WOW425 Junkers 88 Italian Front

Name: WOW425 Junkers 88 Italian Front
SKU: 48191
Price: 847.00 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

£847.00

Out of stock

Category: mothballed

Description

The Junkers 88 was one of the Luftwaffe’s most flexible aircraft during WW2. Initially classed as a ‘fast bomber’ this twin engine aircraft went onto fulfill various other roles including; torpedo bomber, dive bomber, night fighter and towards the end of the war as the ‘Mistel’ guided flying bomb.

The Ju.88 first flew in 1936 and achieved a top speed of 360 MPH, something unheard of for a bomber in those days. Although only 12 aircraft were available to the Luftwaffe at the start of the Polish campaign by the end of the war over 16,000 had been manufactured. A crew of a Ju.88 had the distinction of being the last enemy soldiers to fight on British soil at the Battle of Graveney Marsh, when after crash landing the crew decided to remove the machine guns from the aircraft and set up a defensive position round the aircraft. The London Irish Rifles came under sustained fire from the crew but were eventually encouraged to surrender when faced with insurmountable odds.

This new version of the Ju.88 flew with 1KG in the Sicily area and was prevalent in operating against Allied forces particularly shipping during the Anzio landings. Although not readily apparent from the photographs, the whole upper area is camouflaged with a Wellenmuster squiggle pattern over the sand and blue main frame colour scheme.

Our model also comes loaded down with two torpedoes and must have been a terrifying sight for Allied sailors once she had been spotted and then headed in their direction.

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