Junkers Ju 88C Day and Nightfighters
Junkers Ju 88C Day and Nightfighters
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Description
An illustrated account of the action-packed combat missions carried out by the Luftwaffe's powerfully armed Junkers Ju 88C day and nightfighters.
The Junkers Ju 88A was the Luftwaffe's most effective medium bomber during much of World War 2, and its high speed and surprising agility made it an ideal candidate for conversion into a Zerstörer (destroyer) fighter. Initially designed to be used as a long-range bomber escort, the solid-nosed Ju 88C fighter boasted powerful cannon that made the aircraft ideally suited to the nightfighter role. Its unrivalled endurance also meant the Ju 88C could undertake sweeps of the Bay of Biscay from the French Atlantic coast in search of Allied maritime patrol aircraft hunting U-boats.
Luftwaffe historian Chris Goss charts the action-packed service history of the Ju 88C through first-hand accounts and combat reports from the crews that flew the twin-engined Zerstörer into combat. Newly commissioned profile artworks and more than 50 photographs of aircraft and crews help detail the aircraft's conversion from a fast bomber into a deadly heavy fighter that proved to be the scourge of Allied bomber and patrol aircraft.
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Table of Contents
1. Development
2. Operations in Norway 1940
3. Intruder operations over Britain 1940–41
4. Intruder operations over the Mediterranean 1942–43
5. Nightfighter operations
6. Ju 88C escort operations in the Mediterranean 1942–44
7. Battle of the Bay of Biscay 1942–44
8. 'Train-busting' on the Eastern Front 1942–43
Appendices
Index
Product details
| Published | 21 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 96 |
| ISBN | 9781472867889 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | Colour artwork plates and maps; black & white and colour photographs and illustrations. |
| Series | Combat Aircraft |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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