Ju 88-6b

WWII German Night Fighter

In the beginning of 30s it was appeared in the world an idea of high-speed bomber that could outstrip contemporary fighters. One of the objectifications of this conception became the twin-engine bomber Ju 88 designed by a German Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG company.

Since the spring of 1941 it were produced Ju 88A-4 planes with liquid-cooled Jumo 211J engines of increased power and more powerful armament.

Ju 88C-6b was the 1943 night fighter version of A-4 and differed by setting one MG FF cannon with three MG 17 machine guns in the opaque nose and two MG FF in the ventral gondola. Some planes had 2 more MG FF guns mounted in the fuselage motionless at an angle forward upward. FuG 202 or FuG 220 radars were also installed.

These aircraft were used as night fighters in Western and Eastern fronts in 1943 1945.

ITEM NUMBER48239SCALE1:48DATE22.11.2018TIME PERIODWW2MARKINGSJunkers 88C-6b, pilot – Lt. Wilhelm Beier, 10./NJG 1, Leeuwarden, October 1942.Junkers 88C-6b, pilot – Maj. Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Stab.IV/NJG 5, Orel (Russia), Spring 1943.Junkers 88C-6b, 3./NJG 4, Mainz, March 1944.Junkers 88C-6b, 6./NJG 2, Kassel, Spring 1944.MODEL SIZE (LENGTH X WIDTH)316 x 418 mmBOX SIZE410 x 260 x 55 mmNUMBER OF DETAILS250