Junkers Ju 188 Do 1/KG 66 on the airfield with its crew quietly discussing mission-related matters. Operated in 1944 by I./Kampfgeschwader 66, a specialist pathfinder and electronic warfare unit of the Luftwaffe, the Ju 188 was a refined and faster development of the Ju 88. 1944. #ww2 #aviation #military #aircraft #pilot | World War II Aircraft

A captured German Junkers Ju 88 A5 filmed in flight for a 1943 RAF aircraft recognition study. The RAF Film Production Unit produced many similar studies during the war. Find them here: https://bit.ly/3HVNMXU Film: IWM ARY 7-25 | Imperial War Museum London

The R series of the Junkers Ju 88 was undoubtedly one of the Luftwaffe’s most capable night fighter designs. But as well as being outnumbered, the Nachtjagdwaffe did not utilize centimetric radar during the war as the Allies did, and so large nose mounted arrays continued to impose a speed penalty on all designs #ww2 #ww2history #warbirds #luftwaffe #junkers | Daniel J Wheatcroft