NAZIS BOMB NAVY BASE IN SCOTLAND, HIT CRUISER, KILL 15 (10/17/39)

Microfiche-New York Times archives, McHenry Library, U.C. Santa Cruz | 10/17/39 | Raymond Daniell, G.H. Archambault

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[BroJoeK]

"Ju 88. The most underrated aircraft of WW II. Did it all. Dive bomber, bomber, torpedo bomber, recon, night fighter."

More on the JU 88:

"There were 15,000 Ju 88s built during World War II, more than any other twin-engine German aircraft of the period."

"The Ju 88C was originally intended as a fighter-bomber and heavy fighter by adding fixed, forward-firing guns to the nose while retaining some bomb carrying ability of the A-series bomber. The C-series had a solid metal nose, and retained the A-series style vertical tail, while omitting the ventral Bola gondola under the crew compartment. It was later used as a night fighter and this became the main role of the Ju 88C."

[CougarGA7]

We have to put at least one of these pics up since we are posting the many faces of the Ju 88.