Junkers Ju 88A-1.

Type: Medium Bomber
Origin: Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG
Designed by: W. H. Evers and Alfred Gassner
Crew: 4
First Flight: December 21, 1936
Service Introduction: 1939
Retired (France): 1951
Number Built: 15,000+ (all models)

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Powerplant:

• Model: Junkers Jumo 211J
• Type: Liquid-cooled inverted V12
• Horsepower: 1,401 hp
• Number: 2

Supercharger:

• No. Speeds: 2
• No. Stages: N/A
• Ratios: 8.8, 12.4
• Impellor Diameter: 8.91 in

Propeller

• Manufacturer: V.D.M./Junkers
• No. Blades: 3
• Diameter: N/A
• Pitch Control: Hydraulic

Fuel System:

• Rating: 87 octane
• Delivery: Direct injection
Capacity:

• Normal: 771 gallons
• Maximum: 1,193

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Dimensions:

• Length: 47 ft 27⁄8 in (14.36 m)
• Wingspan: 65.88 ft (20.08 m)
• Height: 16.63 ft (5.07 m)
• Wing area: 587 ft² (54.7 m²)

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Weights:

• Landing Wt: 20,400 lbs.
• Loaded wt: 28,300 lbs.
• Max takeoff wt: 30,300 lbs.

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Performance:

• Cruise Speed: 254 mph @ 16,400 ft.
• Economical Cruise: 198 mph @ 16,400 ft.
• Maximum speed: 317mph @ 17,388 ft
• Take-Off Distance: 3,500 ft
• Range: 1,429 miles (2,430 km)
Service ceiling:
• Normal Load: 24,200 ft
• Max. Load: 22,700 ft.
• Fuel/no bombs: 32,500 ft.

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Armaments:

Guns:
• 1 × 7.92 mm MG 81J machine gun on flexible mount in front windscreen, firing forward.
• Ammunition: 1,000 rounds.


• 2 × 7.92 mm MG 81J on flexible mounts in back of the cockpit firing to the rear.
• Ammunition: 1,000 rounds each.


1 × 7.92 MG 81Z twin machine guns in the gondola under the cockpit firing to the rear.
• Ammunition: 3,000 rounds.

Drop Ordnance:

• 6,614 lb (3,000 kg) maximum of bombs in internal bomb bays and externally or overloaded to 7,937 lb (3,600 kg).
Or

• 2 × LT aerial torpedoes

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Armament options

• Additional fitting of single 7.92 mm MG 15 machine guns, one to each side of the cockpit glazing in flexible "Donut" mountings, covering the side hemisphere.
• Additional fitting of a single 7.92 mm MG 15, MG 81J (on occasion a twin MG 81Z or 13 mm MG 131 machine gun in A-Stand in the lower nose glazing.
• A single 13 mm MG 131 was sometimes used in place of the 7.92 mm MG 81J or MG 81Z machineguns in the A-Stand, B-Stand or Bola gondola positions.
• A modification of the A-4, the Ju 88 A-13s could carry the Waffenbehälter WB 81A or WB 81B (firing with 15° downwards deflection) gun pods on external bomb racks for ground attack duties, each "watering can" containing three 7.92 mm MG 81Z twin machine guns, for strafing enemy troops.
• Aircraft may carry one 20 mm MG FF cannon in the nose for ground attack purposes, with 90 rounds of ammunition, in place of the Lotfernrohr 7 bombsight

Sources:
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., New York
Brown, Eric, Captain - Wings of the Luftwaffe, 1979, Airlife Publishing Ltd., Shrewsbury
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London
Donald, David - The Complete Encyclopedia Of World Aircraft, 1997, Brown Packaging Books Ltd., London
Wikipedia - Junkers Ju 88