa during 1941.
The Ju 488 was a promising four-engine bomber made of pieces from the Ju 88, Ju 188, Ju 288 and Ju 388.
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 Junkers Ju 388 V2 by Jan Forsgren (Italeri + Toad 1/72)
The Junkers Ju 388 was developed from the Ju 188 as an advanced night fighter intended to replace the Ju 88G in service with the Luftwaffe.
It differed from the Ju 188 in several aspects, the two most prominent being a remotely controlled gun turret in the tail and a completely new front fuselage with pressurized crew compartment.
The Ju 188 has the late style large fin and stabilizers and longer wing tips needed for the 388.
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 JUNKERS JU 188   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Of the four designs submitted, only the Focke-Wulf FW 191 and Junkers Ju 288 were seen as promising, and both were told to go ahead with advanced design and prototype construction.
A prototype with the Jumo, the Ju 188V-1 was flying as early as December 1941, and was quickly followed by another nine to complete the pre-production run.
It was planned to skip over a "B model" to avoid confusion with the original Ju 88B, but in the originally planning the A and E models would both be called A's.
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 Junkers Ju 88 Fighter Variants
A modified version, the Ju 88C-6 was operated by V/KG40 from September 1942 to counter RAF Coastal Command operations against U-boats in the Bay of Biscay.
The Ju 88P V1 was a modified Ju 88A-4, with a large belly fairing housing a 75 mm KwK 39 cannon firing forward and two MG 81Z machine-guns at the rear.
In 1943, a Ju 88R-2 was experimentally fitted with the enlarged squared-off tail unit of the Ju 188, becoming the Ju 88 V58.
www.aeroflight.co.uk /types/germany/junkers/ju_88/Ju_88_nf.htm   (3920 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 88 - 1/72 Scale Model Airplane Photos
The Ju 88 was a versatile plane, and Germany's most successful bomber of the war, becoming the Luftwaffe's primary bomber by 1942.
The C variant was the first version of the Ju 88 to be built as a heavy fighter, having a metal nose cap bristling with guns.
The Ju 88S was a redesigned Ju 88A, the goal being to produce a faster bomber without having to design an entirely new plane.
www.jdburgessonline.com /planes/ju88.html   (742 words)

  
 Stof's Ju 88 Page
As the Ju 88A-6s were not very successful, they were upgraded with Jumo 211J engines and fitted with radars for a new maritime reconnaissance and anti-shipping role.
The Ju 88D-0, D-2 and tropicalized D-4 were based on the Ju 88A-5; the Ju 88D-1 and tropicalized D-3 were based on the Ju 88A-4.
The Ju 88's gunner defenses and its resistance to gunfire are lower than for its American counterparts, the B-17 and B-25.
perso.wanadoo.fr /christophe.arribat/stofju88.html   (1094 words)

  
 JUNKERS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
They were instrumental in many campaigns such as bombing Guernica and airborne landings on Crete with Ju 52, or massive bombardments by Ju 87 Stukas).
Junkers Ju 52 Tante Ju, transport + bomber
It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
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 Junkers Ju-188
The 188 was a development of the Ju-88 and brought into being due, in part, to the failure of the Ju-288 medium bomber program.
It's speed and altitude performance was such that it was in much demand as a reconnaissance platform, a task it performed well until the end of the war, when most non-defensive aircraft were grounded due to lack of fuel.
The continual harassment by the state eventually led to the death of its founder, Hugo Junkers and the control of the works passing over to those who were more controlled by the Nazis.
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 Junkers Ju 188   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The first title covers the Junkers Ju 188, which hopefully will set a precedent for this series in covering some of the lesser-known Luftwaffe types.
Every aspect of the original Ju 88 design was evaluated and design changes implemented, which ultimately led to the distinct shape of the Ju 188.
No book on the Ju 188 would be complete without at least some mention of its operational record, so there is a chapter on Ju 188 operations.
www.internetmodeler.com /2004/august/new-releases/book_ju188.php   (304 words)

  
 Junkers Ju 187 Definition / Junkers Ju 187 Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Junkers Ju 187 Definition / Junkers Ju 187 Research
The Junkers Ju 187 was designed to replace the aging Ju 87The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka was the most famous Sturzkampfflugzeug (German dive bomber) in World War II, instantly recognisable by its inverted gull-wings and fixed undercarriage....
The Ju 187 would have been of all-metal construction with improved armor and armamentA weapon is a tool used to kill or incapacitate a person or animal, or destroy a military target.
www.elresearch.com /Junkers_Ju_187   (267 words)

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