Junkers Ju 88

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German military aircraft World War II aircraft dive bomber medium bomber night fighter reconnaissance aircraft twin‑engine aircraft

The Junkers Ju 88 was a highly versatile German World War II twin‑engine aircraft used extensively as a bomber, dive bomber, night fighter, and reconnaissance plane.

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military aircraft → World War II aircraft → dive bomber → medium bomber → night fighter → reconnaissance aircraft → twin‑engine aircraft →
armament	bombs → cannon → machine guns → torpedoes →
bombLoad	up to 3,000 kg →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfOrigin	Germany →
crew	4 →
designedBy	Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke →
engineType	piston engine →
firstFlightDate	1936-12-21 →
height	5.07 m →
introduced	1939 →
length	14.40 m →
manufacturer	Junkers →
maximumSpeed	about 470 km/h →
notableFeature	all‑metal stressed‑skin construction → high versatility in multiple combat roles →
notableVariant	Ju 88A → Ju 88C → Ju 88G → Ju 88S →
numberBuilt	over 15,000 →
numberOfEngines	2 →
operator	Finland → Hungary → Romania →
powerplant	Junkers Jumo 211 →
primaryUser	Nazi Germany →
productionPeriod	late 1930s to 1945 →
range	about 2,430 km →
retired	early 1950s →
role	bomber → dive bomber → night fighter → reconnaissance → torpedo bomber →
serviceCeiling	about 8,200 m →
theatreOfOperation	Eastern Front → European theatre of World War II → North African campaign →
usedBy	Luftwaffe →
wingspan	20.08 m →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Defense against the Combined Bomber Offensive ("Junkers Ju 88 night fighter") → Luftflotte 4 → Luftwaffe → Royal Romanian Air Force → Slovak Air Force (WWII) →	usedAircraft
Junkers Ju 88 ("Ju 88A") → Junkers Ju 88 ("Ju 88C") → Junkers Ju 88 ("Ju 88G") → Junkers Ju 88 ("Ju 88S") →	notableVariant
Kampfgeschwader 53 → bombing of Coventry ("Junkers Ju 88 bombers") →	aircraftUsed
Junkers Jumo 211 → Junkers Jumo 211 ("Junkers Ju 188") →	poweredAircraft
MG 131 machine gun → MG 131 machine gun ("Junkers Ju 188") →	usedOnAircraft
Battle of Britain →	primaryGermanBomberAircraft
Junkers →	produced
Dornier Do 17 →	replacedBy
KG 53 →	typeOfAircraftUsed
Royal Hungarian Air Force →	usedAircraftModel
Daimler-Benz DB 601 ("Junkers Ju 88A (early variants)") →	usedInAircraft