Junkers Ju 88 In Action, Part 2 Here

Standard nose guns were replaced with heavy cannons to shred massive Allied bombers. 🪖 Close Air Support: The Panzer Hunter

The fighter pilot would guide the combo toward a target, release the explosive Ju 88, and fly away. 🏁 Legacy of a Workhorse Junkers Ju 88 in action, Part 2

Extra plating was added to protect the crew from ground fire. Standard nose guns were replaced with heavy cannons

Huge fuel tanks allowed it to scout vast areas of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. 🛡️ Defending the Reich: The Night Fighter Evolution Huge fuel tanks allowed it to scout vast

Upward-firing autocannons allowed pilots to attack bombers from their blind spots below.

Featured massive 37mm, 50mm, and even 75mm cannons strapped to the belly.

In the final, desperate years of the war, the Ju 88 was used in one of the most unusual composite aircraft operations in history: the Mistel (Mistletoe) project.