Warplanes of Germany: Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 388

Junkers Ju 388

(Luftwaffe Photo)

Junkers Ju 388.

(Luftwaffe Photo)

Junkers Ju 388J-1 reconnaissance/night fighter.

The Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker is a Second World War German Luftwaffe multi-role aircraft based on the Ju 88 airframe by way of the Ju 188. It differed from its predecessors in being intended for high altitude operation, with design features such as a pressurized cockpit for its crew. The Ju 388 was introduced very late in the war, and production problems along with the deteriorating war conditions meant that few were built.

(RAF Photo)

Junkers Ju 388L1 V6 (wk. Nr. 500006), coded PE+IF in RAF Markings. This Ju 388 was the last of six prototypes. Coded PE+IF it was captured at the armament trials establishment Tarnewitz on the coast of the Baltic Sea and flown to Farnborough in the UK, where it arrived on 1 September 1945. With the Air Ministry number AM 83, it appeared in the static display during the German Aircraft Exhibition in October/November 1945. It was scrapped at Cranfield ca. 1950.

(USAAF Photo)

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Junkers Ju 388L-1 Störtebeker, (Wk. Nr. 560049), USA FE-4010, later T2-4010, at Freeman Field, Indiana, post war.  This aircraft is currently stored in the Paul E. Garber Facility, Suitland, Maryland.  (USAAF Photos)

(San Diego Air & Space Museum Photo)

Junkers Ju 388L-1, (Wk. Nr. 560049), FE-410, later T2-4010, Wright Field, 1946 victory display.  The Ju 388 was introduced very late in the war, and production problems along with the deteriorating war conditions meant that only a few were built.

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